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Los Angeles
6080 Center Drive
Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90045

Tel: (310) 215-7535
Fax: (310) 215-7300
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  • Juris Doctor, 1984, Southwestern University School of Law
  • Bachelor of Arts, Business Management, 1981, California State University at Long Beach
  • Associate in Arts, 1976, Marymount College, Palos Verdes, California

Jennifer K. Saunders

Biographical Information

Ms. Saunders is a Partner in Haight Brown & Bonesteel’s Los Angeles office.  She is the Chair of the Professional Liability Practice Group consisting of attorneys throughout the State handling the defense of lawyers, accountants, directors and officers, insurance agents and brokers and other professionals.  Ms. Saunders has over 24 years of experience in the defense of professional liability claims and attorney fee disputes.  Her experience includes pre-claim evaluation and consultation, risk management assistance and resolution, litigation from commencement through trial, arbitration or amicable resolution.  Ms. Saunders has represented and been a consultant to professionals in the legal, financial, real estate, insurance and engineering industries.  She has also served as an arbitrator in attorney fee disputes.

Ms. Saunders has also built a subspecialty in the defense of family law practitioners and other related family law professionals.  She has published articles as well as been a guest speaker at various professional conferences throughout her career.

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Community Involvement

Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law, Volunteer Attorney since 1994

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Presentations & Publications

  • Guest Speaker, Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, January 2008; May 2010
  • Regular Speaker at study groups for Family Law Attorneys, 1994 to present
  • Guest Speaker, Los Angeles County Bar, Family Law Symposium
  • Guest Speaker, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Family Law Symposium
  • “Managing the Risk of Legal Malpractice Claims, From Beginning to End, Jennifer K. Saunders, Los Angeles County Bar Family Law Symposium, Spring 2010
  • “Things You Can Do To Minimize The Potential of Legal Malpractice Claims, From Beginning to End.” Jennifer K. Saunders, Spring 2009, Family Law Symposium Book 2009, Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • “Sometimes A Good Defense is the Best Defense: How to Manage Expansion of Attorney Liability to Non-Clients”, Dave Evans, Jennifer K. Saunders and Holly Teel, California Bar Update March 2005, Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • “The Client File: Yours, Mine, and Ours”, Lori R. Behar, Jennifer K. Saunders, County Bar Update June/July 2004, Vol. 24, No. 6, Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • “Thoughts To Bear in Mind”, ACFLS Newsletter, Spring 2001, No. 1, Association of Certified Family Law Specialists
  • "What is a Plaintiff's Burden of Proof in a Legal Malpractice Action Arising out of a Divorce Settlement?", Family Law News & Review, Summer 1999, Vol. XX, No. 3, Los Angeles County Bar Association
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