Practice Areas: Family Law, Appellate; view more
Licensed in Connecticut since: 2004
Education: Quinnipiac University School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2024 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2010 - 2018 Details
A partner at Reich & Truax, PLLC, in Southport, Connecticut, Leslie I. Jennings-Lax is an efficacious attorney who works tirelessly to give her clients the respite they deserve so that they can move on from their contentious family law issues. She is well-equipped to handle matters pertaining to divorce and separation, child custody and support, adoptions, prenuptial agreements and LGBTQ+ family law issues, as well as appeals.
A stalwart advocate for nearly two decades, Ms. Jennings-Lax understands the emotional strain that comes with a monumental change in someone’s personal life, and she strives to take on all her clients’ legal burdens so they can focus on their own development and their loved ones. For her contributions to providing judicious counsel throughout her career, she has garnered the admiration of her peers within her legal community.
Ms. Jennings-Lax completed her undergraduate studies in 1998, graduating with her Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College. She went on to pursue higher education at Johns Hopkins University, where she earned her Master of Arts degree in teaching in 2000. With a fervent passion to pursue law, she took her first step by enrolling at the Quinnipiac University School of Law, where she bolstered her legal acumen and talents to help her clients. She received her Juris Doctor magna cum laude in 2004, and in the same year, she obtained her license to practice law in Connecticut. Later on, she was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Outside her law practice, Ms. Jennings-Lax maintains close affiliations with myriad legal organizations, including:
- The American Bar Association (part of the Family Law Section)
- The Connecticut Bar Association (member of the Executive Committee, the Family Law Section and the Amicus Committee)
- The National LGBT Bar Association
- The Fairfield County Bar Association
- The Connecticut Bar Journal (member of the Board of Directors)
Practice areas
Family Law, AppellateFocus areas
Adoption, Alimony & Spousal Support, Appeals, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Father's Rights, Juvenile Law, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Name Change, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Same Sex Family Law
- 80% Family Law
- 20% Appellate
First Admitted: 2004, Connecticut
Professional Webpage: https://www.reichandtruax.com/attorney/leslie-i-jennings-lax...
- Connecticut, 2004
- Fairfield County Bar Association, 2013 to Present
- The National LGBT Bar Association, 2004 to Present
- American Bar Association, 2006 to Present
- Connecticut Bar Association, 2006 to Present
- National LGBT Bar Association, 2004 – Present
- New Haven County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2006 – 2013
- Fairfield County Bar Association, 2013
- Connecticut Bar Association, LGBT Section, Executive Committee Member (2012 – present), Education Liaison to CBA (2015 – present)
- Connecticut Bar Association, Family Law Section, Executive Committee Member, Amicus Committee Member, 2006 – Present
- American Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2006 – Present
- Co-Chair, Planning Committee for Symposium on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Youth sponsored by the Connecticut Bar Foundation, 2013
- Connecticut Family Lawyer, Board of Editors, 2006 – Present
- Connecticut Bar Journal, Board of Editors, 2009 – Present
- Supreme Court of the United States of America, 2010
- Triangle Community Center, Board of Directors, 2014 to Present
- Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund, Policy Board, 2008 to 2013
- Rising Star in Connecticut Magazine
- New England Super Lawyers Magazine
- Trinity College, B.A., Bachelor of Arts, 1998
- Johns Hopkins University, Master of Arts in Teaching, 2000
- Earning Capacity in Light of Tanzman v. Meurer, 3 Connecticut Family Lawyer 1 (2013)
- Adjunct professor, Quinnipiac University School of Law, Law and Gender
- Panelist on Adoption, Surrogacy and In Vitro Fertilization/Artificial Insemination; Panelist on Custody and Visitation, Civil Anions: Making and Breaking Them, Sponsored by Family Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, September 30, 2005
- Invited speaker, Civil Unions in Connecticut, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter, October 17, 2005
- Panelist, Representing Families in Pro Bono Custody Cases, Connecticut Pro Bono Network, Connecticut Bar Association, October 20, 2009
- Panelist on the issues of legislative advances and case law, as well as the issues of adoption and surrogacy, Successfully Representing Non-Traditional Families, sponsored by the National Business Institute, March 24, 2010
- Speaker, Navigating Issues in Same-Sex Marriages, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships, sponsored by the American Bar Association, August 5, 2011
- Panelist, Tax Implications of Divorce, sponsored by Quinnipiac University Family and Juvenile Law Society, April 2, 2012
- Panelist, Nuts & Bolts: Family law, sponsored by the New Haven Country Bar Association, April 16, 2013
- Speaker, Crossing State Lines with A Same-Sex Marriage Post-Windsor, sponsored by the American Bar Association, October 16, 2014
- Speaker, Crossing State Lines With A Same-Sex Marriage Post-Windsor (Webinar), sponsored by the American Bar Association, January 21, 2015
- Recognizing Same-Sex Couples: Should Connecticut Change the Law? Co-sponsored by the Connecticut Bar Association and UNITY, Quinnipiac University School of Law's Gay/Straight Alliance. March 16, 2004, Moderator and Planning Committee Member
- Together But Not As The Internal Revenue Code Envisions" Part II: Tux and Estate Planning for Same-Sex and Transgender Couples in the Age of DOMA, Sponsored by the Domestic Relations Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Taxation. October 1, 2004, Panelist on Constitutional Implication of the Defense of Marriage Act.
- Is the United States Falling Behind? The Legal Recognition of Post-Operative Transsexual' Acquired Sex in the United States and Abroad, T Quinnipiac Health LJ. 123 (2003) (published as Leslie I. Lax)
- Extraterritorial Effect of Civil Unions and the Dissolution of Them, co-authored by Louise Truax, created for and distributed in conjunction with Civil Unions: Making and Breaking Them, sponsored by the Family Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, September 30, 2005.
- Surrogacy: The Law in Connecticut, T9 Connecticut Bar Journal 59 (2005)
- Co-Editor, Connecticut Family Lawyer, Issue 1, December, 2006
- Parentage in a Post-Civil Union State, T Connecticut Family Lawyer 3 (2006)
- Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health: A Synopsis and Effects, New Haven County Bar Association Marble Columns, Vol XIV, No. 2 January/February 2009
- Kerrigan v. Department of Public Health: A Synopsis, Connecticut Lawyer, Volume 19, Number 6, February 2009
- Successfully Representing Non-Traditional Families: Where the Courts and the Legislature Stand, created for and distributed by the National Business Institute on March 24, 2010
- Navigating Issues in Same-Sex Marriages, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships, created for and distributed by the American Bar Association on August 5, 2011.
- Issue Edition Connecticut Family Lawyer, Premarital Agreements Issue, Summer 2012
- Lexis Nexis Connecticut Family Law Practice Guide, authored chapters on Marriage, Paternity, Adoption, Surrogacy, and Same-Sex Dissolution Issues (2013)
Office location for Leslie I. Jennings-Lax
2507 Post Road
Suite PH
Southport, CT 06890
Phone: 203-763-4969
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2024
- Rising Stars: 2010 - 2018
