Thanithia Billings

Thanithia Billings is an associate in the Litigation and Enforcement group. Thanithia’s practice includes complex civil litigation, internal investigations, anti-corruption due diligence, and white-collar criminal defense. Thanithia works with a diverse group of clients, including private equity firms, public companies, and investment management firms. She also maintains a robust housing and asylum pro bono practice in addition to aiding nonprofit organizations in constitutional challenges to government actions.

During law school, Thanithia served as the editor-in-chief of the Boston College Law Review and on the executive board of Boston College’s Black Law Students Association and Boston College’s LGBT student organization. She also worked as a teaching assistant for Property Professor Zygmunt Plater, Criminal Law Professor Paulo Barrozo, and Law Practice Professor Elisabeth Keller.

Before joining Ropes & Gray, Thanithia clerked for the Honorable Jill A. Pryor in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Honorable William H. Orrick, III in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

EDUCATION

• JD, magna cum laude, Boston College Law School, 2017; Editor-in-Chief,  Boston College Law Review; Order of the Coif; Richard G. Huber Award for Scholarship and Leadership in Extra- and Co-Curricular Activities
• BA (Psychology), Princeton University, 2011; Captain, Varsity Track and Field

ADMISSIONS / QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications

• Massachusetts, 2017

Court Admissions

• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

CLERKSHIPS

• Honorable Jill A. Pryor, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Honorable William H. Orrick, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

MEMBERSHIP & AFFILIATIONS

• Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association
• Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association
• Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES

• Board Member, Friends of Princeton Track and Field