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Jennifer Wieland handles complex litigation matters for businesses and individual clients. Her practice is primarily in federal court, where she focuses on commercial disputes and employment and intellectual property matters. She represents clients from all sectors, including the financial services, higher education, and automotive industries, from small, local businesses to Fortune 500 companies.

When Jennifer takes on a case, she invests the time to learn about her client’s business, to understand the facts, and to analyze and anticipate the legal issues. This hands-on approach has helped her resolve many disputes before litigation is even filed. She also has won cases around the country based on her written work including in state and federal courts in Kansas, Missouri, California, Illinois, and Florida.  Jennifer is also qualified as a Missouri mediator and was selected for inclusion on the Western District of Missouri’s Mediation and Assessment Program’s newly created list of Category II Neutrals, effective August 1, 2023.

Jennifer is a former federal law clerk who worked on both coasts before settling in Kansas City. Her first job out of college was as a paralegal at Covington & Burling in Washington, DC. She later served as a law clerk to the Hon. Lourdes G. Baird in the Central District of California in Los Angeles. Following her clerkship, she worked in the Orange County, CA office of Latham & Watkins. She relocated to the Kansas City area in 2005, where she spent three years as an attorney at Blackwell Sanders before joining Berkowitz Oliver in 2008.

Jennifer is a Double Hoo, having received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia. While attending UVA Law, she was both an Executive Editor of the Virginia Law Review and a founding member and Executive Editor of the Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal. Jennifer’s Note “Death of Publius: Toward a World Without Anonymous Speech” was published in the Virginia Journal of Law & Politics and has been cited in an amicus brief presented to the United States Supreme Court, as well as over a dozen law review articles.

Outside the office, Jennifer – a mother of three – can usually be found with a skein of yarn in her hands, often on the sidelines of a soccer game.

PUBLICATIONS

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 2002)
    • Executive Editor, Virginia Law Review
    • Executive Editor, Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal
  • University of Virginia (B.A., Government, with distinction 1997)

Clerk Experience

  • Clerked for the Hon. Lourdes G. Baird in the Central District of California (Los Angeles)

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
  • U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Bar Jurisdictions

  • California, 2002
  • Missouri, 2005
  • Kansas, 2006

Professional Memberships/Community Involvement

  • California Bar Association
  • Kansas Bar Association
  • Missouri Bar Association
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Association of Women Lawyers of Kansas City

Publications & Presentations

  • Celebrity Trials: Lessons Learned from Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard
    • Kansas Paralegal Association (KPA) Lunch-n-Learn Presentation, Kansas City, MO (May 8, 2024).
    • Kansas Women Attorneys Association (KWAA) Annual Conference, Lindsborg, KS (July 14, 2023).
    • Association of Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City (AWL), Kansas City, MO (November 9, 2022).
    • Berkowitz Oliver LLP, Kansas City, MO (September 5, 2022).
    • Kansas City Paralegals Association (KCPA), Kansas City, MO (August 10, 2022).
  • “All Too Well”: Best Practices for Keeping Time, Berkowitz Oliver LLP, Kansas City, MO (July 6, 2023).
  • Military Discharge Upgrade Basics, KCMBF Military Matters Symposium, Kansas City, MO (November 4, 2021).
  • You’re a Work-from-Home Lawyer. Now what?, Berkowitz Oliver LLP, Kansas City, MO (May 20, 2020).
  • Becoming a Lawyer, Prairie Ridge Elementary School Career Day, Shawnee, KS (February 12, 2020).
  • Civil Litigation: An Overview, Mill Valley High School, Shawnee, KS (May 14, 2019).
  • So You Want to Be a Lawyer…
    • Monticello Trails Middle School, Shawnee, KS (March 8, 2024).
    • Monticello Trails Middle School, Shawnee, KS (March 7, 2019).
  • The Paralegal’s Role in Trial Prep, Kansas City Paralegals Association (KCPA), Kansas City, MO (September 6, 2018).
  • Subpoenas: The Process Server at the Front Desk and Navigating the New FRCP 45. Berkowitz Oliver LLP, Kansas City, MO (January 29, 2014).

Distinctions

  • Named a Rising Star for Business Litigation by Super Lawyers, 2015-16.
  • Named a Super Lawyer for Business Litigation by Super Lawyers, 2018-19.
  • Named a Super Lawyer for Class Action by Super Lawyers, 2020-2023.
  • Named a Pro Bono Champion by the Hon. Jennifer M. Phillips, April 2022.