Jennifer Ann Mackley

Business Attorney and Personal Rights Advocate

For fourteen years, Jennifer has helped small businesses with their formation, drafted commercial contracts, assisted in dispute resolution, bankruptcy, and real estate matters.  She also has six years of estate planning and probate experience for individuals.  Active in the community, Jennifer has shown twenty-five years of leadership in domestic and international community preparedness, as well as advocating for anti-hunger organizations, the rights of the homeless and underprivileged.

Legal Practice and Experience

Attorney, Solo Practitioner Idaho, Utah, Washington
Practice included civil litigation, business law, real estate, employment and bankruptcy law; drafting contracts and litigating contract disputes; estate planning and probate.  Probono work included immigration, landlord-tenant, bankruptcy, criminal defense, and juvenile law.  Currently volunteering with WSBA Home Foreclosure Legal Aid Project.

Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Bannock County, ID
Caseload included misdemeanors, felonies and mental commitments, with emphasis on juvenile justice and family law.  Invited to represent Idaho prosecutors on The Department of Juvenile Corrections’ Two Year Planning Committee.

Judicial Intern, Utah Court of Appeals Salt Lake City, UT
Drafted memoranda opinions in civil and criminal cases for the presiding judge; participated in consultation on and drafting of full opinions.

Other Experience

Community Preparedness Leader 1984-Present Italy, Utah, Washington

• Member of the McCarrison Society on nutrition and health and volunteer with the Amarpurkashi Rural Development Project in India 1984-87.
• Volunteer with the American Red Cross.
• Assistant to Collegium Aesculapium, a non-profit health services organization, to facilitate delivery of medical equipment and knowledge internationally 1989-90.
• Developed a neighborhood-based preparedness program for 5,000 people in King County in 2005 that has been adapted for use in other communities throughout the country.
• Assisted in statewide expansion of Washington’s MYN (Map Your Neighborhood) preparedness program.
• Served on the MMRS/LEPC (Metropolitan Medical Response System/Local Emergency Planning Committee) to help coordinate regional catastrophic planning efforts between government agencies, environmental and citizen groups, industry and emergency response officials.
• Featured community preparedness speaker at the 2009 Green Festival in Seattle.

Homeless Advocate  1984-present  Washington, D.C., Salt Lake City, Chicago, Seattle

• Volunteer at CCNV shelter in Washington, D.C. 1990.
• Volunteer at Traveler’s Aid Family Shelter and Women’s Shelter in SLC, UT 1990-1994
• Civil Intern at Utah Legal Services 1994-1995.  Drafted correspondence and pleadings.
• Volunteer at the Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic at the University of Chicago 1995-1996
• Work with the ITFH (Interfaith Taskforce on Homelessness) 2004-present.

Founding Member, FOODCHAIN  1992-1994  Atlanta, GA

• Served on Executive Committee of the National Board of Directors for two years.
• Assisted in incorporation of Foodchain and expansion of international network to more than 300 food distribution programs
• Helped secure national funders and food donors
• Developed and trained 25 member Advisory Board.

Assistant Director, Utah Food Bank  1990-1993  Salt Lake City, UT

• Facilitated the expansion of the Food Bank’s capacity from countywide to statewide operations by organizing the Utah Emergency Food Distribution System (UEFDS)
• Conducted negotiations with the 190 organizations and government entities that became members of UEFDS
• Established a prepared and perishable food distribution network.

Department of Housing & Urban Development  1990  Washington, D.C.

• Developed program for federal interagency coordination of McKinney Act programs for the Interagency Council on the Homeless
• Assisted in drafting Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Health and Human Welfare
• Reviewed and stream-lined grant applications.

EDUCATION

• University of Utah College of Law, J.D., 1996   Salt Lake City, UT
• Member of Public Interest Law Organization, representative to 1985 National Public Interest Law Foundations Conference in Washington, D.C.
• University of Chicago Law School, Visiting Student, 1995-1996   Chicago, IL
• Brigham Young University, B.A. in Political Science, 1990  Provo, UT
• Il Collegio del Mondo Unito dell’ Adriatico, 1984-1985    Trieste, Italy

BAR ADMISSIONS

Utah, 1996    Idaho, 1997    Washington, 2002

HONORS AND AWARDS

1990        John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Grant
1984        Full scholarship to Il Collegio del Mondo Unito dell’ Adriatico
1983        Dean’s Scholarship to Brigham Young University