Jill ODell

Practice Areas

• Employment Litigation
• Government Litigation

• Attorney, Office of Legal Counsel, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (provided legal counsel to U.S. Attorneys on labor and employment matters)
• Attorney, Office of Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (served as liaison to Congress, White House, and federal agencies)
• Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria, VA (prosecuted drug and other federal crimes, wrote appellate briefs, presented oral argument in appeals court)
• Attorney, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (litigated civil cases arising under federal environmental laws)
• Assistant District Attorney, Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office, Portland, OR (prosecuted criminal cases)

• Oxford University, St. Peter’s College, Oxford, England
• Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas (graduated with honors)
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law

• Assistant Editor, Arkansas Law Journal
• Research Assistant, British House of Commons
• Recipient of Colonel Ransik Scholarship
• Board of Directors, Little Rock Urban League
• Board of Directors, Orphans Overseas, Portland, OR
• Vice Chair, Summit View Evangelical Covenant Church