Jennifer Petit focuses on cases involving personal injury and property damage arising from premises liability, general negligence and intentional torts. She also defends claims in the trucking and transportation industry, representing national trucking and long-haul companies on behalf of major insurance carriers.
Prior to joining Wilson Elser, Jennifer worked at an AmLaw 100 law firm and served for a number of years as Senior Counsel at the New York City Law Department in the Tort Division.
Areas of Focus
Construction
Jennifer defends insured and self-insured commercial businesses, construction companies, transportation companies and landlords, among others, against all types of personal injury, property damage and indemnity claims.
Premises
Jennifer defends high-exposure claims in large commercial and industrial buildings, renovation and demolition projects implicating New York's Labor Law as well as contractual indemnification issues.
Transportation
In the transportation field, Jennifer defends national trucking and long-hauling companies and "for-hire" fleets in complex litigation, including high-exposure injury and death claims, freight and property damage claims. She understands the importance of rapid emergency response to catastrophic incidents, early case investigation and the economics of transportation litigation, and when necessary, Jennifer aggressively defends cases through trial.
- Boston University School of Law (J.D., 2016)
- International Law Journal
- Trinity College (B.A., 2011)
- New York
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York