KIMBERLY D. JESELSKIS

Kim focuses her practice on employment and labor law. She represents both individuals and employers in a wide range of employment law, labor law, and benefits matters, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), wage and overtime violations, wrongful termination, short-term disability benefits, and long-term disability benefits.

Kim also advises and represents clients with severance agreements, executive agreements, and restrictive covenants, such as non-compete, non-solicitation, confidentiality, and nondisclosure agreements. Kim’s practice encompasses all aspects of the employment relationship — from hiring to termination and post-employment issues. As a Registered Civil Mediator, Kim also mediates employment related disputes.

Kim represents clients in litigation in both federal and state courts, and before government agencies and tribunals, such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the Indiana Civil Rights Commission (ICRC), the State Employees’ Appeals Commission (SEAC), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Indiana Wage and Hour Division.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Prior to founding Jeselskis Brinkerhoff and Joseph, LLC, Kim practiced at Katz Korin Cunningham PC. Kim was also the founding member of Jeselskis Law Offices, LLC, and operated her own firm for seven years. Before opening her firm, Kim practiced law at Macey Swanson and Allman, Faulkner & Associates, and Kerrin & Osborne. Kim also lived in Arizona following graduation from law school, where she practiced law, until returning to Indiana in 2002.

Throughout her legal career, Kim’s practice focus has been in employment and labor law.

EDUCATION

Valparaiso University School of Law, J.D., 2000

Full-Time Externship, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Phoenix, Arizona
Member of the Client Counseling Team
Research Assistant
Pro Bono requirement completed at PetSmart, Phoenix, Arizona

Ball State University, M.A., Psychology, 1997

Thesis: Individuals Solving Problems: The Effects of Problem Solving Strategies and Problem Solving Technologies on Generating Solutions, July 1997.
Journal Article: The Impact of Remote-Site Group Size on Student Satisfaction and Relative Performance in Interactive Telecourses, The American Journal of Distance Education, Vol. II, No. 1, pg. 23 (1997).
Journal Article: Relative Academic Performance and Its Relation to Facet and Overall Satisfaction with Interactive Telecourses, Distance Education, Vol. 18, No. 2, pg. 318 (1997).

Ball State University, B.S., Psychology, Cum Laude, 1995

BAR ADMISSIONS

Indiana and Arizona
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
U.S Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States Supreme Court

HONORS AND AWARDS

Super Lawyers, 2015-2022
Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2011-2013
Top 25 Female Lawyers for Indiana Super Lawyers, 2019, 2022
Indianapolis Bar Foundation Distinguished Fellow, 2018
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating
Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion Silver Distinction

LEGAL ORGANIZATIONS

Indiana State Bar Association
Indianapolis Bar Association
National Employment Lawyers Association
Indiana Affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association
American Bar Association

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Council Member and Past President, Employment and Labor Law Section, Indiana State Bar Association, 2003 – Present.
Executive Committee, Employment and Labor Law Section, Indianapolis Bar Association, 2006 – 2012, 2016 – Present.
Board Member and Past President, Indiana Affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association, 2005 – Present.
Co-Editor of The Employment and Labor Law Handbook for Indiana Lawyers (1st Edition).
Board Member, Indiana Education Employment Relations Board (IEERB), 2016 – Present.