Contact Information
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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