Desarae G. Harrah is a 2005 graduate of the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law where she was a member of the Ellison National Moot Court and Jessup International Moot Court teams. Upon graduation, Ms. Harrah served as the law clerk for the Honorable Vernon E. Scoville III at the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri.

She is admitted to practice in Missouri and Kansas as well as the United States District Courts for the Western District of Missouri and the District of Kansas. Her practice is focused on litigating disputes relating to real estate, banking, construction, and complex business and commercial issues, representing various businesses and financial institutional clients.

She is a member American Bar Association, the Missouri and Kansas Bar Associations, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, and the Kansas City Association for Women Lawyers. She is currently a member of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Centurions Leadership Program, recently elected to the Steering Committee and serves on the board for The Bacchus Foundation as Vice Chair of Beneficiary Selection.