Jill B. Louis
- Dallas Office Managing Partner
A keen corporate strategist, Jill drives growth for companies across industries.
Jill Louis offers counsel to companies pursuing growth-oriented, liquidity-creating, and transformational strategies. She regularly manages corporate transactions and plays a pivotal role in guiding entrepreneurs, private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, and Fortune 50® leaders. Jill brings particular strength in infrastructure, multi-location retail, transportation, manufacturing, and industrial sector matters.
Complementing her experience in private practice, Jill served as general counsel for a large private equity portfolio company with over $1 billion in annual revenue, operating heavy-duty parts distribution and service locations across 45 states. Additionally, she was general counsel for a multinational shared workspace company with $600 million in revenue and operating both owned and franchised locations across the globe. Furthermore, she led the transactions group for the retail operating company of a global courier delivery service for over a decade, handling commercial and technology transactions in North America and Asia and launching the same-day transportation delivery service.
Deeply engaged in her community, Jill chairs the board of directors of AT&T Performing Arts Center and serves on the board of trustees of the Communities Foundation of Texas. . Her contributions have garnered recognition, earning her AM Law's Corporate Counsel for Women, Influence and Power in Law Award for Innovative Leadership in 2023.
She is co-host of the entrepreneur focused podcast Leveling Up with Gary and Jill.
Areas of focus
Industries
Services
Education & Credentials
Education
- Harvard Law School, J.D., 1990
- Howard University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1987
Bar and Court Admissions
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Texas
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Maryland
Additional Languages
- Spanish
Professional Recognition
Named by D Magazine as one of the Dallas 500, “The most influential leaders in North Texas,” 2021-2024
Listed in Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyers,” 2024
Recognized by AM Law’s Corporate Counsel for Women, Influence and Power in Law Award for Innovative Leadership, 2023
Texas Women’s Foundation Women Helping Women Maura Award 2023
Named one of Dallas Business Journal’s Women in Business, 2021
Named one of D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas, 2017-2023
Named Texas General Counsel Forum Magna Stella-Outstanding AGC, 2011
Received FedEx Five Star Award, 2012
Impact
Professional Leadership
- ABA Corporate Laws Committee, Member, 2023-present
- Chief, Member
- Howard University, Board of Trustees, 2018-2021, Member of Audit, Investment and Facilities Committees
- Thrivent Financial, Texas Region Board Member. 2017-present
- North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc. (KERA), Executive Board Member, 2016-2022
- The Dallas Assembly, 2009-present
- Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce, Education Political Action Committee Board, 2011-2013, Co-Chair, 2012-2013
- 2006 Class of Leadership Dallas
- Junior League of Dallas, Sustaining Member
Community Involvement
- AT&T Performing Arts Center, Chair (2024-present) Executive Board Member, 2016-present
- Girls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas, Board of Trustees, 2005-2010, Executive Committee, 2007-2009, Advisory Board Member, 2018-present
- The Links Incorporated, Dallas Chapter, 2017-present
- Village Giving Circle of the Texas Women’s Foundation, Founding Member
- The Dallas Summit
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