Jenny Cluverius Joins Nexsen Pruet's Employment and Labor Law Practice Group

Columbia, SC – Jennifer L. Cluverius has joined Nexsen Pruet as an associate in the Columbia office, where she will work with the firm’s employment and labor law practice group.

Her experience in employment and labor law includes representing management in federal and state court litigation regarding ADA, ADEA, ERISA, FLSA, FMLA, Title VII, breach of contract, wrongful termination claims, trade secret claims, and worker’s compensation retaliation claims, as well as in union campaigns.   She has also assisted with preparation of OFCCP affirmative action compliance reviews.

Cluverius earned her undergraduate degree from Clemson University and her law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. She is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the Richland County Bar Association, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

While still a student, Cluverius was admitted to practice under South Carolina’s Student Practice Rule, which allowed her to represent indigent debtors pro bono in federal bankruptcy proceedings. She also received the CALI Award, formerly called the American Jurisprudence Award, in seven corporate law classes and was elected to Order of the Coif and Order of the Wig and Robe.

Cluverius serves on the Thompson Publishing Group’s FMLA Editorial Board and volunteers as a judge for the South Carolina High School Mock Trial competitions. The matches are held by the South Carolina Bar’s Law Related Education Division, which is dedicated to teaching the community about law. 

Nexsen Pruet, LLC is one of the largest law firms in the Carolinas, with more than 170 attorneys and offices in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Hilton Head, and Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Charlotte and Greensboro, N.C. Founded in 1945, Nexsen Pruet provides a broad range of legal services to the business community and represent companies and other entities in local, state, national and international venues.