Jennifer Chunias > Goodwin > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile

Jennifer Chunias

6175708239 jchunias@goodwinlaw.com

Position

Partner

Career

Jennifer Chunias is a partner in Goodwin’s Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice, a leader of the firm’s Technology Companies Investigations and FCPA Sector group and a leader of the firm’s M&A Post Closing Disputes Sector group. Ms. Chunias has over 20 years of experience handling government and internal investigations, shareholder demands, and litigation; complex commercial disputes, and whistleblower litigation. Her clients include public and private healthcare, life sciences, and technology companies and their boards, officers, and directors; private equity and venture capital firms and their directors; and prominent colleges and universities.

Ms. Chunias has conducted dozens of internal corporate investigations for companies, universities, boards of directors, and special board committees into allegations of healthcare fraud, securities fraud, revenue recognition treatment and other financial accounting improprieties, workplace misconduct, and cybersecurity incidents, as well as alleged FCPA, and FCA violations. She advises clients on a wide variety of whistleblower issues, including under the FCA and handles alleged retaliation and other employment litigation arising out of these matters. Ms. Chunias regularly represents clients before state and federal regulators, including the DOJ and SEC, and handles all aspects of self-reporting decisions, government investigations and remediation that may ensue as a result of internal investigation findings.

Ms. Chunias also handles a variety of commercial litigation, and shareholder, founder, partnership, and appraisal disputes, litigation, and governance matters, including, in particular, in the Delaware courts. She frequently represents her investment firm clients in a variety of post-closing matters, including arbitrations and litigation arising out of escrow and indemnification disputes, restrictive covenant violations, and working capital disputes.

Education

JD, Northeastern University School of Law / BA, The University of Vermont