Jill Wine-Banks
Jill Wine-Banks (born May 5, 1943, as Jill Susan Wine), formerly Jill Wine-Volner, is an American lawyer who was one of the prosecutors during the Watergate scandal. She was the first woman to serve as US General Counsel of the Army (1977–80) under President Jimmy Carter. She is also the first woman to have held the position of executive director of the American Bar Association. Early life and education Jill Wine was born to a family of Jewish immigrants in Chicago, Illinois on May 5, 1943, as Jill Susan Wine. Her parents were Bert S. Wine and Sylvia Dawn (née Simon) Wine. She was raised in Chicago, where her father was a Certified Public Accountant. She was educated at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, receiving a B.S. in Communication studies and was president of her chapter of Iota Alpha Pi, and at Columbia Law School, receiving a J.D. in 1968. After her marriage to Ian Volner, also a lawyer, she practiced law as Jill Wine-Volner. Career After law school, Wine-Volner joined the United States Department of Justice, becoming one of the first female attorneys in the organized crime section. During the Watergate scandal, she served on the staff of