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Keesha-Lu Abrahams-Mitra

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Senior Vice President and General Counsel at State Farm
📍 Greater Bloomington, Illinois Area, United States

Keesha-Lu Abrahams-Mitra is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel at State Farm, where she has built her career since 1989. She is the first woman to hold this role, leading a team of nearly 900 legal professionals. She earned her JD from the University of Missouri School of Law.

An immigrant from Jamaica, she originally came to the Midwest to play college tennis on a championship team. She values mentorship and continuous learning, having completed executive leadership programs at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Interesting fact: She still relies on a lesson of rigorous preparation learned from being cold-called on her very first day of law school.

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Experience
37 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Bloomington, Illinois Area, United States
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Topics Keesha-Lu cares about

Legal Leadership
As the first female General Counsel at State Farm, she leads the company's law department and provides legal counsel to senior management and the board of directors.
Mentorship & Development
She frequently credits her own mentors for their profound influence and emphasizes the importance of continuous development, integrity, and supporting others in their legal careers.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
State Farm
6-2020 - 3-2024
Vice President - Counsel
State Farm
8-2016 - 6-2020
Associate General Counsel
State Farm
5-2002 - 7-2016
Counsel-Government Affairs
State Farm
1995 - 2002
Counsel-Life/Health
State Farm Insurance Companies
In the press

Media appearances

State Farm General Counsel Joins WLF’s Legal Policy Advisory Board. Featured in Washington Legal Foundation
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Keesha‑Lu Mitra - Senior Vice President & General Counsel at State Farm. Featured in The Org
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Education
1986 - 1989
JD
University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Law
1983 - 1986
BA - Magna Cum Laude
Lincoln University (MO)
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