Jean is the principal of JLC & Associates and leads the NYC commercial and residential real estate practice areas at the firm. She is an expert negotiator and advises clients on strategic approaches towards real estate investment and business growth.
She is a frequent speaker at real estate brokerages and organizations around the city and has dedicated years of service to pro bono representation with New Women New Yorkers, GLAAD and The City Bar Justice Center.
Prior to founding JLC & Associates in 2010, Jean worked for a real estate development firm in the West Village known for its award-winning design portfolio and eco-conscious projects and a Manhattan commercial real estate holdings firm. She clerked for the Honorable Shirley W. Kornreich in NYS Supreme Court, where her first judicial opinion was published.
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"Real Estate Investing in New York - Fireside Chat with JLC & Associates"- Save My Cents Blog, March 17, 2020 "Taking the Fast Track - JLC's Jean Chou Proves Entrepreneurship Can Begin at the Beginning of a Career"- The Mann Report, March 3, 2020"How Jean Chou Took a Virtual Park Avenue Address and Made It Real"-New York Metro Super Lawyers Magazine,September 30, 2019
- Super Lawyers - Rising Stars, NY Times Magazine
- Client's Choice for Real Estate - AVVO
- Best Advocate Award - New York Law School
- J.D., New York Law School
- B.S., Boston University School of Management
- New York, 2010
- GLAAD
- City Bar Justice Center - Homeowner Stability Project
- New Women New Yorkers
- Women Owned Law
- New York City Bar Association
- Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA)
- Mandarin Chinese (Proficient)