Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Class Actions and Mass Torts

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Jennifer Dempsey has extensive experience representing corporate clients, commercial product manufacturers, financial institutions, healthcare companies, and individuals in complex commercial litigation and disputes. She serves as co-leader of the Firm's Toxic Tort Class Action and Mass Tort Team. She handles commercial tort actions, commercial contract disputes, insurance and surety litigation, financial institution litigation, and class action defense in the courts and arbitration settings.

Jennifer represents regional, national and international banks in cases involving such matters as lender liability, RICO, participation agreements, and fiduciary liability. Her practice also involves the management and coordination of multi-jurisdictional litigation and national product liability litigation.  By way of example, Jennifer has been on the team acting as national class action counsel for one corporate client, national discovery counsel for one of the country's largest retail companies, and national coordinating counsel for product liability claims against a manufacturing company.  Additionally, she has defended numerous class actions for a variety of corporate clients.

Jennifer is active in the community and has previously served on the Board of Directors of CHRIS Kids, a non-profit association devoted to improving the community by providing children, adults, and families with high-quality, trauma-informed behavioral health services and support systems, and Everybody Wins Atlanta. Most recently, Jennifer was appointed to the Atlanta Children’s Shelter Board of Directors.

Jennifer frequently speaks on legal issues such as preparing to defend your contracts in litigation and evidence.

Jennifer has been involved in a number of high profile pro bono matters before the Georgia and federal courts. These matters have included voting rights matters with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and matters with Lambda Legal.

Jennifer has experience appearing before the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Georgia on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants.