Kelli Baker

Senior Counsel at Old National Bank

Speaker

Education

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

Juris Doctor – 1991

American Jurisprudence Award for Evidence

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Batchelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in English Literature – 1987

Dean’s List

Experience

Licensed to practice law in California since 1991 and Michigan since 1993

Old National Bank – Senior Counsel

February 2026 – present

Representing Internal Special Assets Group and outside litigation

Plunkett Cooney – Large Midwest Firm

October 1997 – February 2026

Shareholder

Practice Groups: Banking & Creditors Rights; Real Property & Title; and Cannabis Law.

Manage an extensive case load of litigation and non-litigation matters for community, regional and national banking institutions. Areas include commercial loan origination, commercial and consumer loan workout, and all areas of commercial and consumer collections.

Extensive background in representing Court Appointed Receivers in commercial matters.

Also retained by all major national real estate title insurance underwriters to represent their commercial and consumer insureds in real property disputes, suits directly filed against the underwriters and agent defalcations.

Influential Women of Law Honoree, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, 2024