Jennifer Sutherland

Ms. Sutherland is a former Chief Solicitor with the Baltimore City Office of Law and partner associated with several Baltimore-area law firms. She has accumulated more than twenty-four years of experience representing clients in personal injury, professional negligence, employment, civil rights, and insurance matters.

Notable cases litigated by Ms. Sutherland include a multi-million dollar suit involving allegations of fraud and undue influence by a wealth adviser and accountant; civil rights litigation involving an employer’s refusal to recognize an employee’s religious marriage; and a shareholder-initiated business dissolution suit tried before Chancellor Leo Strine of Delaware’s Chancery Court.

Ms. Sutherland has also successfully represented clients before the Maryland Board of Contract Appeals and other federal, state and local agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Office of Compliance, the Commission on Human Rights, and various Merit System Protection Boards.

Ms. Sutherland has regularly represented clients in private arbitrations before FINRA, the American Arbitration Association and other organizations and in mediations.

BAR ADMISSIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

She is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia.