Jacquie Serna

Jacquie Serna

Jacquie Serna joined CAOC in 2011. Jacquie has worked to ban secret settlements in sexual harassment cases, enact crucial consumer protections for elder abuse victims, require that doctors check the state-wide database before prescribing dangerous opioid drugs, and ensure fair and just compensation for injured undocumented immigrants. Jacquie specializes in employment and consumer protections and has spent the past eight years at CAOC fighting the harmful effects of forced arbitration. Born and raised in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, Jacquie is a proud "Double Bruin," receiving her bachelor's and law degree from UCLA.

Articles written by this author:

State Bar changes may undermine your practice

CAOC is fighting for you against movement to allow non-lawyers to own law firms and practice law

Elder abuse

CAOC-backed bill will correct California Supreme Court’s reading of 1982 law setting fines against nursing facilities

State Bar moving forward on non-lawyer ownership and paraprofessionals

Mobilizing trial attorneys to fight onerous proposals

CAOC prepares to battle initiatives on attorney’s fees, PAGA

Attorney fees ballot initiative would cap contingency fees at 20%, an unprecedented limit

Jacquie Serna
Saveena K. Takhar

Taking the lead in defeating attempts to allow non-lawyers to practice law

Your comments to the State Bar are needed now – today!

Jacquie Serna
Saveena K. Takhar

New State Bar trust-account rules – what you must know now

Also: SB 1155 and a new statutory structure for bad-faith actions

Jacquie Serna
Saveena K. Takhar

CAOC’s 2023 agenda

Preventing elder fraud and protecting civil justice

Jacquie Serna
Saveena K. Takhar

CAOC Justice Day is back!

Sharing the human component of the work you do with legislators

The humanity of human suffering

Senate Bill 447 allows courts to award damages for a deceased person’s non-economic damages of pain, suffering, or disfigurement

Joint and several liability needs our protection – again

Public entities seek to avoid liability

Protecting justice for families

The urgent need for SB 29 to preserve pain-and-suffering damages after the victim dies

Childhood sexual-abuse cases

Making sure victims are protected by the Legislature

Jacquie Serna
Nancy Peverini

Act now to defend justice

Rallying behind SB 29 (Laird) to preserve the right to pain-and-suffering damages in survival actions