Kendrick McLeod
Counsel
About
Credentials
Affiliations & Achievements
Experience
Kendrick McLeod is counsel in the firm’s Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Practice Group. His practice focuses on representing employers and insurers across Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Prior to joining Semmes, Kendrick gained experience in workers’ compensation cases, labor and employment law, litigation, and administrative law. He served with another Maryland law firm, Baltimore City Department of Law, and Baltimore City Public Schools.
Admitted
- 2022, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
- 2018, District of Columbia
- 2016, Maryland
Education
- Widener University Delaware School of Law (J.D., 2015)
- Morgan State University (B.A., Political Science, 2011)
Affiliations & Achievements
- Maryland State Bar Association (2016 – Present)
- Board of Governors, First District (2025 – Present)
- Member, Leadership Academy Committee
- Fellow, Leadership Academy Class of 2021 – 2022
- Member, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (2020 – 2022)
- Baltimore City Bar Association (2018 – Present)
- Board of Governors Representative
- Co-Chair, Judicial Selections Committee (2022 – 2025)
- Workers’ Compensation Committee (2019 – Present)
- Co-Chair, Young Lawyers’ CLE Committee (2022 – 2023)
- Member-At-Large, Young Lawyer’s Division (2022 – 2023)
- Monumental City Bar Association (2019 – Present)
- Member, Monumental Bar Foundation (2023 – Present)
- Young Lawyer’s Division Liaison (2019 – 2024)
- President (2023 – 2024)
- President-Elect (2022-2023)
- Secretary (2021 – 2022)
- Member, Judicial Nominating Committee (2020 – 2023)
- Anne Arundel County Bar Association (2024 – Present)
Special Achievements & Honors
- The Daily Record, MD500, Workers’ Compensation, 2026
- The Daily Record, Leaders in Law: Generation J.D., 2026
- Bar Association of Baltimore City
- Government and Public Interest Lawyer of the Year (2025)
- Young Lawyers Division, Rising Star Award (2022)