Jennifer McLain McLemore

Jennifer McLain McLemore has more than two decades of experience advising commercial creditors, business creditors, banks and credit unions in bankruptcy and bankruptcy litigation matters nationwide. She frequently represents clients in matters involving debtor-in-possession financing arrangements and asset identification and recovery matters. She also represents clients in bankruptcy litigation situations involving avoidance actions, claim objection disputes and discharge/dischargeability claims.

Jennifer has handled bankruptcy cases for numerous types of clients, including business owners, corporate entities and contract counterparties; commercial and retail landlords; banks and other lenders; Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors; Chapter 7 trustees; Chapter 11 trustees; and debtors.

Jennifer's practice also includes providing insolvency-related legal opinions in connection with complex financial transactions, including real estate based and structured financial transactions.

Jennifer is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law (2013-present), Litigation - Bankruptcy (2022-present), Commercial Litigation (2023-present). She is listed in Virginia Super Lawyers for Bankruptcy Law (2014-present), Chambers USA for Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2021-present) and has been named among Virginia's "Legal Elite" by Virginia Business for Bankruptcy/Creditors' Rights (2011-2017, 2019-present).

Jennifer is a past chair of the International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). She founded IWIRC's Virginia network in 2006, and, in 2012, she received the IWIRC's Melnik Award, which is awarded to a member who has made an exceptional contribution to IWIRC, either through efforts over the past year or for the culmination of efforts over a period of years.

She currently serves on the board of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and served as co-chair of the ABI's Southeastern Bankruptcy Workshop Advisory Board from 2019-2021. Additionally, Jennifer serves on the board of directors for CultureWorks. She was a member of Leadership Metro Richmond's Class of 2016 and is a sustainer for the Junior League of Richmond. She was also selected a Fellow (Class 36) of The American College of Bankruptcy.

Jennifer serves on Williams Mullen's Diversity & Inclusion Committee and is the current chair of the Women's Initiative. In this role, she also serves as liaison to the firm's board of directors.

Jennifer earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Richmond School of Law, where she served as an associate editor for the University of Richmond Law Review. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude and with university honors, from Miami University.