Anne O'Connell Solicitors

Senior Associate

Jenny qualified as a solicitor in 2012 and holds a first class LL.B and LL.M. She specialises in Employment Law and joined our Team as a Senior Associate in September 2021.

Jenny has worked with a broad range of employers in Ireland and abroad as well as with major insurers and private individuals. Her work encompasses all aspects of non-contentious and contentious employment law and related litigation. She advises clients in respect of all matters relating to the employment relationship, from recruitment to termination, and everything in between. Jenny also regularly drafts and reviews contracts of employment and employee handbooks and policies. She also advises employers on data protection matters and assists employers in responding to complex and wide-ranging data subject access requests.

Jenny also has significant experience acting for clients in relation to contentious employment law and equality disputes including unfair dismissal claims, equal status claims, redundancy payment claims, payment of wages claims, penalisation claims, and claims under the Industrial Relations legislation and she regularly acts as advocate in defending these claims. She also acts for clients in relation to Circuit and High Court personal injury claims arising from the employment relationship.

In addition to her legal expertise, Jenny has significant industry experience, having worked in-house as an Employment Law Consultant in a leading Human Resources company in 2013/2014.

Jenny is a member of the Employment Law Association of Ireland. She frequently writes on employment law related matters.