Women's Bar Association of Illinois

Board of Directors: Jennifer P. Irmen

Jennifer P. Irmen is a trial attorney at the Chicago law firm of Anesi Ozmon Rodin Novak & Kohen where she prosecutes wrongful death, employment discrimination, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, construction negligence, products liability, premises liability, and auto liability matters. Jennifer recently joined Anesi Ozmon Rodin Novak & Kohen after practicing law at Bruce Farrel Dorn & Associates for the past 7 years. While practicing at Bruce Farrel Dorn & Associates, Jennifer acted as the lead defense attorney for countless jury trials, bench trials, arbitration and ADR proceedings involving premise liability, negligent hiring, dog bite, fire, auto, and construction cases, all of which resulted in thirty not guilty verdicts in her favor. Moreover, for the past two years, Jennifer has been an adjunct law professor for the nationally acclaimed legal writing program at The John Marshall Law School.

Before joining the law firm of Bruce Farrel Dorn & Associates, Jennifer clerked for Beermann Swerdlove, where she drafted legal memoranda regarding child support, property division, and maintenance. Prior to clerking there, Jennifer clerked in the Employment Litigation Division of the Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago. The summer and fall after Jennifer’s first year of law school, Jennifer served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Judge Guzman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois where she drafted legal opinions concerning employment and racial discrimination as well as deportation and removal proceedings.

Upon graduation from The John Marshall Law School, after being the President of John Marshall’s Student Bar Association, Jennifer was appointed a member of the John Marshall Alumni Association’s Board of Directors; she has served as a member of that board for the past seven years. This bar year, Jennifer received The John Marshall Alumni Association's coveted Presidential Service Award for her dedication to the organization, JMLS students, and the school as a whole. Jennifer will serve on the Executive Board of The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association as Secretary in the 2011-2012 bar year.

This year, Jennifer is beginning her fourth year as a member of the Board of Directors for the Women’s Bar Association. In her capacity as a director over the last three years, Jennifer developed a new and fresh marketing concept for the WBAI’s website, publications, and other marketing pieces for which she received a Service Award from the WBAI's President during the 2009-2010 bar year. Jennifer co-chaired the WBAI's Annual Installation Dinner, its largest event, as well as the WBAI's Judicial Reception during the 2010-2011 bar year. Jennifer’s time coordinating communications projects and social events as an intern in the Social Office of the White House under the Clinton administration in 1999 has given her a unique perspective which she has undoubtedly applied in all of her roles with the WBAI.

Jennifer is also a member of the Executive Council of the Young Lawyer's Section for the Chicago Bar Association as well as the Women's Bar Foundation Board of Directors.

In 2004, Jennifer was named as the Outstanding Women Law Graduate from The John Marshall Law School by the National Association of Women Lawyers. While at John Marshall, Jennifer received the Edith and Philip Baim Scholarship Award, the Marion Scholarship Award, the John Marshall Alumni Association Merit Scholarship, and the Dean’s Scholarship for Academic Achievement.

Jennifer P. Irmen
Anesi Ozmon Rodin Novak & Kohen
161 N. Clark Street, 21st Floor
Chicago, Illinois  60602
Phone:  312-372-3822
Fax: 312-372-3833
jirmen@anesilaw.com
http://www.anesilaw.com

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