| Jennifer Kanis | |
| Constituency Am: | Melbourne |
| Assembly: | Victorian Legislative |
| Term Start: | 21 July 2012 |
| Term End: | 29 November 2014 |
| Predecessor: | Bronwyn Pike |
| Successor: | Ellen Sandell |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Party: | Labor |
| Spouse: | Davydd Griffiths |
| Children: | None |
| Residence: | Flemington |
| Alma Mater: | University of Melbourne La Trobe University |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
Jennifer Kanis (born 16 April 1970) is a lawyer and a former politician.
Kanis was born in Melbourne to migrant parents—a Greek father and Italian mother.[1] She studied an Arts degree at the University of Melbourne, and also gained postgraduate qualifications in education.[2] She worked as an English and literature teacher, and then enrolled to study industrial law at La Trobe University.
After graduation, she took a job with Holding Redlich—the law firm founded by former Victorian Labor leader Clyde Holding—and became a senior associate of the firm.
In 2008, she was elected to Melbourne City Council.[3]
She was the Labor Party member for Melbourne in the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 2012 and 2014.