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Jacqueline R. Brant

Associate She / Her / Hers
Minneapolis

Jacqueline Brant is a Litigation associate who focuses her practice on commercial litigation and dispute resolution matters. Prior to joining Ballard Spahr, she worked at a Chambers-ranked law firm, where she prepared company and expert witnesses for deposition, argued discovery motions in court, and took depositions. In this role, she drafted a wide range of materials, including discovery and dispositive motions, affirmative and defensive written discovery, and mediation statements.

Prior to law school, Jacqueline gained additional experience through an internship and subsequent fellowship for Lawyers Without Borders in New Haven, Connecticut. In this role, Jacqueline built programming that provided practical rule-of-law training to prosecutors, judges, and law enforcement officers in Kenya, Tanzania, and Paraguay.

Professional Highlights

Speaking Engagements

Presenter, "Getting to 'Yes in Settlement," 15th Annual Association of Corporate Counsel Conference, June 18, 2026

Publications

"Sword or Shield? The Weaponization of Title IX Against Transgender Athletes," 42(1) Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality 91, 2024

Credentials 

Education

University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2024)
Staff Member, Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality
Member, OutLaw
Member, Women's Law Student Association
Recipient, Book Award in Legislative Regulation

Oberlin College (B.A. 2020)
Opinions Editor, The Oberlin Review
Captain, Women's Varsity Soccer

Admissions

Minnesota