Julie Ratliff

Julie is an associate in Taft’s Employment and Labor Relations practice group.

Before joining Taft, Julie was a staff law clerk with the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, where she worked directly with every Seventh Circuit judge who was on the bench from 2019 to 2022. Prior to law school, Julie worked in numerous departments for Teach for America.

Julie earned her J.D. from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and her bachelor’s degree in English writing from DePauw University. While in law school, Julie was a legal extern for the Hon. Mark Massa and Chief Justice Loretta Rush, Indiana Supreme Court. She also earned certificates in Employment Discrimination, Trial Advocacy, Constitutional Law II, and Contract and Sales, and she was the senior managing editor for the Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality.

• Speaker, “Illinois’ Alphabet Soup of Privacy Protections: BIPA, GINA and PIPA and What They Mean for Your Business in 2024,” Association of Corporate Counsel, Chicago Chapter CLE Presentation (Feb. 22, 2024)