JENNIFER R. SCHARF, Local Director, is an associate with Connors & Vilardo, LLP, where she concentrates her practice in litigation, including medical malpractice defense, personal injury and representation of professionals. Ms. Scharf graduated magna cum laude from State University of New York at Buffalo Law School in 2005. As a law student, she served as an editor of the Buffalo Law Review and participated in trial team competitions. Her paper, Shooting for the Stars: A Call for Federal Legislation to Protect Celebrities' Privacy Rights, won the first ever Intellectual Property Law Journal Student Note Competition. She is a 2001 graduate, magna cum laude, of State University of New York at Buffalo, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. Scharf is a member of the Erie County Bar Association, Women's Bar Association of Western New York, New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America and University of Buffalo Alumni Association. She is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, Western District of New York and State of California.