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Jenny A. Covington 
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Associate
phone 612.672.3236
fax 612.672.3200
email jenny.covington@bowmanandbrooke.com

Jenny Covington's practice focuses on the defense of commercial litigation, intellectual property and products liability matters.  Experienced in automotive rollover, roof crush, seat belt and air bag matters, she has chaired a successful trial, assisted with other major automotive product liability trials and successfully defended appeals. 

 

Jenny's drug and medical device experience includes defending Class II and III medical device products such as infusion pumps and related products, implantable cardiac care devices, mesh products, light source therapy devices and cold therapy units, to name a few.   Part of her medical device practice also focuses on issues in general causation, specific causation and medication administration errors.

 

Additionally, Jenny represents clients in matters regarding arbitration and mediation, as well as advising clients on how to avoid litigation and minimizing potential risk.

 

While attending law school, Jenny interned with Chief Judge Lawrence P. Zatkoff and Judge John Corbett O'Meara, both judges serving at the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan. Prior to law school, she worked at the Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit as an Executive Research Assistant to the Chief Scientific Office.

 

When not practicing law, Jenny enjoys spending time with her husband and son and performing with the St. Paul City Ballet.

Areas of Practice:
Appellate and Trial Support Practice
Automotive
Business, Commercial and Financial Litigation
Drug and Medical Device Litigation
Intellectual Property Litigation
Product Liability
Bar Admissions:
Minnesota, 2008
California, 2004
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2004
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 2007
U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2009
U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2010
U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 2008
Education:
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, 2004
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Moot Court


University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1998
B.S.
Major:  Microbiology


Published Works:
Early Choice of Law Analysis is Essential to Effective and Economic Litigation, The Whisper - Young Lawyer Committee Newsletter, December 23, 2008, 2008


The New CACI Jury Instructions - A View from the Trenches, Co-Authored with Mark V. Berry, Verdict Magazine, 3rd Quarter, 2005


Honors and Awards:
Named a Rising Star(R) by Minnesota Law & Politics, 2010


Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Outstanding Scholar Award


Silver Key


George and Phyllis Googasian Award for Outstanding Work in Products Liability


Boaz Siegel Award for Outstanding Work in Labor and Employment Law


Selected by Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine as a Rising Star(R), 2007


Professional Associations and Memberships:
State Bar of California


State Bar of Minnesota


Minnesota Women Lawyers


Birth Information:
1975, Beaumont, Texas

From boardroom to courtroom