About Mrs. Nadine Dunbar
Mrs. Nadine Dunbar Gills built her legal foundation in Louisiana. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Pre-Law from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1999. She then completed her Juris Doctor at Southern University Law Center in 2003.
After law school, Gills entered public service and clerking roles that exposed her to state legal practice. In 2005 she served as a law clerk at the State of Louisiana Office of the Attorney General. The following year brought several short-term legal positions across government and private sectors. In 2006 she worked as a law clerk for the 14th Judicial District Court Office of the District Attorney and served as legal staff for the State of Louisiana Executive Office of the Governor.
Also in 2006 Gills held a position as a lawyer at JP Morgan Chase Bank. That role placed her in a national corporate setting, handling legal matters for a major financial institution. In the same year she launched her own practice, Nadine Dunbar Gills, Lawyer At Law, LLC, marking a shift into private practice and the management of client matters under her own firm name.
Gills’s professional timeline includes official notarial duties. She became a Notary Public in 2007. Her membership in the Louisiana State Bar Association dates to 2006 and continues to the present, signaling steady involvement in the state’s legal community.
Her qualifications include admission to practice in Louisiana and before the Federal Circuit. Those jurisdictions reflect a practice that spans state-level matters and federal filings. The mix of government, banking, and private practice roles gives her a varied background in legal processes, paperwork, and courtroom-adjacent work.
Colleagues and clients see a practitioner who has moved between different legal environments. She has experience in government offices, a corporate legal department, and an independent law firm. The record shows transitions from clerking roles to staff lawyer positions to operating a private practice, alongside maintaining notarial authority.
Now more than two decades after completing her undergraduate degree, Gills continues to work in the Louisiana legal landscape. Her career path is marked by public-sector service, corporate law experience, and years operating her own firm. Her current practice handles matters under Louisiana law, matters filed in the Federal Circuit, and provides notarial services.
