“I relish working alongside nonprofit leaders to support their organizations’ missions, impact, and sustainability.”

Jennie Hill

Attorney

From a young age, Jennie has been driven to serve nonprofit and community causes. On the frontlines in the social service sector before becoming a lawyer, she spent more than 15 years running service organizations, where she experienced firsthand the challenges and rewards of leading this work and engaging communities. As an executive for sexual and domestic violence nonprofits in Illinois and Iowa, as well as Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) organizations in Texas and Oklahoma, Jennie helped to develop effective governance, personnel, fundraising, and financial policies.

Jennie is a laser-focused, fast, and pragmatic attorney, delivering high-quality work efficiently and with intention and care. She advises on a wide range of nonprofit legal matters — from employment to program management to procurement — and has extensive federal grant management experience.

She has also served on the board of directors for national and statewide child advocacy organizations and philanthropic nonprofit organizations. A skilled and prolific presenter and author, Jennie has presented at TEDx on the foster care system. She is deeply committed to sharing her knowledge of the law and lessons learned from her professional experiences to help lift up and strengthen nonprofit organizations.

Education

  • University of Oklahoma, J.D., with distinction, 2023

  • University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, M.S.W., 2006

  • Macalester College, B.A., cum laude, 2002

Experience

  • Managing Attorney, Nonprofit Solutions Law, P.C., Oklahoma City

  • Note & Comment Editor, Oklahoma Law Review, Norman, Oklahoma

  • Executive Director, CASA of Oklahoma County, Inc.

  • Executive Director of Community Engagement, University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences, Norman, Oklahoma

  • Executive Director, CASA of the South Plains, Lubbock-Levelland area, Texas

  • Development Director, Legal Aid Society of Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas

  • Program Director, Rape Crisis Services, Urbana-Champaign area, Illinois

  • Legal Assistant, Erwin, Martinkus, & Cole, Ltd., Urbana-Champaign area, Illinois

  • Legal Assistant, Broom, Johnson, Clarkson & Lanphier, Omaha, Nebraska

Awards and Recognitions

  • Gene H. & Jo Ann Sharp Outstanding Note Award Recipient, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 2022

  • American Jurisprudence Academic Award in Professional Responsibility, 2021

  • Dean’s Leadership Fellow, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 2020–22

  • Twenty under Forty Award Recipient, Lubbock Chamber of Commerce, 2015

  • “The Forgotten Children: Foster Care in America,” presented at TEDx Lubbock Women, 2015

  • Liberty Bell Award Recipient, Lubbock County Bar Association, 2011

Affiliations

  • Member, American Bar Association, Exempt Organizations Committee

  • Member, TEGE Exempt Organizations Council

  • Member, Oklahoma Bar Association

  • Member, National Order of Scribes, American Society of Legal Writers

  • Board member, Oklahoma Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), 2017

  • Board member, Texas CASA, 2012–15

  • Board member, State of Oklahoma Justice Act Taskforce. 2018-23

  • Member, Leadership Oklahoma City Class 38

Bar Admissions

  • Oklahoma

  • Pennsylvania (in process of being admitted)

Publications

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