Boutique Startup Lawyer

Janiece Jenkins

About Me

I am a seasoned corporate attorney with over a decade of experience guiding high-growth technology and life sciences companies through critical transactions, including venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and public offerings. I serve as a trusted advisor to founders, executives, and boards, managing deals from term sheet to closing and setting my clients up for success by advising on governance and legal structural matters. I take pride in making complex legal issues clear and actionable, aligning legal solutions with business goals, and helping clients scale with confidence. I am also deeply committed to community impact through pro bono service and bring creativity and energy to everything from legal work to music, aerial arts, and outdoor pursuits.

People I work with

I have spent my career working with founders, entrepreneurs, investors, and growth start ups and technology companies at all stages. I enjoy working with creative and compassionate business leaders and helping them achieve their goals.

How I Help

I help my clients achieve long-term success and thrive in their businesses by working with them to confidently navigate the complex legal landscape confidentially and determine and maintain appropriate governance and legal structures tailored for each client’s and business team’s preferences and goals. As a member of the Story LLP team, I can connect my clients with any type of lawyer they need.

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Corporate Governance

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Fundraising

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M&A

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Contract Review and Negotiation

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Cap Table Management

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Intellectual Property

Work Experience

As a corporate attorney for over a decade at Fenwick, Cooley, and O’Melveny & Myers, my practice was concentrated on corporate matters for clients in the technology and life sciences industries. My background includes advising public and private companies with regard to corporate governance, mergers, acquisitions and venture capital financings ranging from bridge and seed rounds, to late-stage financings. I have also counseled issuers and underwriters in numerous capital markets transactions, with particular experience handling initial public offerings, follow-on offerings and ’34 Act reporting. I am excited to be able to offer the same high quality legal services I provided during my time working in BigLaw to my clients now with extra care and attention for my clients’ individual needs in a more personalized and cost-conscious structure.

Throughout my legal career, I have also been dedicated to pro bono service, and have provided legal services for homeless and low-income Seattle residents and veterans through community legal clinics. I have also provided pro bono immigration legal services to asylum seekers in Seattle and at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas.

Education

2013

Stanford Law School

J.D., Business Law

Activities and societies: American Constitution Society Programming Director; Black Law Student Association Corporate Liaison; Social Security and Disability Project; Partners for Academic Excellence Mentor; Stanford Christian Legal Fellowship Co-President; Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance; Women of Stanford Law Mentor, Acappelants, Stanford Drama Society

2010

University of Washington

B.A. with Distinction, Communication, Minors in Human Rights and Music

Activities and societies: Magna Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Annual Dean’s List (5 Times); Quarterly Dean’s List (16 times); UW Vocal Jazz Ensemble; Campus Crusade for Christ Officer; Students Taking Action Now Darfur Officer

My Partnership with Story LLP

In addition to my legal practice, I serve as the Chief Legal Officer of Story LLP. With the resources of the amazing alliance of diverse attorneys that make up Story LLP, I am uniquely positioned to provide personalized, hands-on legal guidance tailored to my client’s unique needs. I understand the challenges of managing a business and building a growth startup because I am on this path as well.

As Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of Story LLP, Story provides me with software tools and resources to help better manage matters and bill more efficiently, including access to great legal forms and team support, as well as building and managing specialist teams appropriate to your matters. Alliance members contribute a portion of their fees toward the community to fund Story’s AI offerings, and clients pay one bill through Story for all legal fees each month. Story also offers optional subscription General Counsel AI software for growing startups to help them get legal right from the start affordably if that’s of interest. Please reach out if you would like more details on Story’s AI offerings and the tools we are building. I’d love to tell you more about it.