Judge Glenda Allen-Hill

Judge Allen-Hill was born In Illinois. She spent the first ten years of her life living with her parents, Theodore H Allen Sr and Mary Alice Allen, and her four older siblings in Maywood, a suburb of Chicago. Politics and law were a part of her early upbringing Her father was a two-term City Councilman, and he made sure that his children were knowledgeable about the issues of the day.

Glenda Allen-Hill is a Judge of the Fresno County Superior Court, previous Deputy District attorney of Fresno County. She is the first and only African American female to serve on the Fresno County Bench. Judge Allen-Hill began her legal career in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General Corp Captain Allen-Hill was stationed at Castle Air Force base, which was located in Merced County. As an Air Force Attorney she traveled the country defending military members in court-martial proceedings. She and her husband, Ronald Hill, moved to Fresno in 1988 after she was honorably discharged from the Air Force. Here they raised one amazing daughter, Dayna.

In the 33 years she has been a Fresno County Judicial Officer, she has always endeavored to bring justice, equality, and fairness to those who appear before her Judge Allen-Hill has been inspired by all the trailblazers who paved the way, some who even lost their lives in the struggle for her to have the right to do the work she does every day, and others who lit the torch so that the rest of us could follow.

Judge Allen-Hill received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego, and her law degree from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law