A native of Houston, Jennifer Palmer Wells is an associate attorney at J. Lindsey Short, Jr. & Associates, PC, and has worked with J. Lindsey Short, Jr. for 14 years. She graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. After graduating from Baylor, Jennifer moved back to Houston and attended South Texas College of Law where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and received her Doctor of Jurisprudence in 2006. She was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2006.

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As a student at South Texas College of Law, Jennifer Palmer Wells was a member of the South Texas Law Review. She had the privilege of serving as Note and Comment Editor for the South Texas Law Review her final year in law school. She is also a member of The Order of the Lytae.

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Jennifer Palmer Wells is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Family Law Section of the Houston Bar Association, the Houston Young Lawyers Association, and a past member of the Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law Inns of Court. She has also been named a Rising Star in Family Law by Texas Monthly Magazine.