Jeanne Schubert Barnum

Ms. Barnum, Co-Chair of the Firm’s Construction Industry Practice Group, is a trial lawyer with more than 30 years of experience representing developers, business owners, landlords, lenders, and municipalities in a wide variety of business, commercial, premises and product liability defense, and creditors’ rights litigation. Ms. Barnum has an active dispute resolution practice and she also counsels clients on shifting risk and litigation prevention. She also serves as the Chair of the Vision & Leadership Subcommittee of the firm’s Diversity Committee.

Other Distinctions

•Recipient of the Earl G. Harrison Pro Bono Award, 2017
•Recognized as “Outstanding Subcommittee Chair” for the American Bar Association, Section of Litigation’s Construction Litigation Committee, 2010-2011
•Noted as “New Jersey’s Women Leaders in the Law,” 2012*
•Named a “New Jersey Super Lawyer” for construction litigation, 2006-2007 and 2012-2017*
•Phi Beta Kappa
•Davison-Foreman Fellowship
•Listed in The Best Lawyers of America for Litigation-Construction, 2018-present*

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Clerkships

•U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of the General Counsel (Summer)

Community & Pro Bono

•Cherry Hill Township Environmental Board, Vice Chair
•First Presbyterian Church of Somerdale, Somerdale, NJ: Elder, 2003-2006, 2018-present; Nominating Committee, 2010-2018
•Support Center for Child Advocates/HIAS: pro bono representation of juvenile immigrants in court and before USCIS on their path to permanent residency.
•Temple University Center for Social Policy - Taught Citizenship Classes, 2017-2018

Related Events

•SCOTUS Swings the Pendulum Back in Favor of Arbitration
•Jeanne Barnum Moderated ABA Webinar on Drafting Arbitration Clauses
•Jeanne Barnum Presented on Construction Fraud
•Jeanne Barnum Moderated a Panel on Women in Construction
•Schnader Partners Spoke at Construction Super Conference
•Paint and Dine with the Forum
•John Armstrong Memorial Golf Classic
•Jeanne Barnum Spoke on Arbitration at ABA Conference
•Leveraging LinkedIn
•Schnader Attorneys Speak at Construction SuperConference 2014
•LEED Litigation and Construction Concerns at the New Jersey State Bar Association Renewable Energy Cleantech & Climate Change Meeting - When Clean Energy Meets the Court Room
•Schnader’s New Jersey Office Hosted Fall Networking Event
•Schnader’s Jeanne Barnum Presents at the 3rd Annual Green Buildings Summit 2011
•Bankruptcy Implications in the New Economy, New Jersey Association of Corporate Counsel
•Webinar: Litigation Fundamentals - Motion Practice, American Bar Association

News & Publications

•Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2020
•Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2019
•Schnader Attorneys Receive Recognition for Pro Bono Efforts
•2017 Harrison Awards for Pro Bono and Community Service
•Jeanne Barnum Teaches Citizenship Classes
•USSC Decision Suggests Any State Rule Requiring Clear and Ambiguous Waiver of Jury Trial in Arbitration Provision May Be Pre-empted by the FAA
•Schnader Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers 2017
•40 Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2018
•NJ State Court Authorizes Facebook as an Alternate Means of Service
•Proposed New Jersey Law Takes Aim at Mandatory Arbitration
•Many Schnader Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers 2016
•New Jersey Appellate Division Rules Specific Searches not Required Before Resorting to Service by Mail
•“A Litigator’s Guide to Arbitration”
•Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2015
•Schnader Recognized with Golden Door Award
•Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2014
•Four South Jersey Partners Recognized as “Best Attorneys in Business”
•Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2013
•Schnader’s Jeanne Schubert Barnum Appointed Co-Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Construction Litigation Committee
•Jeanne Barnum Outlines Revisions to Green Marketing Guides from the Federal Trade Commission
•“Revisions to the Federal Trade Commission Green Marketing Guidelines”
•Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2012
•“Green Building: Limitations Clock Starts at First Sign of Trouble”
•Jeanne Barnum Selected to Participate in the ABA’s 2012 Advanced Planning Leadership Program
•Supreme Court Holds Federal Courts Do Not Have Jurisdiction to Hear Federal Common Law Nuisance Claims Relating to Greenhouse Gas Emissions
•Schnader Attorneys Named New Jersey Super Lawyers
•Four Schnader Attorneys Honored as New Jersey Super Lawyers, Rising Stars
•Issues and Trends in New Jersey Law