P.J.’s practice included advising public companies on a day-to-day basis on disclosure issues; securities law compliance; key risk areas, including cybersecurity and ESG and sustainability; restatements and internal control issues; executive compensation and proxy advisory firm policies; and board-related issues, such as director independence, refreshment and committee structure. P.J. counseled boards on sensitive matters that are frequently confidential in nature. Her practice also included the SEC aspects of merger and acquisition and securities transactions. P.J. was a member of the planning committee for the Northwestern Pritzker Law School’s 2022 Annual Securities Regulation Institute.
P.J. was recognized as an expert in Corporate Governance by Expert Guides’ “Women in Business Law” and was named “Best in Corporate Governance” at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas 2019 Women in Business Law Awards.
P.J. received her J.D., with honors, from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, where she was an editor of Maryland’s Law Review, and her B.S., magna cum laude, from the University of Maryland.