Jennifer L. Juergens

Jennifer Juergens specializes in investments. Dr. Juergens has extensive experience with Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and managed account matters, as well as issues involving financial institutions, broker-dealers, registered investment advisors, and asset managers. She consults on disclosure requirements, corporate governance, and valuation matters, with a focus on Rule 10b-5 and Section 11 securities class actions and derivative litigation.

Dr. Juergens has worked on numerous trials and arbitration hearings, including several matters before the Delaware Court of Chancery. She supports clients and experts through all phases of litigation, with industry expertise that includes cloud computing, energy, financial services, FinTech, and life sciences.

Dr. Juergens’ recent representative matters include:

• Supporting an expert in Huang et al. v. TriNet Plans et al., an ERISA matter, to assess alleged excessive fees, fund performance, process-related issues, and recordkeeping fees
• Consulting on In re Oracle Corporation Derivative Litigation, a high-profile derivative matter
• Evaluating economic damages in an energy industry arbitration involving alleged tortious interference

Dr. Juergens has published her research in the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, and the Quarterly Journal of Finance. She serves on the board of directors of the Financial Management Association.

Before joining Cornerstone Research, Dr. Juergens worked in the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where she served as the policy advisor to DERA’s associate director of policy and to the deputy chief economist. In that role, she conducted economic analysis to support rulemaking involving broker-dealers, investment managers, market microstructure, credit ratings agencies, asset management, and corporate issuers.

Prior to joining the SEC, Dr. Juergens served as a faculty member in the finance departments at Drexel University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Arizona State University.

Dr. Juergens is a member of the Pro Bono Advisory Council of Appleseed Networks. She has worked on various pro bono initiatives at Cornerstone Research, including analyzing how driver’s license suspensions affect communities, the costs associated with obtaining a government-issued ID across the United States, and the community and individual impact of short-term jail stays for non-felony, non-violent charges.