Jennifer A. Hillman

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Jennifer A. Hillman
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Member of the Appellate Body Jennifer Hillman, Ujal Singh Bhatia and former head of the WTO Legal Affairs Division Valerie Hughes (John H. Jackson Ceremony 2019)
BornJanuary 29, 1957
NationalityAmerican
Education Duke University (BA, MEd), Harvard Law School (JD)
OccupationLaw professor
Employer Georgetown University Law Center
Organization Council on Foreign Relations
Political partyDemocratic Party
SpouseMitchell Berger
Children2

Jennifer Anne Hillman (born January 29, 1957) [1] is a professor of practice at Georgetown University Law Center, [2] teaching courses on international economic law, including international trade, investment and international business transactions. As of 2016 she was also a partner at Cassidy Levy Kent, working on trade litigation. [3]

Hillman's career focuses on international trade and investment, financial services and the adjudication of international economic disputes. She served 2007-2011 [4] as one of seven judges from around the world on the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) highest court, its Appellate Body, [5] where she helped adjudicate 20 disputes involving a wide variety of legal obligations, ranging from claims arising from subsidies to Airbus, Boeing and US cotton producers, to regulations over trade in agriculture products, to antidumping disputes, to claims regarding the nature and extent of China's WTO accession commitments.

Hillman has experience adjudicating antidumping, countervailing duty, patent and safeguards cases as a result of her nine-year service as a Commissioner at the United States International Trade Commission, from 1998 to 2007. [1] She was vice-chair from 2002 to 2004. [6] Through her work as the General Counsel at the Office of the United States Trade Representative from 1995 to 1997, [7] Hillman was involved in all litigation matters in which the United States was a party or third party in disputes before panels of the NAFTA or the WTO. She negotiated mutually acceptable agreements with over 45 countries while serving as USTR's Ambassador and Chief Textiles Negotiator from 1993 to 1995. [1] She had worked on the Clinton transition in 1992–1993.[ citation needed ]

Hillman served as Legislative Director and Counsel from 1988 to 1992 for U.S. Senator Terry Sanford, [8] responsible for trade issues, as well as matters coming before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. She worked on his campaigns in 1986 and 1992 and joined his staff in 1987.[ citation needed ]

She began her professional career as an associate attorney with the firm of Patton, Boggs LLP from 1983 to 1985.[ citation needed ] Originally from South Bend, Indiana, she earned her B.A. in political science in 1978 and a Master of Education degree in higher education administration in 1979 from Duke University. [9] She earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1983. [7]

She resides in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Mitchell Berger, [10] and their two sons. [11]

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  3. ↑ "Jennifer A. Hillman". WTO@20 Conference - Harvard. 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  4. ↑ "Dispute settlement - Appellate Body Members". www.wto.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  5. ↑ "WTO's Appellate Body".
  6. ↑ "NEWS RELEASE 02-049; June 17, 2002". www.usitc.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  7. 1 2 "United States International Trade Commission, Year in Review Fiscal Year 2001". Academia.edu. 2002-09-26. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  8. ↑ "United States International Trade Commission Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1999" (PDF). U.S. International Trade Commission. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  9. ↑ "JENNIFER A. HILLMAN NAMED VICE CHAIRMAN OF U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION". U.S. International Trade Commission. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  10. ↑ "D.C. home sales". Washington Post. 2020-01-28. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  11. ↑ "Anne Hillman Obituary (1929 - 2020) - South Bend Tribune". South Bend tribune. 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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