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Chelsea A. Mikulencak

Chelsea A. Mikulencak

Research Attorney, San Antonio
210.978.7745
cmikulencak@jw.com
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Recognition & Accolades Publications & Speeches Community Involvement

Practice Areas

  • Government Relations & Public Policy

Biography

Chelsea Mikulencak is a research attorney in the San Antonio office of Jackson Walker. She offers robust and diverse legal experience as a municipal lawyer. In this role, she advised and assisted governmental clients and elected and appointed officials on matters related to the First Amendment, local elections, Texas open records and open meeting laws, economic development, municipal development corporations, requests for proposals, labor and employment issues, regulatory compliance, and pre-litigation support.

Chelsea’s municipal law experience spans multiple areas of local, state, and federal law, and required her to acquire in-depth knowledge of city and state government formation, elections, boards and commissions, local economic development, and municipal debt and finance instruments and legal issues.

Chelsea is a dedicated public servant and active volunteer. She currently serves as one of two of the San Antonio-area directors on the board of the Texas Young Lawyers Association, and was appointed to the Texas Bar Journal Board of Editors in 2021 for a three-year term. She has written and presented numerous CLEs and most recently published an article entitled “Government Law” in the January 2022 issue of the Texas Bar Journal.

Education

B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
M.A., summa cum laude, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
J.D., Texas A&M University School of Law

  • Texas A&M Law Review, Staff Member and Executive Editor
  • American Constitution Society, Vice President and Board Member at Large
  • Phi Delta Phi

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2016

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Recognition & Accolades Publications & Speeches Community Involvement
  • Outstanding First-Year Director (2020-2021), Texas Young Lawyers Association, 2021
  • Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society – Elliott Inn
  • Author, “Government Law – 2021 The Year in Review,” Texas Bar Journal (2022)
  • Co-Author & Co-Presenter, “The New Town Square: Is F.I.R.S.T. the New Public Forum?” TexasBarCLE’s Government Law 101 Seminar (2021)
  • Author & Presenter, “Government Employee Speech and the First Amendment,” City of San Antonio’s City Attorney’s Office (2020)
  • Author & Presenter, “Hear Me Roar: Amplifying Free Speech through Local Ordinance” City of Irving Code Summit (2018)
  • Author, “ABA Parental Leave Policy Recommendation,” American Bar Association (2018)
  • Texas Bar Journal, Board of Editors, 2020-Present
    • Non-voting Editor, 2020-2021
    • Editor, 2021-2024
    • Chair, Readership Survey Committee
  • Texas Young Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 2019-Present
    • Director, District 18, Place 2 (2020-2022)
    • Co-Chair, Local Affiliates Committee
    • Co-Chair, Online Member Services
    • Member, Attorney Wellness Retreat
  • State Bar of Texas – Government Law Section, Council Member, 2020-Present
  • San Antonio Young Lawyers Association, 2019-Present
    • TYLA Liaison
    • Member, DEI Committee
  • Texas Bar College
  • Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2020
  • LeadershipSBOT, Class of 2020
  • San Antonio Bar Association, Member
  • City of San Antonio’s Women’s Leadership Mentoring Program, 2019 Graduate
  • City of San Antonio’s Citywide Equity Committee, Member, 2019-2021

Recognition & Accolades

  • Outstanding First-Year Director (2020-2021), Texas Young Lawyers Association, 2021
  • Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society – Elliott Inn

Publications & Speeches

  • Author, “Government Law – 2021 The Year in Review,” Texas Bar Journal (2022)
  • Co-Author & Co-Presenter, “The New Town Square: Is F.I.R.S.T. the New Public Forum?” TexasBarCLE’s Government Law 101 Seminar (2021)
  • Author & Presenter, “Government Employee Speech and the First Amendment,” City of San Antonio’s City Attorney’s Office (2020)
  • Author & Presenter, “Hear Me Roar: Amplifying Free Speech through Local Ordinance” City of Irving Code Summit (2018)
  • Author, “ABA Parental Leave Policy Recommendation,” American Bar Association (2018)

Community Involvement

  • Texas Bar Journal, Board of Editors, 2020-Present
    • Non-voting Editor, 2020-2021
    • Editor, 2021-2024
    • Chair, Readership Survey Committee
  • Texas Young Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 2019-Present
    • Director, District 18, Place 2 (2020-2022)
    • Co-Chair, Local Affiliates Committee
    • Co-Chair, Online Member Services
    • Member, Attorney Wellness Retreat
  • State Bar of Texas – Government Law Section, Council Member, 2020-Present
  • San Antonio Young Lawyers Association, 2019-Present
    • TYLA Liaison
    • Member, DEI Committee
  • Texas Bar College
  • Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2020
  • LeadershipSBOT, Class of 2020
  • San Antonio Bar Association, Member
  • City of San Antonio’s Women’s Leadership Mentoring Program, 2019 Graduate
  • City of San Antonio’s Citywide Equity Committee, Member, 2019-2021

Practice Areas

  • Government Relations & Public Policy

News

  • JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – April 2022
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