Profile

Jennifer is a 1995 summa cum laude graduate of Erskine College with a major in History and a minor in English. She received her Juris Doctor from the Joseph F. Rice School of Law at the University of South Carolina in 1998 and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar the same year. She spent the majority of her legal career as a legislative attorney with the South Carolina House of Representatives. A highlight of her career was serving as the inaugural director of the House Legislative Oversight Committee, which during her tenure received eight national awards for its work.  In 2025, she retired from the South Carolina House of Representatives as Chief Legal Counsel for Judiciary Committee.