She is the kind of guest who delivers both expertise and heart: smart, witty, and candid about the challenges of reinvention. Media outlets will find in Jessica not just a knowledgeable commentator on law, business, and startups, but also a warm, relatable voice on resilience, identity, and celebrating life’s big moments.

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Timely topics Jessica can speak on include:

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• Reinvention: Letting go of one professional identity to build another.
  
  
• Women in law and leadership: breaking barriers and finding balance.
  
  
• Entrepreneurship through grief: turning loss into innovation.
  
  
• The future of celebrations: why tech needs to make party-planning more human.
  
  
• Work-life design: what professionals really need in the “after” of the pandemic

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Women’s Leadership & Parenting

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How one mother of three redefined success—and built a company to help families celebrate with ease.

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Jessica Lerner Halprin built the kind of legal career most young lawyers dream about: rising through the ranks of global banks, advising hedge funds, and thriving in male-dominated spaces. But her biggest lessons didn’t come from the boardroom, they came from balancing law, leadership, and life as a mother of three.

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When her own mother passed away, Jessica took on the dual roles of caregiver and entrepreneur. Out of grief and transition, she founded Swankey, an event-planning platform designed to simplify life’s celebrations and give busy families the freedom to focus on what really matters: making memories.

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Jessica is an honest, engaging voice on what it means to “have it all” and how women can lead on their own terms. She can speak on career pivots, motherhood in high-pressure careers, building resilience, and the importance of designing work that supports both ambition and family. Audiences leave feeling seen, supported, and inspired to embrace the many roles women play without apology.

Lifestyle & Event / Celebration

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The party planning problem that sparked a startup: Jessica Lerner Halprin’s journey from stress to Swankey.

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For Jessica Lerner Halprin, planning parties used to be second nature. A practicing attorney for decades, she had organized more than 100 events for family and friends. But when planning milestone celebrations for her daughter and husband after the loss of her mother, Jessica found herself overwhelmed and frustrated.

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The reason? There was no central way to manage contracts, vendors, guest lists, and budgets. Everything was scattered, and planning became stressful instead of joyful. That frustration sparked her startup: Swankey, a platform that makes event planning simple, organized, and stress-free.

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Today, Jessica is on a mission to help families and hosts reclaim the joy of celebrating. She brings warmth, humor, and practical insight to conversations about why celebrations matter, how to make planning easier, and why tech should serve people, not the other way around. As a guest, Jessica blends expert knowledge with relatable storytelling, inspiring audiences to celebrate life’s milestones with less stress and more meaning.