Jennifer Wassermann Partner

Jenn’s practice focuses on representing regulated businesses and licensed healthcare professionals in various matters before the Office of Administrative Hearings; various professional licensing boards; employment-related investigatory agencies; and in state and federal courts.

As co-counsel with David Williams, Jenn helped a client obtain a temporary restraining order against the Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS) from enforcing a “voluntary surrender” of an assisted living license. She routinely achieves positive results for her clients through informal settlement conferences and out-of-court mediation, advancing more efficient and economical case resolution. Jenn is also a sought-after advisor by real estate agents and other parties involved in the purchase and sale or lease transactions of regulated businesses.

She serves on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Assisted Living Homes Association, and is an officer of the non-profit Arizona Behavioral Health Providers Association. Also a member of the Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys; a licensed Arizona real estate agent, and NCIA-certified assisted living manager (inactive status), Jenn has a unique understanding of her client’s challenges and the resources to address them.

Previously, she was of-counsel to a niche law firm serving the assisted living industry, and co-owned two licensed assisted living homes in Arizona. Past work experience also includes:

• Co-owning and serving as in-house counsel of a large Pennsylvania-based real estate and development firm, which included two Section 8 HUD-subsidized high rises for disabled and elderly individuals as part of its portfolio
• Associate General Counsel, Director of Compliance, and Assistant Corporate Secretary of a NYSE-listed international specialty paper company.
• Partner of an employment-law boutique firm that had two office locations in South-Central Pennsylvania

Jenn is grateful to be able to make a positive impact on the broad range of the state’s vulnerable populations by providing legal services to business owners and professionals who, in turn, provide those individuals with housing, counseling, and other needed services. She is a regular contributor to the senior housing and health care industries through interviews, articles, and presentations. When not in the office, you can find Jenn on a hiking trail, walking her rescue dog, or playing pickleball.