[1][2] Hill's high school debate coach, Ed Cannaday, would go on to serve in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

[6] On October 12, 2015, Hill was appointed the Cherokee Nation's first secretary of natural resources by principal chief Bill John Baker and she served in that position until August 29, 2019.

[8] On August 29, 2019, Hill was appointed as the attorney general of the Cherokee Nation by newly elected principal chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.[8] During her tenure as attorney general the United States Supreme Court issued the landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020) decision which held the Muscogee Nation reservation was never disestablished.

[14][15] Hill criticized the 2022 Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta ruling saying "It really didn't honor the foundations of federal Indian law.

[3] Her nomination was endorsed by Senators James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin as well as Cherokee Nation principal chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.[18][4] The National Congress of American Indians, Native American Rights Fund, and Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes also supported her nomination.

President Biden nominated Hill to the seat vacated by Judge Claire Eagan, who assumed senior status on October 1, 2022.