Jennifer L. Jonak

 

Jennifer L. Jonak is the founder and principal of Jonak Law Group, P.C.  She has been practicing since 1997.  She graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and obtained her undergraduate degree with high honors from the University of Virginia. She specializes in general counsel work and commercial and complex civil litigation, including intellectual property/technology matters, business law and complex torts. She previously worked at Morgan Lewis (then McCutchen Doyle). While at Morgan Lewis, Ms. Jonak was on the firm's Pro Bono Committee and received an award on behalf of the firm from the State of California.  She has spent thousands of hours doing pro work for underprivileged clients, including on prisoner's rights work and a class action for persons with physical and developmental disabilities.

 

Ms. Jonak has represented individuals in fraud, securities and other business litigation against large banks, accounting firms, insurance companies and other companies.  She has also acted as outside general counsel for various companies, handling license agreements, tech transfers, strategic alliance agreements, IP purchases, supply agreements, R&D agreements, NDAs, angel investments, and employment matters.  She has also overseen litigation in multiple jurisdictions, including cross-border and international work.  She has extensive commercial litigation experience, having first and second chaired trials in state and federal courts.

 

Ms. Jonak is admitted to practice in California and Oregon, and has argued successfully before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the California Court of Appeals.  She is admitted to the International Trade Commission, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Tax Court, the District of Oregon, the Northern District of California, the Eastern District of California, the Central District of California, the Eastern District of Michigan, the Eastern District of Texas and other districts.  Prior to practicing law, she researched and wrote treatise supplements on Franchise Law and Corporate Acquisitions & Mergers for Mathew Bender, and directed and co-authored a report published by the North American Securities Administrators’ Association Congressional Task Force on Earnings Claims in Franchising. She also co-authored or contributed to articles for the National Law Journal and law reviews.

 

When not practicing law, Ms. Jonak has contributed her time as a photojournalist to various wildlife and humanitarian projects. In the past, this has included photography for the World Wildlife Fund, Friends of Calakmul, Rainforest2Reef, as well as HIV and famine relief projects in Africa.  She volunteers for a number of non-profits, including serving on the Board of Directors for the Eugene 4J Schools, Board of Directors of the Asian American Council of Oregon, Steering Committee for the Lane County Campaign for Equal Justice (which fundraises for Legal Aid), Friends of Family Farmer's Legislative Committee, Board of Directors of Oregon Mozart Players, and West Cascades Fiddle Camp & Workshops Committee.  She has previously served on the Board of Directors for Square One Villages, Chair of the Lane County Law Library, Lane County Charter Review Committee, President of Round Table Club, Board of Directors of Eugene Public Library Foundation, President of Friends of Eugene Public Library, Board of Directors of University of Oregon’s Oregon Bach Festival, and Greenhill Humane Society's Development Committee.  When not working, she enjoys attending old-time fiddle jams and growing heirloom vegetables and flowers on a family farm in the Willamette Valley.

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