Jennifer Becker is an experienced trial lawyer with 35 years of practice in attorney professional liability and ethics.
She began her career as a plaintiffs’ lawyer focusing on legal malpractice claims. Ms. Becker joined Long & Levit in 1999 where her unique perspective has served to effectively defend attorneys in legal malpractice actions, and provide counsel on their ethical responsibilities.
Ms. Becker’s practice also includes commercial litigation, and defense of construction defect, personal injury, and other professional liability claims. Ms. Becker is skilled as both a litigator and negotiator.
Ms. Becker provides risk management and ethics advice to her attorney and architect clients based on her many years of handling professional liability disputes.
Ms. Becker enjoys speaking and writing about Professional Liability issues. She presents on the topic of risk management and ethics at local bar associations, and has been Editor-In-Chief of the firm's Professional Liability Update publications since 2001. Ms. Becker served on California State Bar's Committee on Professional Rules and Conduct for a three year term, 2012 – 2015. She chaired the chair Legal Malpractice Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco 2014 – 2019.
Areas of Practice
Commercial Litigation
Design Professionals Defense & Counseling
Lawyers & Judges Defense Group
Other Professional Liability
Areas of Expertise
Defense and risk management for attorneys, architects and engineers
Practical, cost effective, dispute resolution
Education
University of California, Berkeley
B.A., high honors, English Lit., 1981
University of California, Hastings
J.D., 1985