Bailey is a member of the Missouri Bar, Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, Southern Missouri Women Lawyers, and American Association for Justice. Bailey was awarded the 2023 SMBA President’s Award.
After clerking with the firm during law school, Bailey joined Strong Law, P.C., as an associate in 2023. Bailey received her undergraduate education from Purdue University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree.
She then went on to study law at the University of Arkansas School of Law, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude and was ranked third in her class. During law school, Bailey was the editor-in-chief of the Arkansas Law Review, president of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, associate of the Board of Advocates, and pupil of the W.B. Putnam American Inns of Court.
Her law school honors included receipt of the Academic Achievement Award, American Law Institute CLE Scholarship & Leadership Award, Erron and Libby Smith Award for Outstanding Contribution to Law School Publications, Outstanding Academic Achievement in Trial Advocacy, Best Oral Argument Round Award, and selection to the Regional Travel Trial Competition Team. Bailey was also very active in the intraschool trial and moot court competitions, served as the evidence teaching assistant, and was published in the 75th Volume of the Arkansas Law Review.
