Jennifer A. Hillman

Who is Jennifer A. Hillman?

Jennifer Anne Hillman was nominated to the International Trade Commission by President Bill Clinton in March 1998 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 30, 1998. She was sworn in as a member of the Commission on August 4, 1998, for a term expiring on December 16, 2006. Hillman served as Vice Chairman of the Commission from June 17, 2002, through June 16, 2004. In March 2007, she completed her legislated nine-year term as a Commissioner. In December 2007, Jennifer Hillman was appointed as a member of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization for a four-year term. Since February 2008, she has also been a Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Commissioner Hillman served as General Counsel to the USTR from 1995-1997, where she was responsible for a wide variety of trade matters, including all U.S. government submissions in dispute settlement cases pending before both the World Trade Organization and North American Free Trade Agreement panels, as well as all legal work done in connection with trade negotiations.

Prior to that position, she served as Chief Textile Negotiator with the Rank of Ambassador for the USTR.