Our Mission: Your Success

Jennifer A. Needs has diverse legal experience, but she focuses her practice in the areas of business, real estate, construction, surety, and lending law. Ms. Needs has experience in all phases of litigation in state and federal courts throughout California and is a seasoned trial attorney. She has represented and advised clients in matters involving contract disputes, business torts, creditor’s rights, employment law, intellectual property, unlawful detainer, collections, and post-judgment enforcement. Prior to joining SMTD, Ms. Needs managed the litigation department of a firm exclusively providing foreclosure and related remedies to global lenders and servicers. Ms. Needs enjoys volunteering in the legal community, and she has served often as a high school mock trial coach and scorer with the Constitutional Rights Foundation. While in law school, Ms. Needs worked as a research assistant to a European Supreme Court Justice and served on three volumes of the Texas International Law Journal, ultimately acting as the Chief Article and Notes Editor.  Ms. Needs attended college as a National Merit Scholar and studied abroad in Spain while in college.