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Contact
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Career Services Office
Capital University Law School
303 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Ph: (614) 236-6888
Fax: (614) 236-7234
mwillis@law.capital.edu
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Professional Bio
Mary Ann received her Juris
Doctor degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law where
she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review and was elected
to the Order of the Coif. She externed with the Honorable
Nathaniel Jones at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
and clerked for the Honorable David A. Nelson, also at the Sixth
Circuit, upon graduation. Following her clerkship, Mary Ann
joined the Cincinnati law firm of Frost & Jacobs (now known
as Frost Brown Todd) where she practiced primarily in the areas
of labor and employment law and health law. Subsequently,
Mary Ann was appointed counsel to the Supreme Court of the United
States in Washington, D.C., where she served the Court for seven
years.
Among other activities, Mary
Ann has been a freelance writer, board member for a mental health
center, certified ombudsperson for a nursing home, volunteer lawyer
for the poor, psychiatric and postpartum nurse, facilitator for
groups exploring vocational goals, and program director for the
National Religious Partnership for the Environment. In 1994,
she received the Nicholas Longworth III Alumni Achievement Award
for Distinguished Professional Service from the University of Cincinnati
College of Law. In 1997, she was elected as a fellow of the
Society for Values in Higher Education, an organization of teachers
and others committed to the exploration of ethical issues facing
higher education and society.
Mary Ann earned her Bachelor
of Arts degree magna cum laude from Wittenberg University which
she attended as a National Merit Scholar and a Presidential Scholar.
She also has a nursing degree from the University of Cincinnati
and has pursued graduate studies at Wesley Theological Seminary
and Hartford Seminary, where she earned a certificate from the Women's
Leadership Institute and was awarded the Bennett Tyler Scholarship
for excellence in writing.
Mary Ann is a member of the
Ohio Bar and has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court
of the United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit,
and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
She is a member of the Columbus , Ohio State, American, and Federal
Bar Associations; Women Lawyers of Franklin County; the National
Association for Law Placement; and the Ohio Law Placement Consortium.
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