Jill Hamill Sopha

Jill Hamill Sopha serves as Adjunct Professor at Marquette Law School and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Continuing Education. As Owner and Managing Director of Sopha Mediation LLC, she combines 25 years of legal experience with dispute resolution expertise, having mediated over 80 cases as of August 2025.

Her academic credentials include a Bachelor of Business Administration with distinction from University of Wisconsin-Madison Business School (1993) and Juris Doctorate cum laude from University of Wisconsin Law School (1996). She has completed over 250 hours of specialized mediation training through Pepperdine's Strauss Institute and Chicago's Center for Conflict Resolution.

Her professional focus spans mediation advocacy, employment law, and conflict resolution across diverse case types including ADA Disability, Civil Rights, Contract Disputes, Discrimination, EEOC matters, Labor/Unions, and Wage & Hour/FMLA cases. At Marquette, she teaches 'Mediation Advocacy' workshops for law students, while at UW-Milwaukee she instructs HR professionals on workplace investigations and employment law fundamentals.

• National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) membership (inducted 2022)
• Association of Attorney Mediators (AAM) certification
• American Arbitration Association (AAA) Employment Mediation Panel
• Wisconsin Special Education Mediation System (WSEMS) mediator
• Society for Human Resource Management - Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP)

Her pre-academic career included 15 years as Chief Counsel, Human Resources at Harley-Davidson, Inc., plus attorney roles at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C., Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. She maintains active leadership in Wisconsin Bar Association (Labor and Employment Section Chair 2018-21) and Milwaukee Bar Association (Co-Chair 2017-20).