Jackson Walker is pleased to announce and congratulate Chelsea Mikulencak on her acceptance into the Bexar County Women’s Bar LEAD Academy.

Founded in 2014, the LEAD Academy was designed to help talented women excel in their law practice and keep them engaged in the legal profession. Since its creation, the LEAD Academy has become a model leadership program for women attorneys.

Through her participation in the program, she will learn how to advance and develop her skills to lead, grow her professional relationships, and empower herself and others. There will be classes from January 2023 through September 2023, along with expert seminars.

With her acceptance, Chelsea joins a growing list of Jackson Walker attorneys to participate in the LEAD Academy, including San Antonio associate Georgina Buckley, who graduated in 2020.

Meet Chelsea

Chelsea Mikulencak is a research attorney in the San Antonio office of Jackson Walker and a former municipal lawyer. She has advised many governmental clients and officials on matters related to the First Amendment, local elections, Texas open records and open meeting laws, economic development, municipal development corporations, request for proposals, labor and employment issues, regulatory compliance, and pre-litigation support. She has been recognized by Scene in S.A. magazine as a “Best S.A. Lawyer” and among the list of “San Antonio’s Outstanding Women in Law” in 2022.

Outside of her practice, Chelsea serves as Secretary-Elect of the San Antonio Young Lawyers Association, serves on the Board of Editors for the Texas Bar Journal, and serves as a Council Member of the State Bar of Texas Government Law Section. She has also previously served as one of two San Antonio-area directors on the Board of the Texas Young Lawyers Association.