Practice Areas
Jennifer L. Spears focuses her practice on all aspects of family law, including
divorce, custody, support, collaborative law, Protection from Abuse, adoptions,
termination of parental rights and name changes. She is a member of the firm's
litigation practice handling civil matters, including automobile accidents
and personal injury cases.
Professional Activities
Ms. Spears is a member of the American, Pennsylvania, and Cumberland County
Bar Associations (Family Law Sections). She is a member and the past-President
of the Young Lawyers’ Division of the Cumberland County Bar Association,
also serving on the Cumberland County Bar Association’s Board of Directors
and Bench-Bar Committee in 2006. She is a member and past-Treasurer of the
Collaborative Professionals of Central Pennsylvania (CPCP). Additionally,
she is a Board member and current Board President of the Carlisle Early Education
Center. Ms. Spears has volunteered for the Partners’ Program (currently
renamed), where she speaks to high school students about family issues and
responsibilities, and has participated on a United Way Funding Panel for
Youth Intervention Programs and the American Literacy Corporation’s
annual Read-a-Thon at Dickinson College. She is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania
and Virginia.
Education
Ms. Spears is a 2000 graduate of The Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania
State University. She received a B.A. in Political Science from the State
University of New York at Geneseo in 1997.