Ms Taleah Jennings > Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Ms Taleah Jennings

+1 212.756.2454 taleah.jennings@srz.com

Work Department

Litigation, Complex Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Securities Enforcement

Position

Taleah E. Jennings has served as lead counsel on various complex commercial litigation matters, with a primary focus on fiduciary-related issues, including matters raised in trust and estates litigation, shareholder disputes and litigations involving employment-related matters. Her clients include fiduciaries of large trusts and estates and other financial services entities, such as investment managers, private equity firms, interdealer brokerage firms, multiemployer pension funds and commercial real estate firms. Taleah has litigated cases in various state and federal courts, as well as regulatory and arbitration forums, from the commencement of claims through trials and appeals.

Taleah has been recognized as a leading lawyer by The Legal 500 US, Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys and by New York Super Lawyers. She received the Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing for the New York Law Journal article “Options When a Competitor Raids the Company,” was honored with the Excellence in Pro Bono Advocacy Award by Sanctuary for Families and was named among Savoy magazine’s Most Influential Black Lawyers.

Memberships

Advisory Board, LIFT; Board of Directors, Sanctuary for Families; Board of Directors, NYC Bar Association Trusts, Estates & Surrogates Courts Committee.

Education

Rutgers Law School, JD; University of Maryland, BS.