As Vice-Managing Partner in Phelps’ New Orleans office, Kim Boyle focuses her labor and employment practice on civil rights, constitutional law, commercial, tort and general litigation issues, helping businesses promote inclusion and avoid discrimination. She frequently speaks on employment-related topics, litigation and issues of procedure, as well as diversity, ethics and professionalism.

Kim has been recognized by many of the leading peer review publications in the country, including recently as one of Benchmark Litigation’s Top 250 Women in U.S. Litigation, an American Lawyer Woman Leader in Law, a New Orleans CityBusiness ICON, and a member of the national Lawyers of Color 2023 Power List. She was also awarded the Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson Trailblazer Award in 2023 for her commitment to enhancing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.

Active in local, state and national bar associations, Kim served as the first female African American President of the Louisiana State Bar Association as well as the first African-American President of the New Orleans Bar Association. Kim formerly served as Judge Pro Tempore for Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, as well as an Assistant Professor of Law at Loyola University College of Law.

Her commitment to the community is evident in her tireless work with businesses and nonprofits in the community. She currently serves as a board and an executive committee member for GNO, Inc., The Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, New Orleans Business Alliance, Touro Hospital, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, Dillard University and Tulane University. She also serves as President and Chairman of the Board for the Amistad Research Center.

Ms. Boyle received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1987 and her A.B. from Princeton University in 1984.