Richmond attorney Jennifer McLemore has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute.
McLemore’s term on the board will last three years, serving alongside 59 other board members.
She previously served as co-chair of the ABI’s Unsecured Trade Creditors Committee and has been a member of the organization since 2004. She also serves as a member of the ABI’s Young and New Members Committee, as a member of its “40 under 40” Steering Committee and as a member of the advisory board for the organization’s Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop.
A partner at Williams Mullen, McLemore focuses her practice primarily on representing creditors and debtors in chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
She is a 2001 graduate of the University of Richmond law school and served as a judicial clerk for two Chesterfield County circuit judges for a year before clerking for U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Douglas O. Tice Jr., chief judge of the Eastern District. She was a partner at Christian & Barton before moving to Williams Mullen.