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Jennifer focuses her practice on white collar criminal defense, government and internal investigations, and overlapping labor and employment matters. Her clients include companies, educational institutions, public bodies, and individuals facing various allegations of fraud, anti-trust violations, securities issues, anti-kickback violations, false claims act violations, and misconduct related to employment, regulatory, and compliance matters.

Jennifer has extensive trial experience, having assisted in securing acquittals in both state and federal courts, including an acquittal in the DOJ’s first-ever criminal wage-fixing case, as well as the lone acquittal in a complex health care fraud case involving 12 defendants. Jennifer also conducts internal investigations and represents clients before state and federal agencies, such as the SEC, FDA, TWC, EEOC, DOL, and OALJ. She has a thorough understanding of regulatory and compliance matters, which helps clients navigate complex legal landscapes effectively.

  • Secured an acquittal in the DOJ’s first-ever criminal wage-fixing case.
  • Achieved the lone acquittal in a complex health care fraud case involving 12 defendants.
  • Chambers USA: Associates to Watch – Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations (2024), Up and Coming – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Texas (2025)
  • D Magazine, Best Lawyers Under 40 (2024-2025)
  • Super Lawyers®: Texas Rising Star, White Collar Criminal Defense (2023-2024)
  • The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment (2023-2026); Entertainment and Sports Law and Litigation – Antitrust (2026)

Jennifer focuses her practice on white collar criminal defense, government and internal investigations, and overlapping labor and employment matters. Her clients include companies, educational institutions, public bodies, and individuals facing various allegations of fraud, anti-trust violations, securities issues, anti-kickback violations, false claims act violations, and misconduct related to employment, regulatory, and compliance matters.

Jennifer has extensive trial experience, having assisted in securing acquittals in both state and federal courts, including an acquittal in the DOJ’s first-ever criminal wage-fixing case, as well as the lone acquittal in a complex health care fraud case involving 12 defendants. Jennifer also conducts internal investigations and represents clients before state and federal agencies, such as the SEC, FDA, TWC, EEOC, DOL, and OALJ. She has a thorough understanding of regulatory and compliance matters, which helps clients navigate complex legal landscapes effectively.

  • Secured an acquittal in the DOJ’s first-ever criminal wage-fixing case.
  • Achieved the lone acquittal in a complex health care fraud case involving 12 defendants.
  • Chambers USA: Associates to Watch – Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations (2024), Up and Coming – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Texas (2025)
  • D Magazine, Best Lawyers Under 40 (2024-2025)
  • Super Lawyers®: Texas Rising Star, White Collar Criminal Defense (2023-2024)
  • The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment (2023-2026); Entertainment and Sports Law and Litigation – Antitrust (2026)
  • Member, Dallas Regional Chamber LEAD YP Class (2023)
  • Member, Dallas Bar Association
  • Member, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
  • Co-chair, Equal Access to Justice Committee
  • Member, Leadership Class (2018)
  • Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Member, Women’s White Collar Defense Association
  • Student attorney and chief counsel, SMU Dedman School of Law Criminal Justice Clinic
  • Intern, U.S. House of Representatives

Education

  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2016, SMU International Law Review Association, staff editor, associate managing editor; Phi Delta Phi
  • Texas A&M University, B.S., 2012, psychology

Bar Admissions

  • Texas

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas

Clerkships

  • Hon. Sam Lindsay, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, 2016
  • U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas, 2014
  • Speaker, “Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Amendments and Strategies,” Lawline, April 9, 2024.
  • Speaker, “Antitrust Trial Techniques: What Works and What Doesn’t,” American Bar Association, March 14, 2024.
  • Speaker, “Exploring the Expansion of Criminal Antitrust Enforcement and What Recent Criminal Investigations and Trials Tell Us About the Government’s Tools, Tactics, and Targets,” UT Law CLE: 9 Annual Government Enforcement Institute, September 28-29, 2023.
  • Speaker, “Trends in Antitrust: Regulation of the Labor Market Through Increased Criminal Enforcement,” Lawline, May 2, 2023.
  • Speaker, “Trends in Antitrust: Regulating the Labor Market Through Increased Criminal Enforcement,” Quimbee, October 10, 2022.
  • Speaker, “Lessons for Criminal Labor Market Antitrust Enforcement in U.S. and Canada,” American Bar Association: Antitrust Law Section, July 15, 2022.
  • Speaker, “Criminal Antitrust Investigations and Trials – Recent Lessons,” Federal Bar Association, May 20, 2022.
  • Speaker, “Remote Work: The ‘New Normal’,” Locke Lord, May 6, 2021.
  • Co-author, “The Guidance for Mandatory Vaccination of Federal Contractors and Subcontractors Has Arrived,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, October 1, 2021.
  • Co-author, “OSHA Issues Coronavirus-Related Citations,” Locke Lord, November 2020.
  • Co-author, “Key Questions for Employers Facing COVID-19 (FAQ),” Locke Lord QuickStudy, July 20, 2020.