Jillian's Bio

Jillian is passionate about advocating for animals and is excited to utilize her range of experience in corporate law to help service the animal rights community. After spending most of her career as a corporate lawyer in AM Law 200 firms, she is excited to dedicate her practice to providing services to animal rights and protection organizations.

Before joining ADP, Jillian was most recently Of Counsel at Lathrop GPM. Prior to that, she was an associate attorney at Armstrong Teasdale LLP, and a lead tax compliance attorney at Gilmore & Bell, P.C. Jillian focused her practice on assisting clients in real estate and economic development transactions, capital financing transactions, federal tax laws and post-issuance tax compliance, securities and disclosure laws, and multifamily housing transactions.

Throughout her career, Jillian has supported clients through business planning and structuring, analyzing contractual and operational due diligence, serving as bond and special tax counsel, and counseling municipalities and non-profit organizations on financial transactions. Jillian is also skilled at researching tax law, drafting memoranda, and preparing documents for submission to the Internal Revenue Service.

Jillian graduated with a B.A. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) where she was privileged to play Division 1 tennis. She continued her education at UMKC School of Law where she earned a J.D., as well as a master of laws (LL.M.) in taxation.

While Jillian is a Kansas City native, she recently moved to Florida to immerse herself in her love of marine life and nature. She enjoys spending her time kayaking with the manatees and dolphins, as well as diving to appreciate the abundant and diverse coral reef ecosystems. When she’s not in the water, she’s spending time outside with her amazing family, including her three dogs Quincy, Rae, and Maverick.