Judging Committee

Jennifer Roberts

Associate

Lionel Sawyer & Collins

Jennifer Roberts is an associate with Lionel Sawyer & Collins' Gaming and Regulatory Law Department. Roberts is also an adjunct professor at William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She was named a Rising Star for 2009 in Gaming Law by Mountain States Super Lawyers, and named a Rising Star by the Great Women of Gaming Awards for 2008 by Casino Enterprise Management.

She received a J.D. from S. J. Quinney College of Law from the University of Utah in 2002, where she was a staff member for the Utah Law Review, received outstanding achievement awards in trusts and estates and in advanced legal research, and was also involved in pro bono services.

Roberts formerly served as a law clerk to the Honorable Michael R. Murphy of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. She also served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable James Z. Davis, Utah Court of Appeals, and as a judicial intern to the Honorable William W. Barrett, Utah Third District Court. During law school, she was an intern for the Utah Federal Public Defender's Office. She managed the Office of Student Affairs for the University of Utah School of Medicine from 1994 to 1999.