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Jennifer Pierce
Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania Pro Bono Director
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Jennifer Pierce began practicing at Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP) in 2015 in its Bucks County division, focusing on dependency, custody, and protection from abuse cases. In 2018, Ms. Pierce assumed the role of managing attorney of LASP’s Doylestown office and Pro Bono Coordinator for Bucks County, overseeing staff handling family law and elder law matters and coordinating the private bar’s involvement in LASP’s pro bono matters in Bucks County. In 2021, Ms. Pierce became the VOCA Supervising Attorney, managing all VOCA-funded staff handling domestic violence-related matters across LASP’s four counties. Since December 2021, Ms. Pierce has served in her current role as LASP’s Pro Bono Director.
Ms. Pierce obtained her Juris Doctor from Temple University School of Law in 2013. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Bucknell University. Ms. Pierce is a member of the Bucks County Bar Association, the Chester County Bar Association, the Delaware County Bar Association, and the Montgomery Bar Association. She has served as the Chair of the Pro Bono Committee of the Bucks County Bar Association and is currently the Chair-Elect of the Young Lawyer’s Division of the Bucks County Bar Association. Ms. Pierce is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.