Keniece Gray
Keniece Gray is an alumna and was in Cohort 4 of the Business Law Scholars Program. She is a champion for progress from Cleveland, Ohio and an associate in Morrison Foerster’s DC office. She leverages her experience working in the private, government, and non-profit sectors to advise clients on issues at the intersections of business and law, counsel on governance and workplace policies and procedures, assist with the employment dimensions of corporate transactions, drafts agreements, and litigate various employment matters.
At Georgetown, she participated in a number of legal pipeline programs including DAPP, LCLD mentoring, Pipeline to Practice, and SEO Law.
Background
Keniece earned her Masters of Public Administration from Cleveland State University in 2020, after earning her Masters of Accountancy from Case Western Reserve in 2017. Before law school, Keniece worked as an auditor and service project lead at Nestle Purina, Deloitte, and the City of Cleveland. She is a national speaker on topics such as pay equity and women’s empowerment.
Keniece has received awards recognizing her unwavering commitment to cultivating members of underrepresented groups’ interest in leadership, mentorship, and professional development:
- 2019 Crain’s Cleveland Business Twenty in Their Twenties
- YWCA Greater Cleveland Distinguished Young Woman honoree
Experience
Keniece spent her 0L summer interning at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, and Jacobson LLP as a SEO Law Fellow. Her 1L summer was spent as a Litigation Summer Associate at Morrison & Foerster LLP in DC. During her 2L summer, she was a Litigation Summer Associate at Jones Day in Chicago and then a Corporate Summer Associate at Morrison Foerster in DC.
A theme that runs through her practice plans is protecting at-risk students from discrimination in education. This comes from observing inequities between learning and development opportunities in various academic settings (i.e. private, public, and catholic schools). Her extensive board service, including Alpha Kappa Sorority, Incorporated and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland, has planted seeds of interest in non-profit corporation law.
Outside of the Classroom
Keniece enjoys traveling abroad and tasting fine cuisines, binge watching shows on The Food Network Channel, reading, and volunteering.
Cleveland State University, Master of Public Administration, 2020
Case Western Reserve University, Masters in Accountancy, 2017
Georgetown Law, JD, 2023