Jennifer L. Mikels
Director
Boston
jmikels@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 3854Jennifer L. Mikels
Director, Boston
jmikels@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 3854Related Expertise
Jennifer Mikels helps clients facing high stakes legal malpractice, complex commercial disputes, and fiduciary-related litigation.
A respected trial lawyer who has tried numerous cases to verdict in federal and state court and private arbitration, Jen is particularly known for her experience defending the country’s largest law firms and their lawyers against claims asserted by former clients or aggrieved partners. She also advises clients concerning alleged violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct and other disciplinary matters.
Jen’s broad-based commercial and fiduciary litigation experience includes representing private individuals, closely held entities, trustees, partnerships, LLCs, private equity portfolio companies, and other clients in contract, fraud, probate, and fiduciary duty disputes.
Related Representative Matters
Multiple Am Law 10–200 firms in high-stakes professional liability and intra-firm disputes—including alleged legal malpractice, breaches of fiduciary duty, conflicts and disclosure issues, and partner separations—across courts and arbitral forums nationwide: An AmLaw 10 firm against alleged legal malpractice claim in excess of $12 million brought by a former client in connection with a corporate finance transaction; An AmLaw 10 firm in a sensitive dispute with a departing partner; An Am Law 20 firm in the Business Litigation Session of the Superior Court against alleged legal malpractice claims valued at over $40 million; An Am Law 20 firm in a $15 million legal malpractice arbitration trial arising out of an underlying lawsuit in which the client faced a $40 million verdict. The client alleged that the firm failed to advise the client to settle the underlying case; An AmLaw 50 firm and two of its partners in connection with claims for legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty brought by a former client. The former client alleged that the firm and its partners assisted a competitor in competing in violation on existing noncompetition and non-solicitation agreements in violation of its fiduciary duties and the Rules of Professional Conduct; An AmLaw 100 firm in defense of claims for legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty brought by a former client arising from an asset purchase transaction. The former client further claimed that the firm had undisclosed conflicts of interest that impacted its representation; An AmLaw 200 firm and three of its partners in defense of fiduciary duty breaches duties as current and former trustees of a series of multigenerational trusts with substantial assets.
A prominent law firm and two of its partners in connection with disciplinary proceedings brought by former clients. Mikels got both cases summarily dismissed without further investigation or discovery after submission of initial responses to the clients’ complaints.
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Accolades
- Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch (2021-2025): Commercial Litigation
- Excellence In the Law - Up & Coming Lawyer, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, 2021
Affiliations
- Boston Bar Association, Insurance and Torts Litigation Section, Member
- Boston Bar Foundation
- Junior Fellows Society, Member
- Junior Fellows Society Steering Committee, Former Co-Chair
- Young Lawyers Advisory Committee, Former Member
- MCLE, Civil Litigation Curriculum Advisory Committee, Member
- Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop, Faculty
- Rhode Island Bar Association, Member
- Women’s Bar Association, Member
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Education
Boston University School of Law ( J.D. , cum laude , 2011 )
University of Rochester ( B.A. , cum laude , 2008 )