Overview
Kadeejah Kelly-Previl counsels clients in product liability, mass torts and commercial litigation cases.
Kadeejah has successfully drafted motions before the New York Supreme Court and the Southern District of New York. She does rigorous legal research, conducts and defends depositions, and participates in mediations. Kadeejah drafts settlement and confidentiality agreements, pleadings, written discovery, litigation plans, and mediation proposals.
Prior Experience
Before joining Faegre Drinker, Kadeejah was a litigator at an Am Law 100 firm in New York, where she represented contractors, developers and corporations in high-exposure cases including those involving New York labor law. Kadejah’s practice included the counseling and defense of clients involved in premises liability, malpractice, product liability and negligence matters.
Credentials
Bar Admissions
New York
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department
Clerkships
Connecticut Superior Court, 2019-2020
Education
University of Connecticut School of Law
J.D. CT Insurance Law Journal (notes & comments editor) (2019)
State University of New York at Buffalo
B.A. in English, with high honors (2016)
Insights & Events
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
- International Refugee Assistance Project — DACA Screening Clinic
- Veterans Naturalization Assistance Project
- Catholic Charities of New Jersey — Pro Se Asylum Clinic
- Fertility Insurance Startup — Advising the founders of a fertility insurance startup on a broad spectrum of legal matters integral to the formation and growth of their business. Kadeejah’s representation includes guidance on insurance regulatory issues, corporate structuring, employment agreements and pre-litigation counseling.
- Civil Rights — Assisted in the representation of two incarcerated individuals who alleged that the Department of Corrections’ religious meal policies unlawfully burdened their religious exercise, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
Professional Associations
- Personal Care Products Council — Impact & Inclusion Committee
- Haitian American Lawyers Association of New York — Secretary, 2024-25
- New York State Bar
- Connecticut State Bar
- American Bar Association
Honors
National Black Lawyers — “Top 40 Under 40,” 2022