--- title: Jacquie Serna url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna --- ![Jacquie Serna](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/serna-jacquie-web_a7281addf82018f4029dbc8d15558f05.jpg) # 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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-may/state-bar-changes-may-undermine-your-practice "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 [Jacquie Serna](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna") [2021 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-may) ## [Elder abuse](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-august/elder-abuse "Elder abuse") CAOC-backed bill will correct California Supreme Court’s reading of 1982 law setting fines against nursing facilities [Jacquie Serna](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna") [2021 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-august) ## [State Bar moving forward on non-lawyer ownership and paraprofessionals](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-september/state-bar-moving-forward-on-non-lawyer-ownership-and-paraprofessionals "State Bar moving forward on non-lawyer ownership and paraprofessionals") Mobilizing trial attorneys to fight onerous proposals [Jacquie Serna](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna") [2021 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-september) ## [CAOC prepares to battle initiatives on attorney’s fees, PAGA](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-december/caoc-prepares-to-battle-initiatives-on-attorney-s-fees-paga "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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna") [Saveena K. Takhar](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/saveena-k-takhar "Saveena K. Takhar") [2021 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-december) ## [Taking the lead in defeating attempts to allow non-lawyers to practice law](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-january/taking-the-lead-in-defeating-attempts-to-allow-non-lawyers-to-practice-law "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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna") [Saveena K. Takhar](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/saveena-k-takhar "Saveena K. Takhar") [2022 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-january) ## [New State Bar trust-account rules – what you must know now](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/new-state-bar-trust-account-rules-what-you-must-know-now "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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna") [Saveena K. Takhar](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/saveena-k-takhar "Saveena K. Takhar") [2022 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december) ## [CAOC’s 2023 agenda](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-march/caoc-s-2023-agenda "CAOC’s 2023 agenda") Preventing elder fraud and protecting civil justice [Jacquie Serna](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna") [Saveena K. Takhar](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/saveena-k-takhar "Saveena K. Takhar") [2023 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-march) ## [CAOC Justice Day is back!](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-april/caoc-justice-day-is-back "CAOC Justice Day is back!") Sharing the human component of the work you do with legislators [Jacquie Serna](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna") [2023 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-april) ## [The humanity of human suffering](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-september/the-humanity-of-human-suffering "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 [Jacquie Serna](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna") [2024 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-september) ## [Joint and several liability needs our protection – again](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-january/joint-and-several-liability-needs-our-protection-again "Joint and several liability needs our protection – again") Public entities seek to avoid liability [Jacquie Serna](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna") [2025 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-january) ## [Protecting justice for families](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-march/protecting-justice-for-families "Protecting justice for families") The urgent need for SB 29 to preserve pain-and-suffering damages after the victim dies [Jacquie Serna](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna") [2025 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-march) ## [Childhood sexual-abuse cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-april/childhood-sexual-abuse-cases "Childhood sexual-abuse cases") Making sure victims are protected by the Legislature [Jacquie Serna](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna") [Nancy Peverini](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nancy-peverini "Nancy Peverini") [2025 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-april) ## [Act now to defend justice](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/act-now-to-defend-justice "Act now to defend justice") Rallying behind SB 29 (Laird) to preserve the right to pain-and-suffering damages in survival actions [Jacquie Serna](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna") [2025 July](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july)