Councilwoman Hill
Councilwoman Hill
I am honored to serve my fellow citizens and neighbors as your Dallas City Council member representing District 5. I have worked hard to represent you with dignity, integrity and as a faithful voice for the needs of our constituents from Pleasant Grove to Southwest Oak Cliff. I have championed accountability and accessibility in City Government. I have defined critical goals and created consensus as we worked with the entire Council to build a better Dallas. I hold foremost the fact that we are all in this together…and together we are making a difference in the City of Dallas.
Education
- Paul Quinn College, Doctor of Humane Letters (Ph.D. Honorary)
- Perkins School of Theology/SMU, Master of Divinity
- UT/Austin School of Law, Juris Doctorate
- Rice University, Master of Arts (History)
- Atlanta University, Master of Library Science
- UT/Austin, Bachelor of Arts
- Certified Mediator, civil and family law
- Attorney Ad Litem, certified as eligible for appointment by the State Bar of Texas
Awards/Honors
- Annual “The Vonciel Jones Hill Community Service Award”, St Luke “Community” United Methodist Church
- Metropolitan Business & Professional Women, Honoree, 2005
- Dallas Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, President’s Award, 2005
- Dallas Urban League President’s Award, 2006
Occupations
- Law Office of Vonciel Jones Hill, law practice
- Interim Municipal Judge, City of the Colony
- District Court Administrator, Dallas County
- Municipal Court Judge, City of Dallas
- British Methodist Church, England, Senior Pastor of two churches
- Assistant City Attorney, City of Dallas
- Staff Attorney, Public Utility Commission of Texas
- Assistant Law Librarian, Texas Southern University, Houston
- Assistant Circulations Librarian, Prairie View A & M University
- Teacher, Atlanta Public Schools, Atlanta, Georgia
Associations/Activities (Current and Former)
- State Bar of Texas – Women and the Law Section Treasurer
- College of the State Bar of Texas, Member
- Dallas Bar Association, Library Committee
- Bench Bar Committee, 2006, Bench Bar Co-Chair
- Task Force on Racial Bias in the Courtroom
- Admissions and Membership Committee Chair
- J.L. Turner Legal Association, Secretary
- William “Mac” Taylor American Inn of Court, Membership Committee Chair/Member
- Dallas Bar Foundation, Former Fellow
- University of Texas Law School Alumni Association Executive Committee, Member
- Texas Municipal Courts Education Center, Faculty Member (Evidence Teacher)
- Texas Municipal Courts Association, Board Member
- Rice University Alumni Association, Member
- The Queen’s Theological College, Birmingham, England, Guest lecturer
- Perkins School of Theology/SMU, Guest lecturer
- Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, Senior Pastor and Interim Pastor
- African Methodist Episcopal Church, Ordained Elder
- United Methodist Church, North Texas Annual Conference, Ordained Deacon
- St. Luke “Community” United Methodist Church, Assistant Pastor, Associate Pastor
- Methodism’s Breadbasket Board of Directors, Chair, Member
- Frequent Guest Preacher, Various churches (local, State, national, international)
Community Activities
- Paul Quinn College, Board of Trustees
- Cable Access of Dallas, Inc., Board of Directors
- National Council of Negro Women, Member
- City of Dallas Interim Judicial Nominating Commission
- City of Dallas Municipal Courts Task Force
- Perkins School of Theology/SMU, Faculty Search Committee
- Museum of African-American Life & Culture, Board of Visitors, Member
- NAACP, Member
- Mothers Against Teen Violence, Former Advisory Board Member
