Overview
(July 2, 2018, Los Angeles) — Steptoe's Jennifer Bonneville has been nominated to serve on the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s (LACBA) Counsel for Justice board for a one-year term. Counsel for Justice is the charitable arm of the LACBA and oversees the Domestic Violence Project, Veterans Legal Services, AIDS Legal Services Project and Immigration Legal Assistance.
At Steptoe, Bonneville is a litigator who regularly appears in federal and state courts across the United States in complex products liability and toxic tort cases, including consumer class actions and multi-plaintiff litigation. Recognized for her work in mass tort litigation defense, Bonneville was named to the Daily Journal's 2016 list of the "Top 40 Lawyers Under 40" in California.
Bonneville has a long history of volunteerism with the LACBA. For nearly a decade, she has devoted numerous hours to the LACBA’s Domestic Violence Legal Services Project, helping victims of domestic violence and elder abuse in obtaining temporary restraining orders. For her work with that project, she was recognized as a Los Angeles County "Volunteer of the Year" in 2014. Since 2013, Bonneville has worked with the Alliance for Children's Rights assisting prospective parents with the adoption process and representing their interests in court.
About Steptoe
In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.