Jennifer Walwyn Colvin is an Ohio State Bar Association Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment law. She partners with clients to understand and attain their goals with respect to all aspects of employment law and personnel management, with a focus on supporting clients during corporate transactions.
In her employment law practice, Jennifer spends a significant amount of her time counseling corporate clients on both the buy and sell side of M&A transactions, providing labor and employment-related diligence, compliance, and transition guidance to support financial, strategic, onboarding and integration goals. She also assists buy-side corporate clients post-transaction with organizing and structuring their workforces, including a specific focus on alignment of policies and safeguards (i.e., restrictive covenants) to optimize efficiency and serve strategic goals.
Jennifer has extensive experience assisting clients in all stages of workplace disputes involving discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, enforcement of restrictive covenants, wage and hour, and breach of contract in both state and federal court as well as through binding arbitration. She has appeared before trial and appellate courts in numerous jurisdictions across the United States, including the Sixth and Ninth U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal. She regularly counsels clients pre-dispute related to managing employee complaints, investigations, requests for accommodation, or other personnel requests.
Jennifer counsels employers on issues and best practices related to all facets of employment and personnel management, including termination, severance terms, reductions in force, wage and hour, reorganization, harassment, retaliation, Title VII, pre-employment procedures, disability accommodation, leave procedures, management of illness in the workplace, and compliance with state and federal fair employment and fair credit statutes. She also frequently conducts onsite or online workplace training for clients of various sizes.
Jennifer regularly assists clients by drafting and reviewing various employment-related documents, including employee handbooks, executive compensation contracts, employment agreements, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, settlement and release agreements and policy materials.
Jennifer previously worked as the Assistant Corporate Secretary for The Midland Company/American Modern Insurance group (publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange). She was integrally involved in the $1.3 billion sale of the company to Munich Re Group in 2008. From 2003 to 2004, Jennifer served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Harry Lee Hudspeth, Senior United States District Court Judge for the Western District of Texas.
Jennifer is an Ohio State Bar Association Certified Specialist in Labor & Employment Law (2020-present).
She earned her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law in 2003, where she served as the Law Review Symposium editor. She earned her B.S. from Cornell University in 2000.
Honors & Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Employment Law - Management (2025-2026), Labor Law - Management (2024-2026), and Litigation - Labor and Employment (2025-2026)
- Ohio Super Lawyers, Employment and Labor (2023-2025)
- Ohio Super Lawyers, Ohio Rising Stars, Employment & Labor (2012-2018)
- Cincy Magazine, "Cincy Leading Lawyers," Labor and Employment Law (2018-2023)
Education
- Ohio State Bar Association Certified Specialist in Labor & Employment Law, 2020
- J.D., UCLA School of Law, 2003
- B.S., Cornell University, 2000
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