Jacqueline Dixon

Location:
Nashville, TN
Phone:
Fax:
615-635-0018
Email:
A member of the law firm of Weatherly, McNally & Dixon PL
Areas Of Practice
- Family Law including divorce, child custody and adoption
- Probate including wills, estates and conservatorship
- Personal Injury such as car accidents
- Wrongful Death
- General Civil Litigation
- Mediation – Tennessee Rule 31 Listed Family Mediator since 2003
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee, 1986
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee, 1986
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2009
Education
- University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee
- J.D. - 1986
- Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tennessee
- B.S. - 1981
- Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia
References
- Martindale-Hubbell AV rating
- Nashville Business Journal Best of the Bar Family Law 2014 and 2017
Classes/Seminars
Honors and Awards
- Nashville Business Journal Best of the Bar Family Law 2014 and 2017
- Nashville Bar Association Joseph G. Cummings Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year 2009
- Tennessee Bar Association, President’s Award 2004 and 2007
- Lawyers Association for Women “Celebration of Women” Honoree 1997
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Leadership MS Award Class of 1996
- Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division President’s Distinguished Service Award 1995
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Tennessee Bar Association, Immediate Past President, 2013 to 2014
- Tennessee Bar Association, President, 2012 to 2013
- Tennessee Bar Association, President-Elect, 2011 to 2012
- Tennessee Bar Association, Vice-President, 2010 to 2011
- Tennessee Bar Association, Board of Governors, Member, 2005 to 2014
- Tennessee Bar Association, Membership Committee, Chair, 2004 to 2010
- Tennessee Bar Association, Leadership Law, Member of Inaugural Class, 2004
- Tennessee Bar Association, Lawyers Care Project, Chair, 2003 to 2004
- Tennessee Bar Association, Membership Committee, Member, 2003 to 2004
- Tennessee Bar Association, Access to Justice Committee, Member, 2003 to 2004
- Tennessee Bar Association, Task Force on Membership, Chair, 2002 to 2003
- Tennessee Bar Association, Associate General Counsel, Middle Tennessee, 2001 to 2005
- Tennessee Bar Association, Board of Governors, Secretary, 2000 to 2001
- Tennessee Bar Association, Board of Governors, Member (Executive, Finance and Program Committees), 1996 to 1998
- Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, President, 1997 to 1998
- Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, President Elect, 1996 to 1997
- Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Vice President, 1995 to 1996
- Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Board Member, 1994 to 1995
- Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Treasurer, 1992 to 1994
- Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, District Representative, 1991 to 1992
- Tennessee Bar Association YLD Fellows, Member, 1997 to Present
- Tennessee Bar Association YLD Fellows, President, 2002 to 2003
- Tennessee Bar Association YLD Fellows, Vice-President, 2001 to 2002
- Tennessee Bar Association YLD Fellows, Secretary, 2000 to 2001
- Tennessee Bar Foundation, Inducted 2004
- Nashville Bar Association, Board of Directors, 1996 to 1998
- Nashville Bar Association, Board of Directors, 2016 to Present
- Nashville Bar Association, ABA House of Delegates, Delegate, 2006 to 2012
- Nashville Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Fellow, 2000 to Present
- Nashville Bar Association, President, 1992
- Nashville Bar Association, President Elect, 1991
- Nashville Bar Association, Board Member, 1987 to 1993
- Nashville Bar Association, Committee Chair, 1987 to 1990
- Nashville Pro Bono, Inc.- President 1991, Secretary 1990
- Nashville Bar Foundation, Inducted 1996
- American Bar Association, Member, 1986 to Present
- American Bar Association, House of Delegates, 1994 to 1995
- American Bar Association, House of Delegates, 2006 to 2012
- American Bar Association, Tort Law Section, Member, Present
- American Bar Association, Trial and Insurance Practice Law Section, Member, Present
- American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Member, Present
- American Bar Foundation, Inducted 2011
- Tennessee Trial Lawyers, Member
- American Association for Justice, Member
- Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators
- Lawyer’s Association for Women (Nashville), Member, 1986 to Present
- Lawyer’s Association for Women (Nashville), Past President, 2004 to 2005
- Lawyer’s Association for Women (Nashville), President, 2003 to 2004
- Lawyer’s Association for Women (Nashville), President-Elect, 2002 to 2003
- Lawyer’s Association for Women (Nashville), Director, 1994 to 1996
- Lawyer’s Association for Women (Nashville), Treasurer, 1993 to 1994
- Tennessee Lawyer’s Association for Women, Charter Member, 1988
- Tennessee Lawyer’s Association for Women, Past President, 2007 to 2008
- Tennessee Lawyer’s Association for Women, President, 2006 to 2007
- Tennessee Lawyer’s Association for Women, President Elect, 2005 to 2006
- Tennessee Lawyer’s Association for Women, Board Member, 2003 to 2004
- Harry Phillips Inn American Inns of Court, Barrister, 1997 to 2001
- Harry Phillips Inn American Inns of Court, Master, 2001 to Present
- Harry Phillips Inn American Inns of Court, Associate Member, 1990 to 1992
- Harry Phillips Inn American Inns of Court, Program Committee, Member
- Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society
Past Employment Positions
- Hollins, Wagster, Weatherly & Raybin, P.C., (formerly Hollins, Wagster & Yarbrough, P.C.) April 1998 to December 2009 (Of Counsel: April 1998-March 2003; Member: April 2003-December 2009)
- Maddin, Miller & McCune, September 1986-March 1998 (Associate: September 1986-December 1994; Partner: January 1994-March 1998)
- Weatherly, McNally & Dixon, PLC, member January 2010 to present
Pro Bono Activities
- Carson-Newman College, Alumni Association Board of Directors 2008-present, Vice-President 2013-2015; president 2016-2018
- A Step Ahead Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Board Member 2015 to present, fund development committee chair 2016 to present
- The Supreme Court Commission to Administer the Tennessee Lawyer Assistance Program, Member and Secretary-Treasurer 2000-2009 and member 2017
- Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services, Board Member 2001-2013, Past President 2005 & 2006, President 2004, Vice-President 2003,Treasurer 2001-2002
- First Steps, Inc., Advisory Board, 2003 to present; Board of Directors, 1993-2003 & 2004-2005, Vice President 1994-1995, President 1995-1996 and 1996-1997, Co-President 1998-1999, Immediate Past President 1999-2000, Vice-President 2001-2003
- Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, 2008- Chaired annual campaign which raised over $700,000.00
- State of Tennessee Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation, 1996-2006, non-voting attorney member
- Active member Calvary United Methodist Church-- currently member of Trustees. Past Sunday School teacher, member of Staff-Parish Committee and past chair of Trustees.
- Member League of Women Voters.
- Member Women’s Political Collaborative of Tennessee
- Member Rotary International– Green Hills