Jennie Barkinskaya
Practice Areas
- Elder Abuse
- Products Liability
- Legal Malpractice
- Property Managers
- Amusement Park
- Brain Injury Litigation
- Catastrophic Injuries
- Commercial Premises Liability
- Complex General Liability
- Public Entity Defense
- Restaurant & Hospitality
- Retail
- Sport Events
- Toxic Tort
- Wrongful Death
- Subrogation
- Habitability
- Landlord Tenant
- Property Management
- Trucking
Biography
Jennie Barkinskaya is Senior Counsel in the California office of Zelms Erlich Lenkov.
Jennie’s practice focuses on civil litigation and insurance defense, including habitability, landlord-tenant, property management, premises liability, general liability, products liability, elder abuse, legal malpractice, subrogation, and trucking matters. She also handles matters involving catastrophic injury, brain injury litigation, wrongful death, public entity defense, toxic tort, retail, restaurant and hospitality, amusement park, and sport event liability.
Prior to joining the firm, Jennie represented property owners, property management companies, insurance carriers, and other clients in a broad range of civil litigation matters. Her recent experience includes defending property owners and property management companies in lawsuits brought by current and former tenants involving alleged substandard living conditions at residential rental properties throughout Southern California.
Jennie has handled all phases of litigation, including written discovery, motion practice, legal research, depositions, court appearances, alternative dispute resolution, working with expert witnesses, and preparing matters for trial. Her experience also includes drafting motions in limine, jury instructions, verdict forms, and trial briefs, as well as working closely with insurance carriers to assess liability, damages, and case strategy.
Earlier in her career, Jennie gained experience in insurance defense, motor vehicle accident litigation, premises liability, plaintiff-side legal malpractice, criminal defense, and municipal law. She also served as a deputy city attorney for several cities in California’s Central Valley, where she advised municipalities on legal issues, including matters involving the Brown Act.
Jennie earned her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Davis School of Law in 2011. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2007.
Jennie is admitted to practice law in California.
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