Jaline S. Fenwick
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Because I have spent several years as a secondee with one of our firm’s major clients, I have an unusually in-depth understanding of both what clients need from their lawyers and what they face day-to-day. With my extensive litigation and in-house experience, I have the ability to meet every clients’ needs. In other words, I excel at serving clients because I’ve been the client.

Jaline Fenwick is an Associate based in McGlinchey’s Jacksonville, Florida office. Jaline takes a global perspective in representing financial services clients in matters ranging from compliance to litigation.

Jaline represents institutional lenders and servicers in secured creditors’ rights litigation and consumer financial services litigation. Her work has included attending complex adversarial proceedings, depositions, and non-jury trials throughout Florida. She also researches and drafts a wide range of legal documents and client memoranda, as well as various motions. Jaline’s practice also extends to advising clients on complying with federal and state laws nationwide, so that in the event of litigation, all bases are covered.

Jaline has extensive experience working as a secondee with a major consumer bank. In this role, she reviews various legal documents with respect to lawsuits filed against the bank, as well as managing outside counsel in the northeastern states regarding legal strategies and interpretations of federal and state laws.

As an experienced secondee, Jaline has in-depth, firsthand experience in the most critical part of any attorney’s professional toolkit – genuinely understanding the client’s business, their needs, their strategies, and their goals. Any study of the source of client dissatisfaction with lawyers always comes down to a belief that the lawyer doesn’t understand the client’s business. Jaline does, because she’s been immersed in it, every day, for years.

Because of this, she takes a business-focused, pragmatic approach to her practice. As an example, she is exceptionally good at keeping her clients informed. When a case begins, Jaline gets back to the client within 24 to 48 hours with an initial analysis. With research, a more comprehensive evaluation, including a strategy, follows shortly. During the course of the matter, she provides updates on a weekly or monthly basis depending on what the client requires. She manages her cases with a client-first approach.

Industries

Services

Insights

  • 17 State Attorneys General Express Concerns with the CFPB’s “Junk Fees” RFI

    On January 26, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a Request for Information Regarding Fees Imposed by Providers of Consumer Financial Products or Services (“RFI”). The CFPB indicated its desire to mitigate charges like credit card late fees and overdraft and non-sufficient funds fees, which it said accounted for billions of dollars in 2019. The CFPB stated that its goal is to “strengthen competition in consumer finance by using its authorities to reduce these kinds of junk fees.”

  • FinTech Regulation: How True Lender, Valid-When-Made, and the Fight About Usury Impact FinTech Business Models

    The laws governing FinTechs have continued to develop. One prominent business model utilized by FinTech companies involves partnerships with traditional depository institutions, often state-chartered, FDIC-insured community banks. In the context of this model, the non-depository FinTech companies and traditional depository institutions act together to offer consumer financial services and products.

  • Podcast: Woman’s History Month: Uplift Panel Discussion

    In honor of Women's History Month, members of Uplift, McGlinchey’s women’s initiative, gathered for a multi-generational discussion about the evolution of practicing law as a woman, the importance of women as leaders and mentors, and what the future holds.

  • McGlinchey Stafford Welcomes Jaline Fenwick to our Fort Lauderdale Office

    McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce the addition of Jaline Fenwick to the firm’s Fort Lauderdale, Florida office.

Education

  • Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2008)

    Melissa Mitchell’s 1st Year Moot Court Competition Finalist; Recipient of the John D. Voelker Award; Law Review

  • Chaminade University of Honolulu (B.S., cum laude, 2004)

Admissions

Bar Admissions
  • Florida
Court Admissions
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Affiliations

Professional

  • National Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Florida Bar Association
  • Broward County Bar Association
  • Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association
  • Florida Association for Women Lawyers - Broward County Chapter

Community

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County

Outside the office

In her spare time, Jaline takes Zumba classes, reads non-fiction books, and watches documentaries. She also enjoys spending time with friends and family.