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Jacqueline Rixen has owned and operated The Law Office of Jacqueline Rixen since 1998, with a brief intermission as a shareholder in another small firm. As a consumer of professional services herself, she knows that business owners appreciate professionals who are both competent and easy to work with.
Her prior experience as an in-house corporate counsel, Texas Assistant Attorney General, civil trial lawyer, and briefing attorney for the state court of appeals in Fort Worth gives her a wealth of knowledge to draw upon to serve the needs of her current clients. An energetic member of the legal community, Ms. Rixen also has a long history of service and involvement with the legal profession and the community.
- Education
Licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas (1986)
Baylor University School of Law (J.D. 1986)
Baylor University (B.A. economics, 1983, with honors)
- Professional Associations
State Bar of Texas
Austin Bar Association (director 1998-2000; 2002-2003)
Solo/Small Firm Section of the Austin Bar Association
Chair (2002-2003), Program chair (2001-2002), Secretary (1999-2000)
Business, Corporate and Tax Section of the Austin Bar Association & State Bar of Texas
Real Estate Section of the Travis County Bar Association & State Bar of Texas
Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
Travis County Women Lawyer's Association (membership chair 1997-1999)
Texas Women Lawyers
Austin Young Lawyers Association (1987-1998; director 1990-1991)
- Business Associations
Technology Advisors Group
- Volunteer & Pro Bono Affiliations
Pro-bono counsel for Texas Nafas (non-profit devoted to poetry for the public)
Pro-bono counsel for Texas Center for Women's Business Enterprise (2002-2003)
Capital Area AIDS Legal Project (volunteer attorney 1989 - 2000)
Capital Area AIDS Legal Project Advisory Board of Directors (chair 1996-1997)
Texas Supreme Court Gender Bias Reform Implementation Committee (1994-1998)
Recognized for pro bono work for Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas (1991)
- Speaking and Publications
Ms. Rixen is a sought-after speaker at national and local events. She has
spoken at several seminars and forums across the country. Topics include:
selecting a business entity
contracts 101 for non-lawyers
asset protection
business succession planning
employees and independent contractors
franchising
corporate governance and compliance
reinsurance and coinsurance
HIPAA
cancellation of insurance policies during receivership
Federal Sentencing guidelines
- Community Affairs
Leader and organizer of neighborhood initiative that resulted in a new Travis County ordinance regulating location of sexually oriented businesses
Leader in a neighborhood association effort to resolve land use dispute with real estate developers
Volunteer guide at Wild Basin
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