Jennifer R. Cochran | Attorney

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Jennifer was born in Tyler, Texas.  She graduated from Bonham High School in Bonham, Texas and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from East Texas State University in Commerce, Texas (now Texas A&M University-Commerce) in 1994.  From 1996-2005, she served as the Director of Marketing for SMS Holdings Corp., a nationwide service company based in Nashville, Tennessee. During this time, she competed in mountain bike races throughout the Southeast and was ranked nationally. She also served as a USA Cycling Official officiating road races, criteriums, time trials, mountain bike races and cyclocross competitions. In 2005, Jennifer resigned from her position at SMS Holdings and as a speaker with the Tennessee Department of Correction's Victim Impact Program to attend law school.

 

She earned a Juris Doctor degree from New England Law in Boston, Massachusetts in 2008.  While at New England, she served on the Executive Board of the Women's Law Caucus and coordinated the Sexual Violence Legal News, Judicial Language Project, and the annual Human Trafficking Awareness event in which she was recognized for her work with the prestigious New England Law Service Award. She also received recognition on the Dean's List, the Public Service Honor Roll, and as the 2008 Recipient of the CALI Award for Excellence in Negotiation. Her work has been published in the Sexual Violence Legal News as well as the Sexual Assault Report, an independent publication. While in law school, she provided research assistance to adjunct professor Wendy Murphy, renowned victims' rights advocate, author, radio host, and CNN/Fox News legal analyst.  Jennifer also interned with Providence firm Partridge Snow & Hahn, the Boston Police Department and the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence. At the Massachusetts Coalition, she received attribution for her contribution to the organization's first ever publication of the Massachusetts Domestic Violence Homicide Report. 

 

Jennifer was admitted to the Texas bar in 2008 and concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning & administration, family law, personal injury, real estate, and other matters. Jennifer is also very active in the community. She volunteers with Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas providing pro bono representation to victims of domestic violence in family law matters. She currently serves on the Texas Bicycle Coalition's Legislative Strategy Committee where she works diligently with other committee members to educate cyclists and the general public about pending legislation as well as talking with legislators about legislation affecting the organization's membership, specifically the Safe Passing Bill. 

Education

East Texas State University/TAMU-Commerce Bachelor of Business Administration

The Law Office Of Jennifer R Cochran Highlights

Adoption, Corporate, Business Organization, Child Support, Contract, Farms; Divorce; Estate Planning; Family Law; Car Accident; Personal Injury; Wills & Probate; Trusts; Wills

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