Jennifer S. Bankston is Labaton Sucharow LLP's Director of Business Development and Marketing. She is responsible for spearheading the Firm's strategic and tactical business development initiatives as well as managing its marketing and communications efforts.

Ms. Bankston began her career under a Ford Foundation grant producing educational programs for the Foreign Policy Association. Ms. Bankston then advanced the charitable endeavors of philanthropist Zachary Fisher, including the formation of the Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research at Rockefeller University.

Ms. Bankston has also worked with the U.S. Department of Commerce in Thailand to identify market trends and provide competitive analyses on entry into Southeast Asia for U.S. corporations. Before joining Labaton Sucharow, Ms. Bankston worked as a business development manager for Deloitte Consulting, where her responsibilities included forecasting sales opportunities, managing proposed alliances and leading client development efforts with Fortune 500 companies in financial services, healthcare and the public sector. At Deloitte, she also contributed to transforming the firm's intranet into an online marketing and lead generation tool for close to 16,000 employees.

Ms. Bankston attended Harvard Business School and received her Master's Degree in International Relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.