Jill Mitchell
Jill Mitchell was born and raised in the
Dallas/Fort Worth area. She graduated from the
University of Texas at Arlington in 1988 with a B.A.
in English and a French minor after studying at the
University of Paris, Sorbonne. In 1991, she received
her law degree from St. Mary's University School of
Law. As a Law Journal staff member, she wrote and
published Reformers' Regress: The 1991 Texas
Workers' Compensation Act, 22 St. Mary's L.J. 1111
(1991). She also participated in internships with
Bexar County Legal Aid and the Lackland Air Force
Base Judge Advocate General's Office.
She is a
second-generation Texas lawyer with litigation and
legal publishing experience in several areas of law
including personal injury, medical malpractice,
criminal, consumer, and family issues. In 2000, she
narrowed her practice to focus solely on
veterans'
law cases. She is accredited to represent veterans
from all over the country at all levels of the
administrative and judicial process and has been
admitted to practice before the Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims since 2001. She is also licensed to
practice in all courts in the state of Texas.
Her
associations and memberships include:
• Board
Member, National Organization of Veterans’
Advocates, Inc. (NOVA)
• Court of Appeals for
Veterans’ Claims Bar Association
• Federal Bar
Association
• Veterans’ Consortium Pro Bono
Program
• Detroit Mercy School of Law Project
SALUTE
• University of Texas School of Law
Veterans Association
• Texas Veterans and
Military Summit Event
• Texas Equal Access
Service Project
• College of the State Bar of
Texas
• Pro Bono College of the State Bar of
Texas since 2002
• Texas Bar Association and San
Antonio Bar Association
In 2008, she was
invited to run and was elected to serve a three-year
term on the Board of the National Organization of
Veterans' Advocates, Inc. (NOVA). In early 2009, she
was recruited by Heard & Smith to manage its
Veterans’ Appeals department.
She lives in Bulverde, Texas with her husband (an active duty combat veteran) and their two children. In her spare time, she enjoys exercise and creative writing.
