Jen brings over twenty years of experience in law firm professional development, legal recruiting, leadership growth, and strategic planning. Through her coaching practice, she empowers lawyers to navigate the everyday complexities of legal practice, including work/life integration, time management, feedback and delegation, personal branding, and pivotal career milestones like the path to partnership. Jen’s coaching philosophy blends both the aspirational and the practical: she encourages coachees to envision their ideal future while also addressing the real-world challenges they face, collaboratively designing solutions where small, intentional steps lead to lasting progress.
Jen also specializes in working with lawyers in transition, guiding them as they explore what’s next in their career journey, whether that means moving in-house, changing firms or practice areas or leveraging their law degree in new and meaningful ways beyond traditional practice. She sees careers not as a straight ladder but more as a jungle gym—full of twists, turns, climbs, and slides. Each transition is unique, and she begins by asking, “What are you seeking in your next role, and how will you define success?”
Jen supports Associates, Counsel, Partners, Practice Group leaders and Business Services Professionals across the legal industry—from small boutique firms to Big Law. She is especially passionate about advancing women in the profession, a commitment she integrates into her coaching and consulting.
Jen earned her Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and is a Certified Lawyer Coach through the Volta Coach Training Program. She also holds certifications in MBTI and Mental Health First Aid.
Jen is a leader in the legal professional development community and recently served as Co-Chair of the Chicago Chapter of the Professional Development Consortium (PDC). She is a longtime member of the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), frequent speaker on career development at local law schools, and writes about law firm leadership and professional growth.
Before launching her coaching practice at Volta, Jen was the Director of Attorney Recruitment & Professional Development at Much Shelist for over ten years. Earlier in her career, she practiced commercial litigation at Winston & Strawn. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and her B.A. in political science with high honors from the University of Michigan.
Outside of work, Jen can also often be found on the sidelines of a lacrosse game or playing racquet sports including pickleball, tennis and paddle. Jen served as President of the Board of Northbrook School District 28, remains active in the University of Michigan Alumni Association, and volunteers as an Alumni Student Recruiter. Her most cherished role, however, is mom to two daughters, one in high school and the other a proud Wolverine at the Ross School of Business.