Practice Areas
Biography
M. Jacqueline Larkin is an attorney in the Philadelphia office of Vaughan Baio & Partners, who represents clients throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania in federal and state courts and has tried cases to verdict in both states. She represents clients in bankruptcy matters as well as in civil and complex commercial litigation. On the bankruptcy side, she represents creditors and lenders in bankruptcy matters, foreclosures and collections. In litigation, she represents business owners in matters involving construction defects, products liability, premises, and corporations in matters involving complex contract and employment disputes.
Jacqueline graduated magna cum laude from Widener University Delaware Law School. She graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with High Distinction with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management and Marketing. While in law school, she worked as an extern for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and was a certified legal intern at the Delaware County District Attorney’s office. She was also a senior staff member on The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law and was the recipient of the Lucinda L. Peipher Award in International Law.
Jacqueline is admitted to practice in the state courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the District of New Jersey.
Experience
Recognition
Main Line Today, August 2013, # 2 Bankruptcy Attorney
Lucinda L. Peipher Award in International Law
Representative Matters
- Successfully defended a developer in a complex trial in Jersey City, in a construction defect case involving the historic Jersey City Medical Center.
- Obtained a defense verdict in a hotly contested food poisoning case against a restaurant owner, that included claims of wrongful death. The success of the verdict hinged on obtaining an order of preclusion with regard to the inflammatory evidence. This limited the damages sought by the plaintiff’s family at the time of trial based on the unrelated wrongful death claims.
- Represents creditors in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings in order to protect their rights in secured and unsecured loans, represents creditors in mortgage foreclosure proceedings both contested and uncontested, handles collection actions to obtain favorable outcomes, and works with creditors and debtors in reaching amicable settlements.
Background
Bar and Court Admissions
Admissions
U.S District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S District Court for the District of New Jersey
Licenses
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Education
Widener University Delaware Law School, magna cum laude, J.D., 2010
Pennsylvania State University, summa cum laude, B.S., 2005
Memberships
Delaware County Bar Association