About Jennifer

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I’m a licensed attorney and a licensed broker in North Carolina, but within those broad fields I am driven by deeply-held values about the kind of work I want to dedicate my life to.

In law school, my favorite case involved two neighboring businesses: a coal mine and a mill. The mill owner hired a contractor to build a reservoir on his property. The contractor knew the ground was unstable due to old mine shafts but he never talked with the mill owner about it—and the reservoir eventually burst, flooding the mine and destroying the coal miner’s business. The case, an old English precedent from the 1800s, became foundational to the doctrines of Strict Liability and Vicarious Liability.

What stayed with me, however, was not the doctrine but the disaster. I realized I didn’t want to be the attorney who came in after the damage was done to determine who should pay. I wanted to be the attorney who would have prevented the collapse in the first place—or failing that, would have showed up with a pump to get the water out and help the miner get his business back up and running.

At the time, I didn’t know how to act on the above realization. I was already on the path to a successful legal career, and I valued both the challenge and the rigor of the work. After law school, I passed one of the hardest bar exams in the country and helped win one of the most complex attorney-fee cases in California history. But even as I built a strong legal practice, I kept searching for a way to use my skills in a more tangible, constructive way.

That clarity finally came when I met my second husband in June 2020.  Because of his exciting work in commercial real estate, I started learning about construction, and I got my real estate broker's license five months later. Since then, I’ve worked for several commercial brokerages, managing tenant improvements and coordinating with contractors, and I’ve realized: this is work that I find meaningful and know how to do very well. I’ve also worked during this time period as an attorney on construction litigation, which has given me an inside view of the consequences when mistakes are made.  I know as well as anyone can know why disciplined project management matters.  That perspective has driven me to find a position with a company where I can take pride in my work--to listen, to build, to protect, to deliver.

Now that my children are older, I’m ready to work on-site, full-time so I can deploy all of my capabilities over the next twenty years in construction and development.  This is a “no matter what it takes” moment in my life. I'm aware that my background is unconventional, but I also know the value I bring: resourcefulness, persistence, an extraordinary capability to manage complexity and digest detailed information, and a mindset that is fun but risk-aware. 

I’m ready to bring my legal discipline, passion for real estate project management, and my deep sense of purpose to a company that values what I have to offer, which is forward momentum—I’m here to deliver.

My preference would be to work on the construction site, so I can be outside at least part of the day, and so when the equipment and materials arrive, I can go out and look at it.  The thing about land and buildings is that you really have to go to it and spend time on it to understand it, at least I do. When I get the designers to go over the drawings with me and talk about how we're gonna make sure things go well, I'm going to need to walk around and look at what we're talking about.  I'm happier when I'm able to move around a lot and not sit at a computer.  And, I like being around people and talking about work.  I want it to be convenient for people to be able to communicate and ask each other questions so I'm able to find out early when there are challenges to prepare for.  I would not like to show up once a month and make everyone feel like they've got to deal with an outsider who doesn't know how to actually do the work.  I want to be there for them to use as an assistant and someone that they can teach as we go, so no one feels like they have to do something by themselves. So, I'm going to need a desk and a chair in a trailer on the construction site.