Jaclyn L. Powell - Sacramento, CA
Attorney at Smith McDowell & Powell, A Law Corporation
Business & Corporate Law Lawyers in Sacramento, CA
711 University Avenue Sacramento, CA 95825
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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17
Years
Experience
Sacramento Business & Corporate Law Lawyer
Updated: 03/10/2026
Areas of Practice
- Business & Corporate Law
- Real Estate
- Business & General Civil Litigation
- Employment & Labor Law
- Construction Law
Attorney Information
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Mike McGowan West Sacramentan of the Year Award - 2026
- Sactown Magazine Top Lawyer – 2024
- West Sacramento Chamber of Commerce Businessperson of the Year Award – 2022
- Super Lawyers - 2020 – Present
- Sacramento Magazine Top Lawyer - Business, 2018 - 2023
- Super Lawyers Northern California Rising Stars - 2014 – 2019
- Sacramento Business Journal Best of the Bar - 2015
- Sacramento Business Journal 40 Under 40 - 2014
Other Sources of Feedback About Jaclyn L. Powell
Included on the 2026 Northern California Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Northern California Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific,
Sacramento,
California, 2009
J.D.
Honors: With Distinction
Honors: Roger J. Traynor Honor Society
Honors: McGeorge Law Review
Law Review: McGeorge Law Review, writer and editor
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McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific,
Sacramento,
California, 2009
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Non Legal Education
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University of California,
Davis, 2006
B.A.
Major: Communication
Minor: Economics
Minor: Education
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University of California,
Davis, 2006
Current Employment Position(s)
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Shareholder
Pro Bono Activities
- West Sacramento Chamber of Commerce – Board Chair (2019); Treasurer (2021-2024); Board Member (Present)
- Friends of West Sacramento Parks dba West Sac Play – Board Member (2024 – Present)
- Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc. – Board Member (2019 – Present)
- Rotary Club of West Sacramento – President (2022 – 2023); Board Member (2021 – 2024)
- West Sacramento Housing Development Corporation – Board Member (2015 – 2022)
Bar Admissions
- California, 2009
Other Affiliations
- Sacramento County Bar Association
- Prior Member of Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court
Reviews
Highlights
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5.0 Value
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5.0 Quality of Service
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5.0 Professional Competence
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Verified ClientHired Attorney 2023-2024Jaclyn has been very attentive to detail and very professional. She interviewed us and had astute questions that we had not considered. She has been everything the friend that refed her to us had suggested she'd be.
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