Jennifer Lynn Fisher

Jennifer Fisher helps clients protect their interests in an extensive range of both state and federal litigation. Her practice focuses on lending and servicing litigation, personal injury and property damage litigation, and legal malpractice litigation. Ms. Fisher regularly defends financial institutions against claims involving predatory lending, mortgage fraud, foreclosure, eviction, tax sales, property based code violations, contract based commercial disputes, and unfair and deceptive acts and practices statutes. In addition, as part of her personal injury and property damage practice, Ms. Fisher defends clients against high-profile medical malpractice; premises liability; product liability; and other areas involving complex litigation. Ms. Fisher takes an aggressive approach in analyzing claims, identifying matters that are likely to be problematic, formulating defense strategies, and offering recommendations that lead to the expeditious resolution of litigation. Professional Background Prior to joining Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in March 2015, Ms. Fisher served as an extern and law clerk to the Honorable John R. Pera, Chief Judge, Lake County Superior Court for eighteen months. In addition, she clerked for the Honorable Diane Kavadias-Schneider, Senior Judge, Lake County Superior Court; and served as a federal extern to the Honorable Christopher A. Nuechterlein, Magistrate Judge, U. S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana. In addition to her other law school accomplishments, Ms. Fisher completed a family law internship through which she worked with a Schererville based law firm and shadowed both Lake and Porter County, Indiana, Superior and Circuit Court judges. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Fisher completed her undergraduate studies in Biological Science at Purdue University Calumet. Throughout both her undergraduate and law school career, Ms. Fisher was a member of the Deans List nearly every quarter and the recipient of numerous state merit and Heritage Law scholarships. In addition, she is the recipient of numerous awards including the Exceptional Student Award from Purdues School of Engineering Math and Science, a recipient of the Outstanding Student Award from Purdues Department of Biological Sciences, and a recipient of the Dedicated Service Award for her work on behalf of Valparaiso Universitys Law Review. Professional Affiliations Lake County Bar Association Women Lawyers Association Honors & Awards Recognized as a Young Lawyer of the Year by the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (2016)