Stasia Kelly

Kelly is Senior Advisor to the Chair and Executive Director of Client Relations at DLA Piper, where she also served as U.S. Managing Partner from 2012–2020. With extensive experience as both outside counsel and general counsel, she advises boards, executives, and legal teams on governance, compliance, and crisis management. Previously, Kelly served in leadership roles at American International Group (AIG), MCI/WorldCom, Sears and Fannie Mae. She began her legal career at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering and Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal and has received numerous honors, including the ABA's Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, and recognition by the National Law Journal as a "Trailblazer & Pioneer" and in the Lawdragon 500 and its Hall of Fame. Kelly also serves on the board of Huntington Ingalls Industries and has previously served in various legal and educational organizations, including the Washington Lawyers' Committee and George Washington University's Center for Law, Economics and Finance.