Overview
Jenn Muse is an accomplished employment law attorney and trusted advisor to corporate leadership, bringing deep expertise in workforce strategy, compliance, and risk management. As a Partner at Honigman LLP, she counsels companies through organizational change, talent development, and regulatory challenges—ensuring legal soundness and alignment with business objectives. She focuses on providing proactive counsel to businesses, with practical strategies, steps, and policies to address all facets of the employment experience—from challenging interpersonal situations to use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in the workplace.
Jenn’s experience spans industries and includes advising boards, executives, and HR leaders on complex employment matters, including high-stakes litigation, policy implementation, and cultural transformation. As transaction counsel, Jenn plays a critical role in structuring and negotiating employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions by overseeing workforce due diligence, executive compensation matters, and post-deal integration strategies. She collaborates closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that employment-related elements are aligned with the broader transactional goals, and that transitions are smooth, compliant, and strategically sound. Committed to supporting innovation and growth, Jenn also partners with emerging companies, providing strategic legal advice that fosters long-term sustainability.
A devoted firm citizen, Jenn has served as a mentor to many up and coming attorneys at the firm and a mentor in the Thrive Mentorship Program. She has also acted as a co-leader for the Honigman Academy, which works with Detroit high school students, and has served on various firm committees and initiatives during her tenure.
In addition to her legal practice, Jenn serves on a number of boards and advisory committees, including the Board of Trustees for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and her perspective adds practical value to boards seeking governance expertise in employment law, regulatory risk, and organizational resilience. Jenn’s blend of legal acumen and collaborative leadership brings clarity, confidence, and continuity to boardrooms navigating today’s most pressing workforce issues.
Services
Practice Areas
Experience
Representative Matters
- Advises a veterinary aggregator on day-to-day employment counseling and integration strategies
- Represents an early stage energy storage company
- Counsels a growing service-based chain on integration matters
- Represents a wealth management company in the sale of the business
- Acts as an advisor to nonprofit foundations
- Serves as counsel to financial institutions seeking routine employment counsel
- Defended and achieved favorable settlement of a statewide collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act involving several hundred class members
- Achieved favorable settlement of a noncompetition matter for a growing business
Prior Experience
- Rights & Reproductions Intern, Indianapolis Museum of Art (now Newfields) (2014-2015)
- Judicial Extern, Honorable David W. McKeague of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2014)
- Underwriting, State Farm Insurance (2011-2013)
Credentials
Education
- summa cum laude; Jurisprudence Awards in Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property; Basic Income Tax B; International Sale of Goods; State and Local Taxation; Dean Charles H. King Scholar
- Michigan State Law Review, Editor-in-Chief; MSU Law Arbitration Team; Intellectual Property Law Society
- Music - Flute Performance
- Music - Flute Performance, Jazz Emphasis
- summa cum laude; Presidential Scholarship
Admissions
- Michigan
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Recognition
Awards
The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, 2023-2026
- Recognized in practice areas of:
- Labor and Employment Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Michigan Super Lawyers, Recognized as a Rising Star, 2019-2025
Honorable Mention, 44th Annual Rossman Award, 2017 (for "Monkeys and Elephants and Koalas, Oh My! Is Originality Still the Touchstone of Authorship in United States Copyright Law?")
Professional & Community Involvement
State Bar of Michigan
- Labor & Employment Law Section
American Bar Association
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- Board of Trustees, December 2022-present
- NextGen Committee, 2017-2022
- Chair, 2020-2022
Girls Group, Board of Directors, 2022-2025
Detroit Economic Club, 2020-present
Society of Human Resource Management, 2019-present
Michigan Flute Orchestra, Board of Directors, 2017-2021
National Association of Women Lawyers, 2026-present
Inforum, 2025-present
Personnel Committee, First Presbyterian Church of Royal Oak, 2023-present
Employment Law Presenter, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Detroit Legal Clinic, 2020-present
News & Insights
Press Releases
Events
- ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law’s Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee 2021 Midwinter Meeting: Employment Rights and Responsibilities for Someone Else’s Employee: Unknotting the Tangled Relationships in an Ever-Evolving Workforce, March 17, 2021
- Michigan Restaurant & Lodging Association: What Your Lawyer Wishes You Knew, May 11, 2021
- Honigman Labor & Employment Seminar: Alphabet Soup is Still Good for You: DEI & EEO, September 28, 2023
- 2023 MiSHRM State Conference, October 17, 2023
- Honigman Labor & Employment Seminar: Triaging Employee Complaints, May 2024
- Institute of Continuing Legal Education: Labor & Employment Law Institute: Do All Remote Work Roads Lead Back to the Office?, April 12, 2024
- Navigating the Michigan Earned Sick Time Act Webinar, December 11, 2024
- 2025 MiSHRM State Conference: Sealing the Deal: HR’s Playbook for Mergers, Acquisitions, and Beyond, October 15, 2025
- Institute of Continuing Legal Education: Employment Law Update 2026, June 1, 2026 (https://www.icle.org/modules/seminars/video.aspx?ID=1_7r8y0u3p&SEQN=895)