- Law Professor of the Year Award three consecutive years at North Carolina Central University School of Law
- Business Associate of the Year Award from the Tarheel Branch of the American Business Women Association in Raleigh
- Governor's Award for Excellence Nomination
- President of the Durham County Bar Association
- George White Bar Association Honoree 2018
- She is a member of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, the North Carolina Association of Black Attorneys and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Finesse also served as the Chair of the NC Bar Association’s Local Bar Services Committee
- She is also a member of the Durham Mayor’s Restoration Leadership Institute for Youth