The Attorney General oversees the Department of Law & Public Safety with the support of his executive leadership team. The team advises the Attorney General on legal, policy, and administrative matters and assists with the day-to-day supervision of the Department’s divisions and initiatives.
Jennifer Davenport serves as Principal Law Enforcement Advisor. Before joining of the Office of the Attorney General, she served as Division Counsel to the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Prior to that, Jen spent seven years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, where she served as Chief of the General Crimes Unit. Previously, Jen worked as a litigation associate in the Newark offices of Latham & Watkins and Patton Boggs and clerked for Chief Judge John Bissell of the U.S. District Court in Newark. She graduated from DeSales University and Seton Hall University School of Law. Before and during law school, Jen worked as an intelligence analyst at the DEA.
