Kaela King

Kaela J. King, Esq. is a Partner at Cooper Elliott in Columbus, Ohio. Her legal career is built on a foundation of public service and education: before becoming a lawyer, she spent a decade in education as a teacher and administrator in high-poverty schools, a nonprofit director, and a state policy advisor.

King served as a Judicial Law Clerk for both the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. She has secured multiple multi-million-dollar results, including an eight-figure trial verdict, and contributes to the firm's focus on personal injury and civil rights cases. In 2024, she was honored as one of Columbus Business First's 40 Under 40.

During law school, she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Ohio State Law Journal and received the Michael E. Moritz Merit Scholar designation for outstanding academic and personal histories.

She earned her Juris Doctor magna cum laude from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif), her Master of Science in Teaching from Pace University, and her Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy with Honors from The Ohio State University. She is admitted to the State Bar of Ohio, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.