Jena L. Levin

Jena L. Levin is an associate with Foley & Lardner LLP in Chicago and is a member of the Firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice.

Ms. Levin concentrates a substantial portion of her practice on litigating contested estate and trust matters on behalf of individual clients, banks and non-profit corporations.  Her practice involves all aspects of estate and trust litigation including will and trust contests and judicial constructions, contested heirship and adoption issues, disputes over the enforcement of charitable pledges, and breach of fiduciary duty issues.  Ms. Levin is a frequent author on topics related to estate and trust litigation.  In addition to articles for the Trusts & Estates Magazine e-newsletter, she co-authors several chapters in the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s attorney practice handbooks.

Ms. Levin is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.  She earned her law degree from Duke University School of Law (J.D., 2009). She received her bachelor's degree, with highest distinction, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 2005), where she was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.