After practicing with a law firm for several years, Attorney Kusimo-Frazier transitioned to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, where she served for four years as Deputy Counsel. In that role, she reviewed appellate filings, drafted memoranda summarizing appeals, and presented her analyses directly to the Supreme Court Justices. She was later promoted to Director of Magistrate Services, overseeing the operations of West Virginia’s fifty-five county magistrate court system. In this capacity, she advised magistrates, circuit judges, and Supreme Court Justices and implemented legislation statewide.
In 2022, Attorney Kusimo-Frazier returned to private practice as Of Counsel at a national law firm headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia. Her practice focuses on product liability defense, criminal defense, and civil rights law. In 2023, she was selected as a Fellow in the inaugural class of the Johnson & Johnson Trial Pathways Fellowship Program.
Attorney Kusimo-Frazier is a West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellow and currently serves on the Foundation’s Board of Directors. She has received numerous honors, including the 2023 Civil Rights Champion Award from the West Virginia Human Rights Commission and recognition as a 2024 Woman to Watch by the Charleston–West Virginia YWCA Woman of Achievement Awards. She also serves as a Commissioner for the West Virginia Juvenile Justice Commission and is a member of the Charleston (WV) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, as well as Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Alpha Omicron Omega Chapter.
Attorney Kusimo-Frazier is a proud magna cum laude graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) and a lifetime member of the FAMU Alumni Association. She earned her Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia.
