Jennifer Matthews Rice

Ms. Jennifer Matthews Rice joined First Industrial as General Counsel in 2019. With more than 20 years of legal experience, Ms. Matthews Rice oversees legal affairs for First Industrial.

Prior to joining First Industrial, Ms. Matthews Rice served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Brandywine Realty Trust. Prior to joining Brandywine, she served as Fund Real Estate Counsel for Exeter Property Group, General Counsel for Preferred Real Estate Investments and as an associate attorney with the law firm Ballard Spahr LLP. Ms. Matthews Rice clerked for the Honorable Ronald D. Castille, the now-retired Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.