Jennifer Nicole Yencarelli

Jennifer N. Yencarelli is a partner in Wicker Smith's Orlando office handling complex and other general civil litigation matters. Her practice spans admiralty/maritime, insurance disputes, product liability, professional malpractice, complex commercial litigation, construction, consumer lending litigation, and sex abuse.

She joined the firm in 2012. Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Yencarelli served two years as Senior Law Clerk to the Honorable Mary S. Scriven, United States District Court Judge for the Middle District of Florida. While an Assistant Attorney General at the Florida Office of the Attorney General, Ms. Yencarelli's accomplishments on the Mortgage Fraud Task Force and in Antitrust Litigation earned her a Distinguished Service Award.

At age 23, Ms. Yencarelli was the youngest in her class to graduate with a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Florida Coastal School of Law. In law school, she had the distinct honor of interning at the Florida Supreme Court under Justice Raoul G. Cantero, III. Ms. Yencarelli graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida in 2005 with a Bachelors of Science in Advertising and a minor in Business Administration. Through her hard work, she was able to finance 100% of her undergraduate education and a substantial portion of her graduate education through academic scholarships.

Admitted to practice in Florida in 2008, Ms. Yencarelli is a member of the Florida Bar, Orange County Bar Association, and Central Florida Association of Women Lawyers.

HONORS:

•Office of the Attorney General Distinguished Service Award, 2009
•Florida Supreme Court intern for Justice Raoul G. Cantero III, 2007
•Pro Bono Honors Award, 2008
•Florida Coastal Law Review, 2006-2008
•Book Award: Family Law, 2008
•Book Award: Florida Constitutional Law, 2008
•Book Award: Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2007
•Book Award: Best Oral Argument, Respondent, Lawyering Process II, 2006
•Book Award: Interviewing and Counseling, 2006
•Book Award: Civil Procedure II, 2006
•Book Award: Civil Procedure I, 2005
•Research Assistant, Professor Jorgensen, Elder Law, 2007
•Teaching Assistant Civil Procedure, 2007
•President, American Bar Association Student Chapter, 2006-2007

BORN:

Long Branch, New Jersey

PUBLICATIONS

•Focus on Attorneys: When Your Best Isn't Good Enough - The Decline of the Judgmental Immunity Defense, Manuscript for DRI Professional Liability Seminar, New York, NY (December 2013)

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