Madeline Hills
Madeline believes that class actions serve as both a vital check on unjust practices and an essential tool for empowering people.
Madeline believes that class actions serve as both a vital check on unjust practices and an essential tool for empowering people.
Madeline Hills is an associate in DiCello Levitt’s class action group, where her practice is focused on breach of contract, products liability, and data security. Madeline is devoted to confronting systemic injustices, empowering individuals, and achieving impactful legal outcomes through collective action.
Madeline previously served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Litigation Section of the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. There, she defended state entities and officials in a broad range of matters, including general torts, civil rights, administrative procedure, and class actions. Notably, Madeline defended the state labor agency’s administration of Missouri’s fund for tort victims through a bench trial to favorable verdict; she served as third chair in a jury trial defending state officials against intentional tort claims; and she secured a victory on behalf of two state court judges before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in a case alleging civil rights violations.
While in law school, Madeline worked as a student law clerk to the Honorable Judge Duane Benton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the Honorable Justice Ann Walsh Bradley of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She also served as vice president of communications for First Generation Lawyers and as a student researcher for the State Democracy Research Initiative.
