Baker McKenzie LLP

Litigation Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

Jennifer Ancona Semko focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation and internal investigations, with more than 20 years of experience litigating in state and federal courts across the United States. Jennifer represents clients in domestic and international disputes and has expertise in cross-border judicial processes. She also has guided clients through investigations by the US Department of Justice, SEC, EPA, NYSE, Senate Finance Committee, United Nations and other government agencies. She is currently the Chair of the Washington Office Litigation and Government Enforcement practice, as well as Co-Chair of the North American Commercial Litigation subgroup.

Jennifer’s practice covers a variety of complex disputes, including fiduciary duty and shareholder litigation, Administrative Procedure Act litigation against government agencies, breach of contract actions, copyright and trade secret protection, employment-related claims, business torts and other business litigation matters. She also has briefed and argued appeals before a number of state and federal appellate courts and is a former law clerk to the Honorable Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Additionally, Jennifer has substantial experience advising high-stakes standardized testing programs regarding legal and strategic issues, such as the development of effective test-taker agreements, pursuit of legal actions in response to exam theft, "Secure Test" copyright registration, and decision-making regarding the invalidation of test scores.

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American Bar Association (Litigation and Business Law Sections) Association of Test Publishers (Exam Security Enforcement Committee)