Christina A. Jensen
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Employment Law Team Named Best in Vermont
For the third year in a row, Primmer Piper…
Planning for the Future in HOAs: Start with Knowing the Past
Planning for the future starts with knowing…
Primmer Attorneys Named 'Best' in America for Forty Consecutive Years
Since 1983, Primmer attorneys have been recognized…
Chris Jensen has more than 20 years’ experience in advising common interest community associations, employers and business entities and representing them in litigation when necessary.
Her association practice focuses on advising association boards, owners and property managers on drafting and applying governing documents and general governance.
Her employment law practice focuses on drafting and applying effective personnel policies in compliance with state and federal law.
In addition, she has represented diverse business clients in negotiating, drafting and enforcing commercial contracts, including financing, and general transactional matters. Chris’s extensive experience in Vermont’s trial and supreme courts provides her clients with a broad perspective in preventing and responding to the variety of circumstances that arise.
Education
Education
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Smith College 1988, B.A. in French Language & Literature
- University of Wisconsin (Madison) 1993, JD
Professional Affiliations
Professional Affiliations
- Vermont Bar Association
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Chittenden County Bar Association
- Vermont Association for Justice
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Community Associations Institute – New England Chapter
Admitted to Practice
Admitted to Practice
- Vermont
- United States District Court for the District of Vermont
Pro Bono & Volunteer Work
Pro Bono & Volunteer Work
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United States Eventing Association Legal Committee 2015 - present
- Volunteer at various equestrian competitions, Vermont
Speaking Engagements
Chris has presented at seminars on various common-interest community issues, employment law topics, including at-will employment in Vermont and sexual harassment, and voir dire practice in the State of Vermont. Most recently, she spoke at the Community Associations Institute New England Chapter Vermont conference, in August, 2022.
Publications / Presentations
“Condominium Ownership,” A Practical Guide to Residential Real Estate Transactions and Foreclosures in Vermont (2018, 2021), Christina A. Jensen, Esq. and Carl H. Lisman, Esq.
“Meetings in the Time of COVID (Apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez),” Condo Media (Sept. 2020)
“Rules: Catawampus parking, laundry a-flying, plastic flamingos nesting and less colorful matters,” Condo Media (Oct. 2020)
‘The Importance of Documentation for Community Association Boards, or “How Did We Get Here?’” Condo Media (Dec. 2020)
“A Dirty Job – or is it? Perspective, please,” Condo Media (Apr. 2021)
“2020 Vermont Legal Developments,” Condo Media (May, 2021)
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