Susan Armstrong Fisher, Owner & Attorney

Susan Armstrong brings a unique blend of experience to her conservation and estate planning at Armstrong Law.  Susan has over fifteen years of legal experience, in environmental and conservation work. Susan integrated estate planning in 2011 to also help individuals, families and small business owners plan for the future.

Education:

• JD, Tulane Law School, Emphasis in Environmental Law, 2001
• Managing Editor of the Environmental Law Journal
• Student Attorney in the Environmental Law Clinic
• Vice President of the Environmental Law Society
• BA, University of Texas at Austin, Environmental Resources Management in Geography

Experience: 

• Executive Director, Texas Land Trust Council
• Executive Director, Connemara Conservancy Foundation
• Adjust Professor, University of Texas at Austin – Tools for Open Space Conservation
• Environmental Attorney, Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP
• Environmental Attorney, Attorney General of Texas
• Executive Office of the President, Council on Environmental Quality, Washington DC – Legal Internship
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, DC – Legal Internship

Awards/Honors/Titles: 

• Austin Under 40 Finalist, Non-Profit Category, 2011
• Selection in Leadership Austin Essential Class, 2010
• Selection in Cityworks Academy, City of Austin, 2010
• President – Young Women’s Alliance, 2005-06
• Gold Award – Girl Scouts (equivalent of Boy Scout Eagle Award), 1993

Community Involvement:  

• Junior League of Austin – 2004 – Present
• Past Board Member, Hill Country Land Trust
• Past Board Member, Inherit Austin/Preservation Austin
• Young Women’s Alliance – 2001-2009

Jessica Brown, Of Counsel Attorney

As a lifelong Central Texan, Jessica loves being able to call Austin home and feels fortunate to share many of the same childhood experiences she so enjoyed here now with her own two children and husband.

She graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 2007, and while studying there was awarded the Victor and Myra Ravel law Scholarship in Children’s Rights for her work in the Advanced Children’s Rights clinic. Jessica has always been passionate about solving problems for all families, and since 2014 has specialized exclusively in estate planning. Her focus has allowed her to serve clients with all types of needs, assets and family compositions, from taxable estates to complex dynamics. She has provided trainings on elder and child protection through planning to local childcare and preschool providers, as well as Family Eldercare, and is an estate planning Volunteer with Volunteer Legal Services.