Jennifer EYL

Jennifer Eyl is an Attorney and Licensed Professional Counselor who has worked in the fields of domestic and sexual violence since 1994. She is the Executive Director at Project Safeguard in Denver, Colorado. Project Safeguard provides legal advocacy and attorney assistance in civil protection orders, domestic relations, and other areas of law encountered by survivors of gender-based violence. Before joining Project Safeguard, Jennifer was the Director of the Domestic Violence Program at the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center, where she supervised volunteer guardians ad litem in civil protection order matters involving domestic violence and sexual assault. She also spent several years working as a Child and Family Investigator in domestic relations matters. Prior to attending law school, Jennifer served as the Executive Director at WINGS Foundation, providing services to adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse,. Jennifer is known statewide for her expertise in domestic and sexual violence and protection order, domestic relations and child welfare law. She trains social work and law students, attorneys, judges, court personnel, custody evaluators, victim advocates, law enforcement personnel, treatment providers and others on these issues. Jennifer was the 2021 recipient of the Colorado Domestic Violence and Sexual Offender Management Board’s Senator Norma Anderson Award for Excellence in Victim Advocacy.