Our Team

Jena G. Emory

Education

University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., 2015

University of South Carolina, B.S., magna cum laude, 2012

Support Staff

Jack T. Landers

Direct: 404.221.2228

Fax: 404.523.2345

Jena G. Emory

Of Counsel /

Atlanta

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Education

University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., 2015

University of South Carolina, B.S., magna cum laude, 2012

Support Staff

Jack T. Landers

Direct: 404.221.2228

Fax: 404.523.2345

Jena is an Of Counsel in the general liability practice group of Copeland, Stair, Valz, & Lovell’s Atlanta office.  Her practice primarily focuses on insurance coverage defense.  Prior to joining Copeland, Stair, Valz & Lovell, Jena practiced at an Atlanta-area civil litigation firm.  While there, she defended clients in insurance coverage and general liability cases.  She has tried cases solo in Superior Court and Magistrate Court.

Jena is an active member of the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia.  She is currently an Officer as Co-Editor of The YLD Review.  She is a graduate of the 2020 YLD Leadership Academy and has written numerous articles for The YLD Review.  She received the 2021-2022 YLD Achievement Award for Service to the Public, 2020-2021 YLD Achievement Award for Service to the Public, and the 2019-2020 YLD Achievement Award for Service to the Profession.  Jena is also on the Editorial Board for the Georgia Bar Journal.  In addition, Jena is on the Selection Committee for the Justice Robert Benham Awards for the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism.

Jena is also active in the American Bar Association.  She is Co-Chair of the Young Advocates Committee for the Litigation Section.  In addition, she is an Associate Editor on the YLD Editorial Board with the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association.  She received Star of the Quarter in 2022.  Jena is also on leadership at Brookhaven Presbyterian Church.

Jena earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law where she was the Submissions Editor of the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law as well as an author of numerous publications.  After graduating from law school, she was a fellow for Judge William (“Billy”) Ray, II at the Georgia Court of Appeals.  She graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Carolina with a double major in Economics and Global Supply Chain and Operations Management with a minor in Music.  While in college, Jena studied abroad at United States International University in Nairobi, Kenya.