Bonni Jensen, Esquire

Bonni S. Jensen is a partner with Klausner, Kaufman, Jensen & Levinson. Since 1990, Ms. Jensen has specialized in, and served as general counsel to, municipal pension funds. Bonni Jensen has had extensive experience in pension and employee benefits law and related local, state and federal law. She has been a speaker on topics which include DROP plans, fiduciary responsibility, 457 plans, the role of collective bargaining in pension issues, pension plan administration, meeting preparation, Sunshine Law and ethics and financial disclosure laws at the annual State of Florida Police and Firefighter Pension Conferences and Trustee Schools. She has also lectured at many seminars related to pension fund topics, such as controlling disability costs in the public sector; tax issues; pension obligation bonds; securities law; and Guns and Hoses conferences. She regularly participates in the State Division of Retirement conferences and schools for municipal police and firefighter pension funds. She has been married to Steve since 1984 and they have two children, James and Sarah.

Current Employment Position(s):

Partner

Bar Admissions:

Florida, 1990
U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

Nova University, 1990
Juris Doctor
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Law Review: Senior Staff Member, Nova Law Review

Stetson University, 1984
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Sociology

Honors & Awards

Listed as Top Pension Attorney in Pension Law by the South Florida Legal Guide, annually since 2005

Memberships

Associate Member, Florida Public Pension Trustees Association

Member, National Association of Public Pension Attorneys

Pro Bono Activities

Chair, West Palm Beach Golf Advisory Committee
Chair, School Advisory Committee, John I. Leonard High School, Greenacres, Florida