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Rhonda (Hunter) Wills

Rhonda Wills of California was born on February 13, 1969 in Wood County, Texas United States. Rhonda Wills was married to Anthony C. Wills on March 13, 1993 in Harris County, TX and they later divorced in 2013.

Rhonda Wills

Rhonda Kaye Hunter Wills

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February 13, 1969

Wood County, Texas, United States

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Rhonda Wills' History: 1969

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Rhonda's mother was Ellen (NMN) Hunter. In her marriage announcement in the Tyler Courier-Times, Rhonda's parents were listed as Ellen Hunter Battee and Walter Battee Sr. Her brothers (groomsmen) were Jerald Mallett, Reginald Battee, and Walter Battee. In an article about her new television show, where she plays a judge, lawyer Rhonda says "“I am from a huge family—I have four children; I grew up with five children; my grandmother had 10 children, and I have over 50 first cousins. So, I understand the family dynamic,” she says. “I hope that when people tune in, they will see that disputes are being resolved.” There are records that Rhonda has lived in Missouri City, Houston, and Galveston TX. She is originally from Winona Texas. She has been a guest host on Crime Watch Daily. See Holding Court: Rhonda Wills of ‘Relative Justice’ Rules Over Family Disputes to read a Nov 2021 article about her new show, "Relative Justice" Rhonda isn't really a judge, however, although she plays one on television. She is a lawyer whose firm, "having won in excess of $100 million for her clients, (she) certainly knows her way around a courtroom. “It’s an arbitration-based show, and so when I’m acting as an arbitrator, I am a judge,” she explains. “I have been an arbitrator as well as lawyer; I have arbitrated and decided civil cases” according to the above article.
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1969

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February 13, 1969

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Wood County, Texas United States

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Nationality & Locations

Rhonda was born in Wood County, Texas, and was raised in Winona Texas which is a very small town in Smith County. Her television show Relative Justice is filmed in Lexington Kentucky, and she lives in California.
Early Life & Education

Rhonda graduated from Winona High School and the University of Texas at Austin as well as being a graduate of University of Texas School of Law. She played basketball in high school and was an "Orange Jacket" (a service organization) at the University of Texas Austin.
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Professional Career

Rhonda is an attorney who is licensed to practice in Texas, California, and New York. Rhonda began her career clerking for the Texas Supreme Court and then became an associate at Vinson & Elkins LLP based in Houston where she represented corporate clients in class action lawsuits. She filed a discrimination lawsuit against the firm after being denied a promotion, and then in 2005 formed Wills Law Firm PLLC where she represents consumers against corporations. On September 13th, 2021 the premier of Rhonda's reality television series "Relative Justice" began. It is an arbitration-based reality court show produced by Wrigley Media Group that focuses on family legal disputes where Rhonda plays a judge.
Personal Life & Family

Rhonda grew up in a small town called Winona in Texas. She was married to Anthony C. Wills for twenty years and they have four children together. Rhonda appeared on an episode of the Million Dollar Matchmaker called "The Ageist and the Snob".
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01/06/2022

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Rhonda Hunter Wills, High School

Photo of Rhonda (Hunter) Wills on the basketball team at Winona High School, 1987

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Kathy Pinna

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01/06/2022

Holding Court: Rhonda Wills of ‘Relative Justice’ Rules Over Family Disputes

By Avis Weathersbee | November 2, 2021

When Rhonda Wills picked up the gavel as judge on the new reality series Relative Justice, she entered the pantheon of no-nonsense dispensers of TV courtroom candor that includes such household names as judges Judy, Mathis and Mablean. Wills’ show, however, aims to distinguish itself from the pack by focusing strictly on family clashes. Clashes that include such issues as alleged theft, betrayal, and, yes, infidelity.

Wills implores the plaintiffs and defendants that stand before her to present the facts, so, we thought we’d follow suit (no pun, intended) and do the same. Below is a bit of “discovery” (OK, that one was intended) to acquaint viewers with Judge Wills and her show.

WHO SHE IS: Originally from Winona, Texas, this small-town girl went on to make it big as a powerful and influential civil attorney with her own Houston-based practice, which also has a satellite office in Los Angeles. “I represent everyday Americans, primarily against corporate giants,” the University of Texas at Austin law school grad tells EBONY. “I have spent my life and my career fighting against injustice.”

Like some of the other TV adjudicators, Wills isn’t a judge in real life; but with bragging rights of her firm having won in excess of $100 million for her clients, she certainly knows her way around a courtroom. “It’s an arbitration-based show, and so when I’m acting as an arbitrator, I am a judge,” she explains. “I have been an arbitrator as well as lawyer; I have arbitrated and decided civil cases.”

