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Jennifer Wall
Partner, Harrison Pensa LLP | 34
A partner at Harrison Pensa, Jennifer Wall has built a thriving family law practice since moving to the city
in 2013. She approaches family law with a unique community-minded vision, insisting great representation
makes a huge difference not only in the lives of her clients, but in the creation of stability and certainty for
children and extended family for years into the future. Making volunteering her entry point into the London
community, she maintains leadership roles several organizations, including the Middlesex Law Association,
Daya Counselling Centre and the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University.
What would you call your biggest business achievement,
and why? I would say being made a partner this year. I'm
very proud to have earned my colleagues' trust and respect
- and of the confidence that they've shown in me. Since
beginning with Harrison Pena in 2013, I've built relationships
with the amazing people here and I've steadily taken on more
responsibility within the firm.
Who, or what, has had the biggest influence on
your business life? My colleagues at Harrison Pensa
have been my biggest business influence. At the
beginning of my practice, I was very lucky to work
under Hillary Houston, who has since retired, and
I used her as a model for my own practice. Her
approach was always to be prepared, organized
and practical, and I take that approach as well.
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If you weren't in your current field, what
would you be doing? I would have loved
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How have the last two years
changed the way you work? I
think that the most valuable thing
that I've learned in the past two
years is to roll with the punches.
Law certainly isn't a profession
where you can control everything
since there are so many different
people and factors involved in
every case, but having to cope
with the huge changes the
pandemic has caused to the way
that we litigate, negotiate and
communicate has taken that to
a new level. I feel like the last
two years have been a master
class in learning to pivot when
circumstances change, make do
when conditions aren't ideal and
come up with solutions quickly
and creatively.
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What's left for you to do - professionally
or personally? I have a trip to Canada's
Arctic on my bucket list. Who knows when
travel will be practical again, but I'm hoping
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