Jennifer graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998 with a degree in Biological Basis of Behavior.  Following undergraduate, Jennifer attended the University of Arizona, where she earned a Masters in Pharmacology and Toxicology.  While studying at Arizona, Jennifer presented her research at the Western Pharmacology Society meeting in Tucson, Arizona and the Society for Neuroscience meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Her research is published in the Journal of Comparative Neurology.

Jennifer worked in the biotech industry in Northern California before attending law school.  She received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law, located in San Francisco, California in 2005.  Jennifer joined the firm of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in January of 2006.