McKenna S. Cloud

Associate

Jackson
T: 601.351.2427
F: 601.351.2424

McKenna Cloud is an associate in Baker Donelson's Jackson, Mississippi office and a member of the Firm's Health Law Group.

Professional Biography

Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Mrs. Cloud served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Leslie H. Southwick of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. During law school, she was a legal extern to U.S. District Court Judge Kristi H. Johnson for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Law Student Liaison, Mississippi Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (2023 – present)
Speakers Chair, Jackson Young Lawyers (2023 – present)
Member, Mississippi Bar Admissions Ceremony Committee (2023 – present)
American Jurisprudence Awards for the highest average in 21 courses, including Healthcare Law, Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Law, Business Associations, and Administrative Law

"DEA and HHS Extend Telemedicine Flexibilities for Controlled Substance Prescriptions Through 2024" (October 2023)
"A Year by the Bench: Reflections of Two Outgoing Judicial Law Clerks," Jackson Young Lawyers Newsletter (September 2023)
"Discrimination and Disparity: Violating Olmstead v. L.C. Discriminates Against the Psychiatrically Vulnerable and Fosters Racial/Ethnic Socioeconomic Mental Health Disparities," 40 Mississippi College Law Review 131 (August 2022)

Baker Donelson Adds 32 Associates Firm-Wide (December 18, 2023)

Practices

Industries

Health Care

Education

Mississippi College School of Law, J.D., 2022, summa cum laude
- First in Class
- Editor-in-Chief – Mississippi College Law Review
University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., 2019, summa cum laude

Admissions

Mississippi, 2022
Mississippi Supreme Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Featured Media

Baker Donelson Adds 32 Associates Firm-Wide

Press Release / December 18, 2023

DEA and HHS Extend Telemedicine Flexibilities for Controlled Substance Prescriptions Through 2024

Publication / October 13, 2023

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