Lucero Tennis Kieffer

Member

 PDF

Lucero Tennis Kieffer

Member

(O) : 812.422.9444

 PDF

Lucero Tennis Kieffer is a Member in the Health Care industry group and Business Law practice group, focusing primarily on mergers and acquisitions and health care matters. She practices out of the Firm’s office in Evansville, Indiana.

Bio

Lucero’s practice centers around corporate transactional matters, including business formation, mergers, acquisitions, restrictive covenants, and other business contracts.  Lucero also regularly advises clients on health care issues, including employment contracting, physician practice buy-ins and buy-outs, medical restrictive covenants, payor contracts and negotiations, and fraud and anti-kickback, Stark, HIPAA, and other health care regulatory issues.

Lucero is a native and current resident of Wabash County, Illinois. In her spare time, Lucero enjoys visiting and helping out on her family’s dairy farm, where she grew up. She also enjoys hiking, running, and fishing.

Education
  • University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2019)
    • Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture & Natural Resources Law, Senior Staff Editor
    • Trial Advocacy Board, Member
  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale (B.S. in Paralegal Studies, summa cum laude, 2016)
    • Lambda Epsilon Chi Honor, National Honor Society in Paralegal/Legal Assistant Studies
Admissions
  • Illinois (2020)
  • Indiana (2019)
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana (2019)
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana (2019)
Work History
  • Jackson Kelly PLLC (2019-Present)
  • Jackson Kelly PLLC, Summer Associate (2017-2018)
  • Rhine Ernest LLP (currently Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP), Legal Support Staff (Summers 2014-2016)
  • Jackson County State’s Attorney’s Office, Prosecutorial Intern (2015-2016)
Professional Organizations
  • Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Pathfinder Program (2026)
Community
  • Downtown Evansville Economic Improvement District
    • Board of Directors (2021-Present)
      • Chair (2026)
      • Vice Chair (2024-2025)
      • Secretary (2022-2023)
  • Wabash County, Illinois Chamber, Member
Speaking Engagements & Publications

Speaking Engagements

  • Co-presenter with Chad J. Sullivan, “Do’s and Don’ts in this Tight Labor Market and Recent Cases of Note,” EHRA Member “Lunch N’ Legal” Meeting, Sept. 22, 2022
  • Co-presenter with Chad J. Sullivan, “New Laws and Issues Employers Face With Medical/Recreational Marijuana Use,” Evansville-Area Human Resource Association 2021 Fall Conference, Oct. 15, 2021

Practices

Industries