Kierra is an associate in our Charleston office and enjoys a medical malpractice and general liability practice.  Prior to joining Copeland, Stair, Valz & Lovell, Kierra practiced at a respected insurance defense and education law firm in Columbia, SC where she successfully resolved lawsuits through motions practice and mediation in the areas of general liability, appellate law, and employment law.  She also gained useful litigation experience as a law clerk for a private practice plaintiff’s firm and a legal services office.

Kierra graduated magna cum laude from Lander University and attended the Dickinson School of Law at Pennsylvania State University.  While at Penn State, she earned a CALI Award in Professional Responsibility and participated in the Children’s Advocacy and Civil Rights Clinics.  She also joined the Mid-Atlantic Black Law Student Association’s Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition where she and her inaugural team placed as semi-finalists.  Kierra contributed as an author to the Penn Statim, where she discussed thought-provoking precedent of the Supreme Court of the United States.