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Jill B. Louis

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Jill B. Louis

  • Dallas Office Managing Partner

A keen corporate strategist, Jill Louis 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 serves on the executive committees of the AT&T Performing Arts Center and North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc. 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. 

Education & Credentials

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1990
  • Howard University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1987

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Texas
  • Maryland

Additional Languages

  • Spanish

Professional Recognition

  • 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

  • Named by D Magazine as one of the Dallas 500, “The most influential leaders in North Texas,” 2021-2023

  • 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, Member of Audit and Facilities Committees, Board of Trustees, 2018-present
  • Thrivent Financial, Texas Region Board Member. 2017-present
  • North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc. (KERA), Executive Board Member, 2016-present
  • 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, 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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