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Kelli Bills

With more than a decade of experience, Kelli Bills helps clients navigate complex legal issues in courts across the country. From pre-trial dispositive motions to appeals in state and federal courts, Kelli draws on a passion for persuasive writing and oral advocacy to assist clients at every stage of litigation. She has handled numerous high-stakes appeals for clients in their most challenging cases, developing broad subject-matter experience in business disputes, bankruptcy, arbitration, securities litigation, and beyond. And she is a seasoned oral advocate, having had the opportunity to represent her clients before courts at both the state and federal appellate levels. 

Kelli has also taken on several pro bono representations, including amici briefing in the Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of multiple public-interest organizations.

Prior to joining Tillotson, Kelli practiced in the appellate practice group at Haynes Boone. Before that, she clerked for the Honorable Catharina Haynes on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She graduated with high honors from the University of Texas School of Law, where she was named a Chancellor and member of the Order of Coif and Order of Barristers.

University of Texas School of Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.) with High Honors, 2010
Chancellors
Order of the Coif
Order of Barristers
Texas Review of Law and Politics
Texas International Law Journal
Conrad Duberstein Interscholastic Bankruptcy Moot Court Team
Children’s Rights Clinic
Board of Advocates

University of Texas at Austin
B.A., Government, 2007
Phi Beta Kappa
Liberal Arts Honors
Normandy Scholar Program
Women’s Club Volleyball Team

Texas

Colorado

Utah

United States Courts of Appeal
D.C. Circuit
Fifth Circuit
Seventh Circuit
Ninth Circuit

United States District Courts
Northern District of Texas
Eastern District of Texas
District of Colorado

U.S. Supreme Court

Named Rising Star by Super Lawyers
2023

Kelli Bills