Jennifer L. Alexander

Jennifer L. Alexander, Esq., a partner at Griffin Alexander, P.C., provides quality legal guidance and personalized expertise to her clients.  Ms. Alexander focuses her practice on community association law and landlord-tenant law. She proudly advocates on behalf of the personal and business legal needs of clients in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

In 1995, Ms. Alexander earned a Bachelor of Arts from Douglas College. She went on to attend The University of Toledo College of Law, receiving a Juris Doctor in 1998.  Ms. Alexander has been admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

Fusing the principles of law with the needs of those she serves, Ms. Alexander represents clients in a range of complex matters. Her experience includes helping her clients obtain efficient and effective resolutions to issues in community association law, residential and commercial law, landlord/tenant law, disputes, lease negotiations, and Federal Fair Housing regulations and compliance, including with respect to: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania community associations, Federal Fair Housing regulations, land use and zoning, residential and commercial landlord-tenant disputes, real estate law, and municipal law. Ms. Alexander also accepts other general litigation cases, as well as cases involving issues such as disability law, wills and trusts, estates, commercial law and business startups. She works closely with her clients to help them address the legal issues they already face and to develop strategies to avoid future legal challenges.

An active member of the legal community, Ms. Alexander is involved in numerous professional associations. She is a Mediator with the New Jersey Community Associations Institute.  Her memberships include the American Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the National Apartment Association, the New Jersey Apartment Association, and the Community Associations Institute – New Jersey Chapter, Hudson Valley Chapter and Pennsylvania-Delaware Chapter, and the Property Owner Association in New Jersey.  

Ms. Alexander regularly speaks on community association and landlord/tenant topics at Community Association Institute – New Jersey Chapter seminars, the NJAA, the POA, for management companies, and national landlords. She also lectures and delivers seminars on Federal Fair Housing regulations and other issues of concern to landlords. She hosted an ICLE Webinar, entitled "Bankruptcy Basics for the Residential Real Estate Lawyer." Ms. Alexander has been invited to lecture on rental and condo collections at Rutgers Center for Real Estate Studies.  Additionally, she has presented at NJAA, and CAI Seminars, including "Fair Housing and Beyond", "The Board Leadership Development Workshop", and “Contracting for Capital Projects Webinar.”  Ms. Alexander is proud to volunteer her time and vast experience on Pro-bono work to aid non-profit organizations who assist women and children.  Her work and dedication to assisting those in vulnerable circumstances have resulted in several nominations for "New Jersey Best Lawyers for Families." 

Ms. Alexander is a Mediator through the New Jersey Community Associations Institute (CAI).  She is a frequent contributor and speaker at AssociationHelpNow where she participated as a panelist on the “NJ Ethics Manager Webinar” and recorded a live stream: “How to Run Meetings Plus Deal with Conflicts Online.”  She has also been instrumental in helping clients navigate these unchartered waters during the COVID-19 pandemic by, among many things, assisting in establishing policies, procedures and webinars including “Coronavirus, Pool, Gyms and Hot Tubs in New Jersey.” With social distancing effecting close communities, Ms. Alexander worked with the New Jersey Apartment Association to present “Handling Resident Issues and Concerns amid COVID-19,” covering resident issues and concerns regarding nose complaints, smoking issues and residents not complying with social distancing.