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411 East Franklin Street
Suite 600
Richmond, Virginia 23219-2200
(804) 697-2094
(804) 697-2194 (fax)
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Current Employment Position(s):

Director

Areas of Practice:

  • Bankruptcy Law
  • Collections & Repossessions
  • Consumer Bankruptcy
  • Creditors' Rights
  • Foreclosures
  • Garnishment
  • Business & Commercial Law
  • Landlord Representation
Bar Admissions:

  • Virginia, 2001
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 2001
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia, 2001
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2001
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Virginia, 2002
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 2002
Representative Cases:

  • Iles v. North Carolina Agricultural Finance Authority, 249 Fed. Appx. 304; 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 22837 (Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals 2007)

  • Parker v. North Carolina Agricultural Finance Authority, (U.S. Dist. E.D. Va. 2006)

  • Phillips v. Rinehart (In re Rinehart, 352 B.R. 427; 2005 Bankr. LEXIS 3028 (U.S. Brankr. E.D. Va. 2005)

  • Richards v. Rapid Funding, LLC (In re Richards), 336 B.R. 722; 2004 Bankr. LEXIS 2418 (U.S. Bankr. E.D. Va. 2004)

  • Wells Fargo v. Kroeger, (U.S. Dist. E.D. Va. 2003)

  • Kepley Broscious, PLC v. Ahearn (In re Ahearn), 318 B.R. 638; 2003 Bankr. LEXIS 2103 (U.S. Bankr. E.D. Va. 2003)


Pro Bono Activities:

  • Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Pro Bono Hotline Project

Jennifer Jo West

Jen focuses her practice on creditors' rights, commercial litigation, insolvency and bankruptcy. In her practice, she represents primarily banks and other lending institutions, with a focus on community banks, in connection with collection, restructuring, workouts, litigation and foreclosures. Representative clients include large national lending institutions, community banks, landlords and private individuals.

Additionally, Jen dedicates a significant portion of her practice to Bankruptcy, representing creditors in Chapter 7, Chapter 13, and Chapter 11 proceedings involving both commercial debtors and private consumers. She also has experience representing Chapter 7 Trustees in Bankruptcy proceedings for the purpose of recovering assets of Debtors for the benefit of creditors.

Jen earned her B.A., cum laude in Political Science and Sociology from Virginia Tech in 1996. In 2001, she earned her J.D. from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary.

Jen is a member of the Richmond Bar Association, and currently serves as chairperson of the membership committee; International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, Board of Directors and Program Chair 2006-2008.  She is a past member of the Metropolitan Richmond Women's Bar Association and its Legislative Committee. 

Jen and her family live in Chester, Va., where they are active members of the Tri-Cities Hokie Club.  She and her husband are also season ticket holders for Virginia Tech football and basketball games.

Education:
  • College of William and Mary School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2001
    J.D.
    Law Review: Environmental Law & Policy Review, Articles Editor and Business Editor, 2000 - 2001
    Law Journal: William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal, Member

  • Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1996
    B.A.
    Honors: Cum Laude
    Major:  Political Science
    Major:  Sociology

Professional Associations and Memberships:
  • Bar Association of the City of Richmond Bar, 2008 - Present
    Chair, Membership Committee
  • Hokie Club, Tri Cities (Tri Cities)
    Board Member
  • International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, 2006 - 2008
    Board of Directors, Programs Chair
  • Virginia State Bar
    Young Lawyers Division, No Bills Night, Regional Chair
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
    Member
Birth Information:

1973, Ames, Iowa

August 20, 2010 - Michael Yager, a Legal Assistant in our Litigation Section, will speak at a NALA LIVE! presentation on electronic discovery, "E-Discovery - Slow Down the Train" 

January 27, 2010 - We are proud to announce that Spotts Fain Managing Director, Hugh M. Fain, III has been elected Chair of the Board of Governors of the Virginia Bar Association

December, 2009 - Spotts Fain congratulates our shareholders named in the 2009 Legal Elite list published by Virginia Business magazine.  They are Meade Spotts, Legislative/Regulatory; Hugh Fain, Civil Litigation; Betsy Davis, Labor and Employment; and Dana McDaniel, Intellectual Property. 

December 1, 2009 - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination - article by Betsy Davis

October 29, 2009 - Betsy Davis spoke on Recent Changes in Employment Law at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys

October 27, 2009 - Spotts Fain presented, Commercial Landlords and Tenants: Planning for and Dealing with Bankruptcy, presenters were Jen West and John Anderson

October 26, 2009 - Comments on President Obama's proposal to increase lending limits on SBA loans, by Tom O'Brien

October 21, 2009 - GINA is Coming - Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - article by Betsy Davis

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