BALTIMORE, February 29, 2024―Duane Morris partner Jacqueline Brooks was included in a group of 24 professionals selected for The Daily Record’s 2024 Business Law Power List. She is among the most influential and respected practitioners in the business law sector in Maryland.
This list was chosen by The Daily Record’s editorial leadership team that reached out to readers and others in the legal community for their input and perspective. The list is part of a series of Power Lists throughout 2024 that will showcase the most influential figures in law, higher education, health care, government affairs, financial services and other fields.
The Daily Record published a profile article and asked Brooks the most important thing she does at her job. She remarked, “For me, it’s a tie between being a problem-solver to help clients navigate the path of getting to their dreams, whether that’s becoming an entrepreneur, buying or selling a business and reaching a successful exit, and being available to mentor students and associates on being a business lawyer and navigating private practice. It is my honor to give back as there were many that were mentors to me as a first-generation attorney in my family.”
Brooks is passionate about community service and pro bono work. As a fellow of the Maryland State Bar Association Leadership Academy, Brooks helped lead a small-business boot camp in West Baltimore that provided aspiring entrepreneurs and small-business owners with seminars on business planning and law.
Brooks concentrates her practice in business and commercial law, counseling clients in mergers and acquisitions, commercial finance, private offerings of debt and equity securities, corporate and REIT governance and shareholder derivative and dispute matters, including shareholder demand responses and special committee issues. She has experience representing public companies, privately owned and managed companies, nonprofit organizations and startup companies and provides counsel to these organizations regarding corporate matters.
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