ABOUT

A lifelong Louisvillian, Lonita graduated from Ballard High School in 1999 and attended the University of Louisville on full academic scholarship. After obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in psychology with minors in sociology and Pan-African studies, Lonita continued her studies at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law. In 2017, she earned a master’s degree in business administration, with distinction, from the University of Louisville College of Business.

Lonita Baker is an attorney at Sam Aguiar Injury Lawyers in Louisville, KY. At Aguiar Injury Lawyers, Lonita handles cases involving car accidents, medical malpractice, defective products, and civil rights violations. Prior to working at Aguiar Injury Lawyers, Lonita served as an Assistant Jefferson County Attorney for over six years. While at the Jefferson County Attorney’s Office, she practiced in the Legislative Services Branch of the Civil Division and as a supervising prosecutor in the Criminal Division.

Lonita is the current president of the Charles W. Anderson, Jr. Bar Association and serves  as a Vice-President on the National Executive Committee and Board of Governors for the National Bar Association (NBA), the nation’s oldest and largest association of African-American lawyers and judges. She also served as Chief of Communications for the NBA, under the leadership of past president Benjamin L. Crump, Esquire. Lonita previously served on the Board of Directors for the Louisville Bar Association, and she serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law.

Lonita has received several awards for her service to the legal profession, including being named a Top 40 Under 40 Attorney by the National Bar Association (2015) and The National Black Lawyers (2017) and three National Bar Association Presidential Awards. In 2019, Lonita was awarded the Justice Award by the Louisville Urban League for her work with the Reily Reentry Project which helps provide expungements to deserving citizens in the Louisville community.

Now, you will have to follow my blog to learn about how I went from teenage mom to lawyer, how my childhood changed when I went from having two loving parents to one, how being one of few black students in the advanced program throughout school impacted me, and much more about how I came to be Diva Attorney!