About Jenna

Jenna is a litigator whose practice focuses on complex litigation across an array of industries. Jenna defends companies in disputes involving commercial and real estate contracts, product liability, insurance coverage, and class actions. She has litigated in federal and state courts across the country, including in Washington, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, California, and Illinois as well as in arbitration proceedings. Jenna also has experience counseling and assisting clients in drafting consumer-facing documents and counseling clients on information privacy and cybersecurity issues, including data breach incident response.

Before joining Stoel Rives, Jenna was an associate and summer associate at a large law firm in Philadelphia. Jenna was also judicial law clerk to the Honorable Gerald J. Pappert of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2015.

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Experience

Class Actions

Represented Washington healthcare provider in putative class action alleging violations of Washington’s Charity Care Act and collaborated with litigation team to obtain favorable individual settlement.

Commercial Litigation

Represent auto manufacturer in products liability action involving automotive component parts alleging violations of Washington law.
Represent healthcare services and products company in action brought by the Washington Attorney General asserting violations of Washington’s Consumer Protection Act and other torts.
Represent healthcare provider in defense of claims by former shareholders seeking to void a release agreement and obtained complete dismissal of all claims with prejudice at summary judgment.
Represent purchaser in failed real estate transaction and secured summary judgment and specific enforcement of purchase and sale agreement on behalf of client.
Secured favorable settlements for insurer in lawsuits seeking insurance coverage and alleging bad faith and violations of Washington’s Insurance Fair Conduct Act, relating to condominium damage claims.

Privacy and Security

Counsel and represented businesses regarding data breaches, incident response, breach notification, and regulatory reporting requirements.
Represented individuals in invasion of privacy claims arising from property dispute.

Public Interest Litigation

Assist pro bono client in legal name and gender identity change on birth certificate and governmental identification.
Assist pro bono client in petitioning court for civil protection order.

Experience Gained Prior to Joining Stoel Rives

Member of litigation team in multi-district litigation civil antitrust action that was favorably resolved for client prior to trial.
Member of litigation team that simultaneously managed multiple class actions, individual actions, and arbitrations regarding breach of contract, statutory, and tort claims brought by landowners in royalty disputes.
Regularly obtained early resolution in putative class actions and individual actions filed by consumers pursuant to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and other common law and statutory claims by successfully compelling claims to arbitration and/or obtaining early dismissal of actions on motions to dismiss.
Represented pro bono a client sentenced to life without the possibility of parole as a juvenile in his resentencing and subsequent release from custody.
Law clerk, The Honorable Gerald J. Pappert, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2015.

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Jenna M. Poligo

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