Background
Lillie, Charisse Ranielle was born on April 7, 1952 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of Richard Lysander and Vernell Audrey (Watson) Lillie.
Lillie, Charisse Ranielle was born on April 7, 1952 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of Richard Lysander and Vernell Audrey (Watson) Lillie.
Wesleyan University (Bachelor of Arts cum laude, 1973). Temple University (Juris Doctor, 1976). Yale University (Master of Laws, 1982).
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government (1990).
Worked at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Also Camden, New Jersey) specializing in Labor and Employment, Contracts, Civil Litigation, Government, Civil Rights. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Pennsylvania.
1980, United States.
Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. 1985, United States. Supreme Court. Law Clerk to the Honorary Clifford Scott Green, United States.
District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1976-1978.
Trial Attorney, Honors Program, United States. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, 1978-1980.
Deputy Director, Community Legal Services, Incorporated., 1980-1981. Assistant Associate Professor of Law, Villanova University Law School, 1982-1985.
Assistant United States.
Attorney, Civil Division, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1985-1988. General Counsel, Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 1988-1990. City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia, 1990-1992.
Commissioner, Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission (MOVE Commission), 1985-1986.
Commissioner, Philadelphia City Charter Commission, 1992-1994. Board Member, Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, 1993.
Member, Philadelphia Criminal Task Force, 1989-1990. Elected to the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Chairman of Board, Juvenile Law Center of Pennsylvania, 1996.
Corporate Board: Member, Board of Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 1996. Vice-Chair, American Bar Association Commission on Minorities, 1997. Member: Philadelphia (Chairman, Civil Rights Committee, 1986-1988.
Board of Governors, 1992-1995.
Vice-Chair, Board of Governors, 1994 and Chair, Board of Governors, 1995) and Federal (President, Philadelphia Chapter, 1986-1988) Bar Associations. Military: >) (Also at Camden, New Jersey).
Member advisory committee Women's Way, Philadelphia, 1986—1991. Chair City of Philadelphia Board Ethics, 2004—2007. Chair board trustees The Philadelphia Award, 2004—2006.
Member, board trustees Howard University, since 2006. Member, board directors American Arbitration Association, since 2003. Member advisory board The PNO Finance Services Group, Philadelphia, Southern New Jersey, since 2003.
Board trustees Friends Select School, 1994—2002, 2003—2006, president, 2003—2006. Board directors Leadership Inc. Fellow: American Bar Foundation, College Labor and Employment Lawyers.
Member: American Bar Association (vice chairman commission on ethnic diversity in the professio 1997-1999, chairman commission on ethnic diversity in the professio 1999—2002, member standing committee on federal judicial 2002-2005), History Society United States District Court (eastern district) Pennsylvania (director 1983-1987), Philadelphia Bar Association (vice chair board governors 1994, chair board governors 1995-1996), Barristers Association (J. Austin Norris award 1983-1987), American Law Institute, National Conference Black Lawyers (president 1970), Federal Bar Association (1st vice president Philadelphia chapter 1982-1984, president Philadelphia chapter 1984-1986, 3d circuit representative since 1991), National Bar Association (Wiley A. Branton award 2009).
Married Thomas L. McGill, Junior, December 4, 1982.