Member Benefit CLE Session 6: Workers Compensation - Direct deposit requirements and IOLTA accounts

Kaleigh M. Ryder grew up right here in Harrisburg and attended Central Dauphin High School. She remained local for both undergraduate and law school. Kaleigh attended Lebanon Valley College where she graduated in 2017 with a B.S. in Psychology. She then attended Widener Commonwealth Law School here in Harrisburg and graduated in May of 2020. During law school, Kaleigh participated in the Trial Advocacy Honor Society and as a certified intern for the York County District Attorney’s Office and then with the Department of Revenue.

Kaleigh has practiced workers’ compensation law since 2021. She initially began practicing as a defense attorney which provides her a unique prospective into the inner workings of insurance companies and employers to help guide her clients to positive outcomes. Kaleigh is a member of the Dauphin County Bar Association and sits as the President of the Workers’ Compensation Section. She is also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

In her off-time, Kaleigh enjoys spending time with her two children and boyfriend, Sam. She has continued to remain in Harrisburg and has enjoyed having her children grow up and live where she always has. Kaleigh enjoys volunteering to chaperone her daughter’s school fieldtrip and activities and volunteering in her son and daughter’s various extracurricular activities. Kaleigh enjoys her various crafting hobbies in addition to participating in a local Dungeons and Dragons campaign and video games.

Kaleigh Ryder is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 2020.

Admitted to Practice: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2020)

Bar Memberships: Pennsylvania Bar Association | Dauphin County Bar Association, Chair, of the Workers’ Compensation Section

Education: Lebanon Valley College (2017) | Widener Commonwealth Law School (2020)

Awards: Selected as a 2025 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® Rising Star