Kelsi L. Baldwin

Kelsi L. Baldwin

Associate

Jackson

601-960-3181

601-960-8613


Education

  • Mississippi College School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude
  • Mississippi College, B.S. in Political Science and English-Writing, summa cum laude
  • Copiah-Lincoln Community College, A.A., highest honors

Bar Admissions

  • Mississippi

Clerkships

  • Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Leslie H. Southwick, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Kristi H. Johnson, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Kelsi Baldwin is an associate in the Firm’s Jackson office. She graduated summa cum laude from Mississippi College School of Law, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Mississippi College Law Review. During law school, she was recognized as Best Overall Advocate in the Copeland, Cook, Taylor, and Bush Appellate Moot Court Competition and received multiple American Jurisprudence Awards. She also served as a Teaching Assistant and was selected as a Pupil of the Charles Clark Inns of Court.

Following law school, she clerked for the Honorable Kristi H. Johnson of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and for the Honorable Leslie H. Southwick of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She also contributed to the Mississippi Practice Series and authors the Conflict of Laws chapter in the Encyclopedia of Mississippi Laws.

Guided by a commitment to integrity and a solution-focused mindset, Kelsi approaches challenges with persistence and care.

Law School Honors & Awards

  • Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi College Law Review
  • Best Overall Advocate, Copeland, Cook, Taylor, and Bush Appellate Moot Court Competition
  • American Jurisprudence Awards: Health Care Law, Constitutional Law, Legal Writing II & III, International Law
  • Teaching Assistant, Civil Procedure I & II; Legal Writing I & II; Criminal Law
  • Pupil, Charles Clark Inns of Court

Publications

  • Matter of Will of Ratcliff and the Not-so-Harmless Error: A Call to Change Mississippi’s Approach to Will Formalities, 41 Miss. C. L. Rev. 146 (2023)
  • “Conflict of Laws,” Encyclopedia of Mississippi Laws (present)

Previous Experience

  • Research Assistant, Mississippi College School of Law, Civil Procedure and Mississippi Practice Series