About Jennifer
Jennifer Dodson earned a B.A. from the University of Denver in 2005 and completed her J.D. at Loyola University New Orleans in 2008, where she studied asset protection. Her academic path combined liberal arts training with targeted legal coursework on the tools used to preserve wealth and structure ownership. That combination has shaped the practical work she pursues.
After law school she moved into practice and began applying the technical concepts she learned in New Orleans. Her early years involved drafting transactional documents and advising on ownership structures that can reduce exposure to creditors and other risks. She has maintained a steady engagement with the technical side of planning, including trust instruments and contractual arrangements designed to secure client interests.
Her background in asset protection means she is comfortable with both statutory detail and the careful use of documents. She spends time analyzing how discrete choices in trust language, entity formation, or title arrangements alter outcomes over years and decades. Colleagues describe her as methodical in this work; she approaches problems by isolating the key legal levers and then testing different drafting approaches until the result is clear.
Outside of casework she has stayed connected to the legal community and holds a current membership in a professional association. That membership gives her access to continuing education and peer discussion on topics such as evolving creditor claims, changes in state law, and recent appellate decisions that affect transactional planning. She uses those resources to keep her drafting and advisory work aligned with current practice and recent developments.
Her practice style is practical and document-oriented. She often begins new matters by mapping client goals, then translating those goals into concrete drafting steps and entity choices. This stepwise method helps clients see the tradeoffs between flexibility, control, and protection. She also works with other advisers—accountants, financial planners, and trustees—when matters require coordinated planning.
As of 2026 she is in private practice handling matters that arise from asset protection planning, transactional structuring, and related document drafting, advising clients on ways to preserve and manage assets through legal tools and arrangements.
