About Jennifer
Jennifer is a partner at Schneider Smeltz Spieth Bell LLP. She serves as a high net worth family counselor with knowledge and understanding of sophisticated estate planning techniques and the broader needs of high net worth families.Her strength lies in communicating complex matters in plain terms and working collaboratively as part of an advisor team to provide practical counsel to multigenerational families consistent with their risk tolerance, goals, family dynamics, and desire for complexity.
Jennifer is a partner at Schneider Smeltz Spieth Bell LLP. She serves as a high net worth family counselor with knowledge and understanding of sophisticated estate planning techniques and the broader needs of high net worth families.
Her strength lies in communicating complex matters in plain terms and working collaboratively as part of an advisor team to provide practical counsel to multigenerational families consistent with their risk tolerance, goals, family dynamics, and desire for complexity.
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Cleveland (2023)
- Lawyer of the Year: Trusts and Estates, Cleveland (2019)
- Lawyer of the Year: Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Cleveland (2018)
- Recognized: Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Recognized: Trusts and Estates
- Practice Area: Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Accredited Estate Planner® - National Association of Estate Planners & Councils
- Top Rated Lawyers™, Presented by Martindale-Hubbell
- Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent®
- Ranked in Chambers High Net Worth: Private Wealth Law, 2020-present
- Selected to the Ohio Super Lawyers® list: 2012-presentTop 50: Women Ohio Super Lawyers list: 2024Top 25: Women Cleveland Super Lawyers list: 2024
- Top 50: Women Ohio Super Lawyers list: 2024
- Top 25: Women Cleveland Super Lawyers list: 2024
- Distinguished Advisor Award 2022 - University Hospitals