WHERE YOU’VE SEEN HER: News junkies may recognize Wills from her appearances as a legal pundit on outlets such as CNN; however, savvy reality TV show viewers may also remember her from her role on the 2016 WEtv reality series Sisters in Law. The series documented—in dramatic, and often incendiary detail—the lives, relationships and legal challenges of several Black female attorneys in Houston. Fans of the show recall theself-described dragon slayer as being outspoken and unapologetic on the series.

HER MOST MEMORABLE CASE: Though that killer instinct has helped reap large financial settlements in her cases, Wills highlights the human factor as offering the greatest returns. “I have represented so many people who, but for having me represent them, probably wouldn’t have a voice,” she says.

Wills cites a memorable case of a client who was a therapist about to complete her PhD, when she was hit one dark night by an 18-wheeler while on her way to see a patient in crisis. “She nearly died as she laid in the road; if not for a good Samaritan who stopped cars from running over her, she would have died,” shares Wills of her client. Her client pulled through after weeks in intensive care, but suffered brain damage, she adds.

The truck driver, Wills says, had been taking prescription drugs to allow him to continue driving after “extreme back pain and surgeries” and the company he worked for knew about it. “He had taken a number of prescription painkillers and should not have been driving taking those [medications].” Her client went from defending her dissertation to reading at a fourth-grade level. Explains Wills, “The only justice that I could get for her at that point was financial justice.

“We worked very hard on her case and also to bring about change within the company around changing policies on how they allow their drivers to operate to hopefully make the roads safer.”

With the “significant” settlement her client was able to get the therapy that she needed to get back on track, and was recently awarded her PhD.

HOW HER TV COURTROOM IS UNIQUE: “ Relative Justice is the only court show currently shooting where we deal exclusively with civil disputes between family members. All the cases and litigants that come before me are related by blood, marriage, or children. So, when you have civil disputes and you add in the element of family, things get dramatic pretty quickly.”

WHAT DOES IN TAKE TO BE A GOOD JUDGE? “I believe a good judge should listen to both sides, should apply the law, and should also apply the equities,” says Wills. “In other words, someone who’s caring and compassionate, who knows the law, will apply the law, and is going to be fair and listen.”

WHAT’S THE TAKEAWAY FOR VIEWERS? Wills stresses the universality of the issues litigants bring to her courtroom as something viewers should appreciate, basically the recognition that they are not alone. “I can tell you that virtually every case that came before me were things very familiar to me—things that had happened to me and my family or to my friends and their family or to clients or families that I’ve represented,” she notes.

“I am from a huge family—I have four children; I grew up with five children; my grandmother had 10 children, and I have over 50 first cousins. So, I understand the family dynamic,” she says. “I hope that when people tune in, they will see that disputes are being resolved.”

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Kathy Pinna

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Wills Law Firm, PLLC - attorneys at law

From her law firm's website:

Following a prestigious judicial clerkship with the Texas Supreme Court, Rhonda Hunter Wills began her legal career as an associate attorney at Vinson & Elkins, LLP, a high-powered international law firm based in Houston. Her legal practice initially focused on defending large corporations in class action lawsuits brought nationwide and internationally (Canada). After several years at Vinson & Elkins, Rhonda filed a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit against the firm after she was denied a promotion to partnership. The case was settled on a confidential basis.

After leaving Vinson & Elkins, Rhonda briefly formed a partnership with fellow ‘Sister in Law’ Juanita Jackson, but the partnership ended in less than a year. Rhonda has a bi-coastal law practice and is licensed to practice in Texas, California and New York.

In addition to having an extremely busy legal career, Rhonda is a mother of 4.

Experience
In 2005, Rhonda formed her own law firm, Wills Law Firm, PLLC, and hasn’t looked back. Once she established her own firm, Rhonda began focusing on representing everyday Americans fighting corporate giants and insurance companies to recover for personal injuries, problems at work (including unlawful pay, sexual harassment, discrimination, and injuries on the job), as well as premises injuries (including sexual assaults and other assaults at apartment complexes, hotels, and other public places), and consumer cases.

Rhonda is a true dragon slayer. Since forming the Wills Law Firm 10 years ago, Rhonda has recovered more than $75 million fighting for the rights of everyday Americans against corporate giants and insurance companies. Rhonda has even fought for her clients in cases that went all the way to the United States Supreme Court and she won!

Education
College—University of Texas at Austin, BBA in International Business
Law School—University of Texas School of Law
Courts Admitted to Practice Before
All Texas state courts
Southern District of Texas
Northern District of Texas
Western District of Texas
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
All New York state courts
United States Supreme Court

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Rhonda Wills' Family Tree & Friends

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Anthony C. Wills