Jennifer E. Drury

Jennifer E. Drury was born and raised in Southern California. After attending UC Davis for undergraduate and McGeorge School of Law for law school, Ms. Drury took up residence in Northern California for ten years. Her legal practice focused primarily on the area of Family Law until 2003 when she began to also practice in the rapidly growing area of Construction Defect Litigation. After practicing in Sacramento, California for 7 years, Ms. Drury decided that it was time to move closer to her roots and decided on Santa Barbara as her permanent residence. She and Susanna V. Pullen decided to team up to establish Drury Pullen, a law corporation devoted to the practice of civil litigation and family law.

Education:
McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, CA, Juris Doctorate. Conferred 1996., University of California, Davis, B.A. , English/Sociology (Law and Society emphasis). Conferred 1993. Dean's Honor List - 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992; Highest Honors at Graduation

Membership:
State Bar of California (May, 1997); all courts in the State of California; United States District Court, Eastern District; United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Work Experience:
Attorney, Private Practice, Law Office of Jennifer E. Drury - (July 1998-2003) Primary practice areas include estate planning, family law and business law. Conduct seminar titled “Estate Planning for Parents.” All areas of family law including: dissolution, custody, post-dissolution matters and adoptions.

Construction defect litigation support – insurance defense and aggressive representation of plaintiffs.

JED Sports Management, Proprietor (Established 1992, dissolved 2001). Manage and market athletes, negotiate and draft contracts, research future endorsement and fund raising opportunities, network with media for increased media coverage, organize charity events and maintain athlete finances. Consult with corporate sponsors, develop and establish sponsorship programs, mediate business disputes, facilitate trademark and copyright processes.

Associate Attorney, Gaffaney, Cudney & Greenfield, LLP - (July 1997 – July 1998) Maintain own client files and work on existing files of the firm's partners. Practice areas include many areas of civil law, collections, estate planning & probate, and family law.

Legal Intern, Legal Services of Northern California, (1993 - 1994).

Faculty Positions:
Professor of Sports Law, McGeorge School of Law - (1998-99).

Instructor, MTI Western Business College - (1996-1997). Probate and Estate Planning, Business Ethics, Business English, Law & Society.

Special:
Civil Litigation, Seminar, California Education of the Bar, Winter l998.

Training:

• Tort Litigation, Seminar, California Education of the Bar, Winter l998
• Mediation In Long Term Care, - Seminar, McGeorge School of Law, Spring 1997
• Mediation In the Workplace, Seminar, McGeorge School of Law, Spring 1997
• Family/Divorce Mediation, Seminar, McGeorge School of Law, Spring 1997
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar, McGeorge School of Law, Spring 1996

Publications:

• The Athlete’s Guide to Sponsorship, First and Second Editions, Published by VeloPress
• “Getting Sponsored:-How-Do They Do It?”, Plush Magazine
• “Sponsorship Primer: Part One”, Adventure Time Magazine
• “Athlete Sponsorship: Covering Your Assets”, Plush Magazine
• “Employment Handbooks: Protecting Your Business”, Women's Resource Update
• “Parenting Agreements-Should You Have One”, Our Families Magazine
• “Parents Must Know Their Rights”, Our Families Magazine
• “Where There's a Will There's a Way”, Women's Resource Update

Awards:

• American Jurisprudence Award, Legal Research and Writing, Torts 1993-1994
• Biele Memorial Scholarship, McGeorge School of Law, Academic Scholarship,1994-1995
• Academic scholarship, University of California, Davis - 1991-1992

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Susanna V. Pullen

Education:
University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1993), Pi Sigma Alpha, Political Science Honors Society; University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1996), The Transnational Lawyer Law Review, Associate Managing Editor.

Memberships:
State Bar of California (May, 1997); all courts in the State of California; United States District Court, Eastern District; United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; Santa Barbara County Bar Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Santa Barbara Women's Lawyers Association.

Clerkships:
California State Franchise Tax Board, Sacramento, Spring 1995; Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, Winter Break 1996; Freidberg & Parker, formerly Freidberg Law Corporation, May 1995 through May 1997.

Work Experience:
Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, Staff Attorney, May 1997 through October 1997, primarily drafting motions to dismiss claims brought in federal court; Greenfield Hardy, formerly Greenfield Law Firm, Cameron Park, Attorney, November 1997 through January 2001, performing all aspects of litigation in the defense of general liability claims for water districts and other public entities; Freidberg & Parker, February 2001 to May 2004, primarily in the areas of legal malpractice, complex business litigation, and toxic tort; Friedberg & Parker, Of Counsel, May 2004 – present.

Faculty Position:
Course Instructor, Business Associations, MTI College, Sacramento (Paralegal Certificate Program), Winter Semester 1997/1998.