Biography

Onalee Yousey is an associate in Armstrong Teasdale’s Litigation practice group, where she represents clients in various civil litigation matters.

She draws on her previous experience as an intern in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri to aid in trial preparation, conducting legal research, organizing evidence and drafting various legal documents including pretrial motions and legal memoranda.

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Background

Onalee was a summer associate at Armstrong Teasdale prior to joining the firm full time. While in law school she also gained experience representing indigent clients in a variety of civil matters through SLU Law Legal Clinics. While in law school, Onalee interned at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri and served as a judicial extern for Judge Raymond C. Gruender of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Education

Saint Louis University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2020)
- Order of the Woolsack
- Dean’s List
- Honor Council (1L Elected Representative)
- Street Law
- Public Interest Law Group
- Saint Louis University Law Journal (Staff Editor )
University of Iowa (B.A., B.S., with honors and distinction, 2013)
- International Studies
- Political Science
- Critical Language Scholarship Program (Arabic), Tangier, Morocco (Summer 2013)
- Research Fellow at Iowa Center for Undergraduate Research (2012-2013)
- Honors Senior Thesis Project: “Unveiling Misconceptions about Women in Jordanian Society: Islamist Opposition Parties, Sharia Law, and Democracy”