Jennifer O’Connell Moore
Managing Partner and Owner of our Colorado Office, Jennifer Moore has practiced in civil litigation for fifteen years in complex premises, auto, cycling, motorcycle, and tractor-trailer collision cases. Jennifer brings Queener Law’s hometown feel of a family-style firm and their nationwide experience to the mountains.
Experience Matters…
Jennifer hails from the Great Smoky Mountains of Knoxville, Tennessee. After attending Appalachian School of Law and the University of Tennessee College of Law, Jennifer practiced personal injury for nearly a decade across the state of Tennessee. In her practice, Jennifer handled cases involving premises liability, auto collisions, pedestrian and bicycle crashes, and tractor-trailer collisions. Jennifer also developed a department focusing on mass torts and pharmaceutical class action cases. Since moving to Colorado, Jennifer has continued to build on her experience and expertise in these areas. She offers consulting services in the fields of C.R.C.P. Rule 30(b)(6) depositions, discovery, and witness preparation for testimony and she lectures across the Denver Metro area and on Trial Guides in those fields.
… So Does a Winning Record.
Jennifer is licensed to practice in Colorado and Tennessee, including four federal courts. She has tried cases in three states and has practiced in over thirty-five counties. Jennifer has also argued before the Court of Appeals. While in Tennessee, she commonly took more cases to trial than any other attorney in her field and won record-breaking verdicts. Her team has kept it up in Colorado to ensure that their clients receive their full and fair recoveries. They have already achieved millions of dollars in jury trials in Colorado – collecting verdicts against corporations like Starbucks, HOAs, and apartment complexes – and will continue to take their deserving clients to the courthouses across the country.
In 2020, after only three years in Colorado, Jennifer was named Law Week’s Barristers Best Civil Litigator in the State of Colorado and the New Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. She has continued to collect honors every single year since. Jennifer has also provided research and brief contributions for a 7 to 2 Decision before the United States Supreme Court.
Jennifer has been published on LexisNexis and has litigated against pharmaceutical corporations, national and international commercial carriers and trucking companies, some of the largest corporations in the U.S., and insurance carriers like Progressive, Travelers, GEICO, State Farm, Farmers, American Family, Nationwide, Liberty Mutual, USAA, Hartford, Cincinnati Insurance, Allstate, Esurance, Permanent General, SafeCo, Zurich, Chubb, Bristol West, and many more. She has also negotiated with health insurance companies like Medicare, Cigna, Aetna, Medicaid, Kiser, United Healthcare, Anthem, and BlueCross BlueShield to keep money out of the pockets of the insurance companies and in the pockets of her clients. Jennifer has also been published on TrialGuides for Preparing Expert Witnesses for Deposition and Trial, Preparing Lay Witnesses for Deposition and Trial, and Increasing Case Value Through Discovery Disputes.
Outside the office, Jennifer checks off countries on her travel list, hikes, skis, and snowshoes in the Back Country, and cycles around Denver. She serves as the Vice President of the Board for the Rescue for PTSD. In her capacity as Vice President, she helps train dogs who have been rescued from shelters or unhealthy and unsafe environments and give them to Veterans as fully-trained service dogs – free of charge. When you pass her on the hiking trail, make sure you stop to pet her many family pups or one of her foster service dogs in training!
Practice Specialties
- Tractor-Trailer Collisions
- Premises Liability
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Injuries
- Motorcycle Collisions
- Wrongful Death
- Traumatic Brain Injuries
- Slip and Falls on Ice
- Personal Injury
- Consulting Expert – Discovery and Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions
- Consulting Expert – Witness Preparation for Depositions and Trials
Education
- Appalachian School of Law and University of Tennessee College of Law, Juris Doctorate, 2009
- East Tennessee State University Honors College, Bachelors of Science, Political Science and Biology, 2006
- University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Politics and Environmental Studies, 2005
Honors
- Law Week’s Barrister’s Best Civil Litigator in the State of Colorado 2020
- Colorado Trial Lawyer’s Association’s New Trial Lawyer of the Year 2020
- Super Lawyers Rising Star – 2022, 2023
- BestLawyers.com Personal Injury Litigator 2023. 2024
- 5280 Magazine’s Top Lawyers 2023, 2024
- National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- National Women Lawyers Top 25 Trial Lawyers
Bar Admissions
- Colorado State Bar
- Tennessee State Bar
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
- United States District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
- United States District Court, Western District of Tennessee
- United States District Court, District of Colorado
- Colorado Supreme Court
Associations & Leadership
- Vice President – The Rescue for PTSD
- InnerCircle Mastermind – Co-Founder and Co-Chair, 2021-2022
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association – Board Member, Seminar Committee, and Co-Chair of Blockbuster Conference Committee
- Co-Chair of Women’s Trial Lawyer Network and Co-Chair of Open Forum, 2020-2022
- Colorado Bar Association Leadership Training Graduate, 2022
- Denver Bar Association
- Colorado Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- National Trial Lawyers
- Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys – Advocate Member
Publications
- The Docket, Official Magazine of the Denver Bar Association, Column on Transportation Issues, April 2019 to Fall 2019
- Business Continuity and Succession Planning: The Special Appeal of Limited Liability Companies, LexisNexis Expert Commentary, June 2008, co-authored
- The Influence of Public and Private Sectors on HIV/AIDS Awareness and Prevention in South Africa, China, and the United States, University Honors Scholars Thesis, May 2006
- LoHi Lifestyle Magazine, The Neighborhood Magazine for LoHi and the Surrounding Area, Small Business Spotlight, May 2019 to September 2021
Lectures
- Joel Feldman’s End Distracted Driving Presentation Series – Winter 2019
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Cultivating Small Business Panel – CTLA Convention – August 2019
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Premises Liability Panel – January 2021
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Case Assistance Committee Roundtable – Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions and Discovery Strategies – Fall 2021
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Blockbuster Seminar – Redefining Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions – January 2022
- 1st Judicial District Seminar – Deposition Prep for Clients and Witnesses – March 2022
- Colorado Bar Association’s Litigation Nuts and Bolts – Prepping Your Expert and Crossing Theirs – April 2022
- Women’s Trial Lawyers Association’s Annual Retreat – Forward Momentum Exercise and Roundtable – June 2022
- TrialGuides – Preparing Expert Witnesses for Deposition and Trial – August 2022
- Trial Guides – Preparing Lay Witnesses for Deposition and Trial – November 2022
- Colorado Bar Association Young Lawyers Division – Prepping Clients for Testimony – December 2022
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Blockbuster Seminar – What You Don’t Know You Don’t Know About Discovery – From Trucking to PLA – February 2023
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Blockbuster Seminar – Discovery Disputes – February 2024
- Trial Guides – Handling Disputes In Written Discovery – April 2024
