Calesia Henson
Calesia joined the firm in 2019 in the Louisville office where she is a member of the Business Litigation and Employment Law Service Groups.
Preparing for (and Hopefully Avoiding) Pandemic-Related Employment Disputes
Co-Speaker, Louisville Bar Association CLE Program, November 9, 2020
Academy of Music Production Education and Development (AMPED), Board of Directors (2021-24)
KMAC Museum, Board of Directors
Junior Achievement, Young Professionals Board Member (2020-present)
Central Louisville Community Ministries, Board Member (2020-present)
cum laude
University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
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Law Review, Articles Selection Editor
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Black Law Students Association, President
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Brandeis Inn of Court, Student Member
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Leon Seidman Memorial Award Recipient (2019)
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Edwin Perry Fellow, Family & Divorce Mediation Training, Mediation Clinic
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CALI Award for Highest Grade: Family Law Mediation Clinic and Lawyering Skills
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National Law Students Workers Rights Conference (Fall 2016, Maryland)
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Law Library, Student Assistant
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Academic Fellow
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Research Assistant
Minor in Spanish
Baylor University
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Track Team / Letterman (2014); First Team Academic All-Big 12 (2012-13); Student Athlete Award (2011-12)
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Dean's List
Calesia joins Stites & Harbison after serving as an intern for the Hon. Judge Hale, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky in Spring 2018 and as a summer associate in the firm's Louisville office in 2017 and 2018. Prior to law school, she joined Teach for America (Corps' 14) where she taught English as a Second Language in Memphis, Tennessee.