Jennifer Hout

Education

• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, JD, 2021
• Loyola University Maryland, BA (cum laude), 2016

Jennifer is an associate in the New York office. She represents self-insured entities and insured commercial businesses in areas of construction defect, construction site injuries, New York Labor Law, construction litigation, commercial litigation, general liability, premises liability, and commercial trucking accidents.

She regularly handles cases involving New York Labor Law section 200, section 240, and section 241 claims along with contractual indemnity claims. She handles various construction cases, involving construction defect claims, construction accidents, code violations and building and designed related deficiencies. Her clients include owners, developers, general contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, commercial landlord and tenants, among other clients.

Additionally, she handles general liability cases which include but are not limited to premises liability involving cases concerning maintenance and repairs of commercial real estate, adequacy of security services, and commercial trucking accidents.

Prior to joining Kennedys, Jennifer was an Assistant District Attorney in Queens County, New York. During her time at the DA’s Office, Jennifer represented the people of Queens County while prosecuting criminal matters involving domestic violence and child endangerment crimes, assaults, and DWIs.

Jennifer is also barred in the State of New York and the State of New Jersey.