Jennifer is originally from Burlington, Iowa, and joined the firm in 2007 as an Associate. Jennifer received her legal education from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, graduating in 2006. Prior to joining Cambridge Law Firm, Jennifer served as an Associate attorney at a mid-sized firm in Minneapolis where her practice focused mainly on catastrophic loss and insurance defense.
Jennifer is now a partner at Cambridge Law Firm and staffs both the Atlantic and Harlan locations. She and her family reside in rural Shelby County.
Jennifer has experience in many areas of the law, including estate planning, business succession planning, tax planning, preparation, and audit response for individuals and businesses, business planning (from formation to dissolution and all stages in between), planning for nonprofit organizations, civil litigation, real estate transactions and trust and probate administration.
Practice Areas
- Business Planning
- Civil Litigation
- Estate Planning
- Probate & Trusts
- Real Estate
- Taxation
Education
- William Mitchell College of Law – St. Paul, Minnesota, 2006
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa, 2003
B.S., Industrial Engineering
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Minnesota State Bar Association, 2007 – Present
- Iowa State Bar Association, 2008 – Present
- Cass County Bar Association, 2008 – Present
- Shelby County Bar Association, 2008 – Present
- Nebraska State Bar Association, 2008 – Present
- Iowa Academy of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Iowa Title Guaranty
- Class II, Heart of America Professionals Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Shelby County Magistrate Nominating Commission
Community
- Member, P.E.O., Chapter PD
- Member, Cass County Abstract Co., Inc. and Cass County Abstract Co., Inc. Board of Directors
- Member, Iowa Farm Bureau
- Member, Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce
- Past President, Atlantic Rotary Club and Past Director, Atlantic Rotary Club Board of Directors
- Past Member, Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Speeches and Seminars
- NBI, Inc. – Estate Inventory & Final Accounting, December 2020
- Iowa State Univ. Extension & Outreach – Money Talk Workshop, October 2016 (Atlantic, IA)
- DuPont Pioneer Next Gen Producers Conference – Estate and Succession Planning, August 2015
- Iowa State Univ. Extension & Outreach – Annie’s Project, 2018 (Carson, IA); 2014 and 2021 (Greenfield, IA); and 2012 (Atlantic, IA)