Jule S. (Julie) Northup

Practice Areas

• Civil Litigation
• Employment Law

• Insurance Defense

Julie Northup joined Northup, McConnell & Sizemore as Of Counsel in October 2011. Before joining the firm, Julie practiced law for 13 years in Atlanta, where she was a partner and litigating attorney at the employment law firm of Barrett & Farahany, LLP; a partner at Thompson, Rollins, & Schwartz, LLC, a firm whose practice focused on business immigration and representation of plaintiffs, individual defendants, and businesses in employment matters; an associate in the Labor and Employment practice group at the international firm of Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP; and an associate in the national class-action firm of Herman, Mathis, Casey, Kitchens & Gerel, LLC. Prior to law school, she worked as a human resources management consultant and university administrator. She is admitted to practice in federal and state courts in North Carolina and Georgia.

A cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Sweet Briar College, Julie spent her junior year studying at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris. She earned an M.P.A. from New York University and a J.D. from the University of Washington, at which she was articles editor of the Washington Law Review, which published her article entitled "The Same Actor Inference in Employment Discrimination: Cheap Justice?" In 1996, she served as an intern to the Honorable John Cornyn, Justice of the Texas Supreme Court.

During her tenure in Atlanta, Julie served as chair of the Labor and Employment Sections of both the Atlanta Bar and the State Bar of Georgia. She also served as secretary of the Georgia Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association. She was named a "Super Lawyer" in 2009 and a "Rising Star Super Lawyer" in Georgia by Law & Politics and Atlanta magazines in 2005, 2006, and 2007, and was featured in the "On the Rise" edition of the Fulton County Daily Report.

Her work and family aside, Julie's other great passion is music. A member of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra Chorus, she was a member of the Grammy-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and the acclaimed Atlanta Jazz Chorus. She plays the piano, guitar, and bass. Julie also enjoys serving the community as a mentor with the I Have a Dream Foundation, A.D. Williams Chapter, and was featured in the Atlanta Bar magazine for her work with that organization.

Memberships

• North Carolina State Bar 2008
• 28th Judicial District Bar 2011
• Georgia State Bar 1998

Education

• • J.D., University of Washington 1998
• Articles Editor, Washington Law Review 1996-98
• M.P.A., New York University 1973
• B.A., Government, Sweet Briar College 1968
• Institute of Political Studies, Paris, France 1966-67