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Jennifer L. Bills - Chapel Hill, NC

141 Providence Rd.Suite 210 Chapel Hill, NC 27514

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Updated: 03/08/2022

Chapel Hill Employment Law Lawyer

Overview

Jennifer L

Jennifer L. Bills was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1969, and she grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina. She graduated from Haverford College in 1991, and from Northeastern University School of Law in 2001. She clerked for The Honorable Judge Gene Carter of the United States District Court for the District of Maine in 2001-2002.

Before law school, Ms. Bills worked as a researcher, lobbyist and grassroots political organizer in Washington, D.C...

About Jennifer L. Bills

Practice Areas

  • Employment Law

Current Employment Position(s)

  • Litigation Attorney

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2002
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2012
  • U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 2002
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 2009
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 2010

Other Affiliations

  • Massachusetts Bar Association, 2002 - Present (Member)
  • New York Bar Association, 2003 - Present (Member)
  • National Lawyers Guild (Member)
  • Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association (Member)
  • Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
  • Massachusetts Employment Lawyers' Association (Member)
  • North Carolina Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Council, 2021-2024)

Education

  • Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001
  • Haverford College, 1991

Past Positions

  • Honorable Judge Gene Carter of the United States District Court for the District of Maine, Law Clerk, 2001 - 2002
  • Women's Legal Defense Fund, Researcher/Lobbyist/Grassroots Political Organizer
  • National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL), Researcher/Lobbyist/Grassroots Political Organizer
  • New Hampshire (NARAL), Field Organizer and Acting Executive Director
  • Disability Rights NC, Senior Attorney

Pro Bono Activities

  • School Improvement Team, Carrboro Elementary School, Carrboro, NC August 2015-2017
  • North Carolina Bar Association’s 4All Statewide Service Day, March 2020
  • Carrboro Elementary School, Carrboro, NC, SIT Member: Elected Parent Representative to School Improvement Team
  • Carrboro Elementary School, Carrboro, NC, RISE: Volunteer promoting inclusive environment for African American students
  • Chapel Hill Cooperative Preschool, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2011-2015
  • Chapel Hill Cooperative Preschool, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Board of Directors, President (2012-2014)

Classes and Seminars

  • UNC-Chapel Hill, Adjunct Professor of Law, Disability Law
  • North Carolina Advocates for Justice, “Intersectional Discrimination” (February 2022)
  • North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, 2021 County Attorneys Summer Conference (July 2021)
  • Boston University, “Intersectionality at Work: Navigating Multiple Form of Discrimination”, (October 2020)
  • North Carolina Bar Association 2020 Fundamentals of Employment Law, Understanding Disability Laws in the Workplace: An Analysis of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, (2020)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Festival of Legal Learning, Employment Law and Disability, Representing Clients with Diminished Capacity, etc. (ex. ADA, FMLA, GINA), (2017-2020)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Library Science: CEDI Lecture Series: Disability and the Law, (January 2019)
  • North Carolina/South Carolina Labor and Employment Law Conference, FMLA and ADA (2018)
  • American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Conference, Workplace Wellness Programs (Fall 2015)

Achievements

Honors

  • Boston Magazine SuperLawyers, Named “Rising Star”, a top young lawyer in Massachusetts (2005-2007)

Video & Photo

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Office Information

Address

141 Providence Rd.Suite 210 Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Fax

  • (919) 869-2079

Accepts Credit Cards

Yes

Publication

Articles

  • North Carolina Bar Association 2020 Fundamentals of Employment Law, Chapter VI, The Americans and Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

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