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Jen Coatsworth

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Jen Coatsworth is a partner at Margolis Edelstein, where she focuses her practice on the defense of motor vehicle dealer fraud and lemon law cases, having previously handled these cases on the Plaintiff’s side.. Additionally, she concentrates her practice in the defense of professionals such as realtors, home inspectors, accountants and physicians, and she has handled the defense of Greek letter organizations in a multitude of claims. She also has extensive experience with premises liability and product liability and has handled employment and construction work.. Coatsworth has defended dozens of car dealerships and real estate sales people for claims of breach of contract and fraud and violations of various fraud-related statutes such as the Unfair Trade Practices Act, the Magnuson Moss Warranty Improvement Act, the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Lemon Laws, the New Vehicle Damage Disclosure Act, the Automotive Industry Trade Practices Act, the Real Estate Sellers Disclosure Law and the Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act.

A graduate of the University of Maryland Honor’s Program and Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, Coatsworth was selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars from 2011 through 2018 and Super Lawyers in 2021 and 2023. In 2023, she was selected to City and State PA’s list of 100 Women Leaders in Diversity. She is also the previous recipient of the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel’s inaugural Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement Award; the Temple Law Alumni Association Women’s Champion Award; the 2021 C. Dale McClain Quality of Life/Balance Award, and the Philadelphia LGBTQ Bar Association’s 2022 Ally of the Year Award.

She previously served on the Board of Governors of the Bar Association as its Chancellor-Elect, Vice Chancellor, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Parliamentarian and elected member. She is a past co-chair of the Women in the Profession Committee, Mentorship Initiative, Bench Bar, and has also been active with the State Civil Litigation Section. She also previously served on the Executive Committee of the Young Lawyers Division for six years and held the positions of Secretary and Vice Chair of the Division.

Jenis also a Trustee of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, a board member for Philadelphia VIP, and a member of the Leadership Council of Community Legal Services. In the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Coatsworth served for three years as the Zone One Governor, and sits on the Executive Council of the Civil Litigation Section as a Past Chair. She also previously chaired the state Bar’s Women in the Profession Commission, and currently sits on its Executive Council as the Nominations Committee Co-Chair. She is also a Past Chancellor of the Louis D. Brandeis Law Society.

A Philadelphia area native, she currently lives in South Jersey with her husband, Walt, and her sons, Drew and Logan.

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