Jennifer J. Howe - Lake Forest, IL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan, 1992
    Juris Doctorate
    Honors: cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1987
    B.A.
    Major: Government

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Partner

Past Positions

• Dykema Gossett PLLC, Associate, 1992 - 2002

Classes and Seminars

• Estate Planning for Women:(Women in Transition Series, Wintrust Financial, Highland Park Country Club, April 23, 2015)
  
• Speaker: Charging & Recovering Fiduciary Fees, (LCBA Trusts & Estate Committee, Annual Seminar, and November 13, 2014)
  
• Estate Planning for Couples, (Wintrust Transition Series, Lake forest Bank & Trust, Lake Forest, IL, June 16, 2014)
  
• Speaker: Ethical Considerations in Estate Planning, Transition Periods, and Estate and Trust Administration”, (Illinois State Bar Association, Law Ed Program, April 30, 2009)
  
• Speaker: Ethical Considerations – Multigenerational Representations, (ISBA Trusts & Estates Committee Council Meeting, September 17, 2008)
  
• Speaker: Advanced Medical Directives – Which option is best and for whom? (LCBA Wills Trust & Probate Committee Annual Seminar, Fall 2005)
  
• Guest Lecturer: Drafting Employment Agreements – Fundamentals (DePaul School of Law (September 25, 2013; September 25, 2014)
  
• Speaker: Employment Terminations – Best Practices (Lake County Bar Association Annual Employment Law Seminar, March 20, 2013)
  
• Speaker: What every Lawyer Should Know About Sexual Harassment Investigations (Lake County Bar Association – Best Practices in Diversity, CLE Seminar, and November 9, 2011)
  
• Speaker: Your Personal Credit History, Is it Fair Game for Employers? (Lake County Bar Association, Employment Committee, November 17, 2010)
  
• Speaker: 2007 Amendments to Illinois Human Rights Act – Introduction to New Area of Law for Illinois Courts and Practitioners (LBCA Brown Bag Seminar, Winter 2008, and LCBA Civil Trial and Appeals Committee Annual Seminar, May 2008)
  
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Wills and Trust Drafting at Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

Ancillary Businesses

• Loyola University Chicago, School of Law, Adjunct professor, January 2016 to present

Published Works

Articles

• Co-author: Financial Exploitation of An Elderly Person or Person With Disability, The Docket, June, 2017
  
• Co-author, Employment Discrimination – A Disparate Treatment Overview (The Docket, September 2009)
  
• Author, Employment Law Update: Overtime Rules Change (The Docket, August 2004)
  

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1997
• Michigan, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan

Other Affiliations

• Lake County Bar Association (President, June 2017 - June 2018)
• Lake County Bar Associations (1st Vice President, June 2016 - 2017)
• Lake County Bar Association (Second Vice President, June 2015 - June 2016)
• Lake County Bar Association (Chairman, Guardianship Help Desk, 2014 - 2017)
• Lake County Bar Association, 2002 - Present (Member, Trusts & Estate Committee)
• Lake County Bar Association, 2009 - 2014 (Chairman, Employment Law Committee)
• Lake County Bar Association, 2006 - 2013 (Member, Judicial Selection & Retention Committee)
• Illinois State Bar Association, 2007 - 2009 (Member, Trusts & Estate Section Council)
• Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce, 2015 - Present (Board of Directors)
• Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County, 2008 - 2010 (Board member)