KELSIE OVERTON

Kelsie is an attorney at Zarzaur Law where she primarily represents survivors of human trafficking and sexual abuse and exploitation in civil litigation. Through her practice, she has gained expertise in the case law surrounding the Trafficking Victim’s Protection Reauthorization Act and has presented at Mass Torts Made Perfect Connect to provide a human trafficking litigation update. Kelsie is a member of the American Association for Justice. In 2023, Kelsie was selected as one of the top forty civil plaintiff's lawyers in Alabama under forty years old.

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Before joining Zarzaur Law, Kelsie practiced business litigation at Bradley and clerked for the Honorable Abdul K. Kallon in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. She earned her J.D. (magna cum laude) from Washington University School of Law, where she served as a senior editor of the Washington University Law Review. Kelsie was a Dean’s Fellow and graduated with a certificate in Public Interest Law. Kelsie received CALI Excellence for the Future awards in Legal Practice, Health Law, Education, Equality, and Fairness, and the Immigration Law Clinic. She was also inducted into the Order of the Coif.

 

Court Admissions

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• Northern District of Alabama, admitted 2019

• Middle District of Alabama, admitted 2019

• Southern District of Alabama, admitted 2019

• Alabama State Bar, admitted 2019

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Education

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• Birmingham-Southern College, B.A. (2013)

• Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude

• Washington University School of Law (2019)

• Order of the Coif, Magna Cum Laude