Jenna H. Leyton, Esq. - Associate

Jenna H. Leyton, Esq.

11622 El Camino Real, Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92130
Tel: (858) 509-5696
Fax: (858) 755-8504
jleyton@pettitkohn.com

Contact Card

Download Biography

Jenna Leyton received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2007. During law school, Jenna was the recipient of the D’Angelo Outstanding Child Advocate Award, the 1st Place Brief Award for the McLennon Moot Court Competition, and CALI Excellence Awards in Corporations, Public Interest Law, and the Law and Politics of Education Policy. Jenna also served as an executive board member for the Women’s Law Caucus and the Phi Delta Phi honor society.

Prior to law school, Jenna graduated with Highest Honors from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and was awarded the Departmental Citation for outstanding academic achievement.

Jenna’s primary focus is employment law matters.

Publication

  • “They Deserve a Family: Higher Foster Family Home Rates Could Lead to Better Outcomes, Including More Adoptions, For California’s Foster Children,” Children’s Advocacy Institute, San Diego, California, 2007.

Practice Areas:

  • American Inns of Court, J. Clifford Wallace Chapter
  • Lawyers Club
  • San Diego County Bar Association
  • SDCBA Lyceum Mentoring Program
  • State Bar of California
  • University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007)
  • University of California, Berkeley (B.A., with Highest Honors, 2004)