Jennifer A. Brust

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Jennifer A. Brust is a shareholder of the firm representing clients in commercial and civil litigation, banking, bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and government contract litigation. Ms. Brust also has experience as a court appointed receiver taking over troubled and mismanaged companies. Ms. Brust has served as a Commissioner in Chancery for the Arlington County Circuit Court since 1996.

Ms. Brust actively litigates in the state, federal and bankruptcy courts in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. She has lectured extensively on various civil litigation topics including creditor’s rights and discovery issues.

Ms. Brust is a Past President of the Arlington County Bar Association (1998-1999). She is a Fellow of the honors society, Litigation Counsel of America. Ms. Brust is a member of the Arlington County and Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bars and the Walter P. Chandler American Inn of Court. Ms. Brust served on the Virginia State Bar Council and the Virginia State Bar's Standing Committee on Legal Ethics from 2001-2007. In the fall of 2010, she began teaching the course "Secured Finance" at George Mason University School of Law, which explores the law and economic consequences of Secured Finance with a focus on the Uniform Commercial Code's Article 9.

Ms. Brust is “AV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell, as well as earning the distinction of the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers. Ms. Brust is also listed in Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law for 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Some of Ms. Brust’s notable cases include the representation of US Airways, Inc.* in a multi-million dollar business interruption claim; the defense of a commercial real estate developer in an eighteen million dollar breach of contract action; the defense of a national retail pharmaceutical company in a twenty million dollar breach of contract action; the representation of a limited liability company against Cable & Wireless, Inc. in a breach of contract action; and the representation of creditors with multi-million dollar claims in the In Re: Jefferson Mills, Inc. bankruptcy, the In Re: U.S. Airways bankruptcy and the In Re: Orbital Sciences Corporation bankruptcy.