Brenda Gill, Esq. '99
Brenda L. Gill is an attorney who has over 30 years of business and legal experience, she has worked in corporate law departments as a trusted in-house legal and business advisor, in law firms specializing in IP and technology, and in consulting firms advising general counsels and chief compliance officers.
Brenda holds a JD from Fordham Law School where she was a Member of the International Law Journal and a member of both the Kaufman Moot Court runner-up competition team and the Moot Court Board as Business & Alumni Editor. Brenda has served on the board of the Fordham Law School Alumni Association (FLAA) for 12 years. During that time, she founded Fordham Law’s Alumni Attorneys of Color affinity group that grew from 18 members to 800 members under her leadership. In 2024, she was elected to serve as President of the FLAA.
Brenda Gill, Esq. '99
Brenda is a published author with her personal essays appearing in two anthologies. She regularly speaks/moderates legal career advice panels with a particular focus on providing candid insight and successful strategies drawn from her own career and life lessons learned. She generously dedicates her time to the legal community and has mentored countless law students and junior attorneys over her three-decade legal career. In recognition of her efforts, Brenda received the Ruth Whitehead Whaley award from Fordham’s Black Law Students Association in 2024.
Throughout her career, Brenda has been active in the legal and nonprofit communities serving in leadership positions. After having served as a member of the Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Lawyers of the City Bar for 6 years, she was selected to lead the committee as its Chair. As a young person, Brenda took dance and acting classes at the Door, a nonprofit that provides free youth programs, which led to a dance scholarship at the prestigious Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre and a career as an actress, singer and dancer. She returned to the Door serving as a member of its board for 10 years and was eventually elected to serve as its President.
Brenda has taught an Introduction to Law class to MBA candidates at St. Joseph’s College and legal research and writing class for paralegals at CUNY’s City Tech.
Brenda is admitted to practice in the States of New York and New Jersey. She is a Certified Part 146 Advanced Commercial Mediator.