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Alison Hill

Alison Hill is Deputy Chief Legal Counsel, Illinois Department of Human Rights. In her previous role as a Supervising Attorney in the Civil Rights Bureau of the Illinois Attorney General's Office, Alison filed numerous lawsuits alleging violations of the Illinois Human Rights Act, served as lead counsel in the state’s first civil hate crime lawsuit, and challenged federal regulations through comment letters, amicus briefs and other affirmative litigation. In 2023, Alison was honored by the Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc. with the Lawyer on the Rise Award. Alison received her JD from Loyola University-Chicago and her bachelor's degree from Indiana University.