Jennifer L. Bills
141 Providence Rd., Suite 210, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
About Jennifer L. Bills
Practice Areas
- Employment
Education
- Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001
- Haverford College, 1991
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)
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)
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
Articles
Published Works
- North Carolina Bar Association 2020 Fundamentals of Employment Law, Chapter VI, The Americans and Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Office Info
Other Colleagues
Nearby Lawyers
- Employment
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