Writing

Ideas from the Practice

Blog posts, published columns, and conversations - perspectives on litigation, leadership, and the profession.

Leadership & Perspective
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Lessons Beyond the Courtroom

A Tribute to Strong Women

Strength in women takes many forms. This Women's History Month, I'm thinking about the women who didn't just cheer me on, but who challenged me to think harder about what I actually wanted.

Lessons Beyond the Courtroom

Broken Brackets

Every March our family fills out NCAA brackets with great confidence and very little actual information. What a busted bracket has in common with a verdict you did not see coming.

From the Desk of Jennifer Rebholz

Why Am I Writing This

A mom, a litigator, twenty-plus years in the courtroom. This is where I am going to put what the work actually teaches you, the things that are harder to put in a bio.

Articles & Authored Work
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Monthly President's Column in Arizona Attorney Magazine during the 2021–2022 State Bar presidency, plus an oral history for the Arizona Bar Foundation.

Committed to Civility
Arizona Attorney Magazine · Apr 2022
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Micro Slights Leave Major Impact
Arizona Attorney Magazine · Mar 2022
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Racial Equity's Long Road
Arizona Attorney Magazine · Feb 2022
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Legal Legacy - Oral History of Dee-Dee Samet
Arizona Bar Foundation · Dec 2018
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In Her Own Words
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What does a win really look like to you?

The cases that stay with me are the ones where a family came in overwhelmed and left with some sense of resolution — not just legally, but emotionally.

What is the most underrated skill in litigation?

Judgment. Knowing what actually matters in a case and having the discipline to let go of everything that does not is genuinely rare.

What keeps you in the courtroom after 20+ years?

Honestly, I think litigation chose me as much as I chose it. There is a discipline to building a case that I find deeply satisfying.