About C. Kelly
C. Kelly Skrabak's legal career spans three decades. Her work reflects a steady progression from undergraduate studies to a law degree earned in the mid-1990s, and then to practice across multiple courts in the mid-Atlantic region and beyond.
Skrabak earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Central Florida in 1991. She moved on to The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, where she received her J.D. in 1996. Those years of study provided a foundation in legal doctrine and courtroom procedure that would shape the next phase of her professional life.
Since completing her legal education, she has maintained admissions in the District of Columbia and in Virginia, and she is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. Those credentials allow her to operate in local and national forums. They also reflect a career that bridges state and federal practice, enabling appearances in trial and appellate settings when a matter requires it.
Over the course of her career, Skrabak has handled matters that required navigation of procedural complexities and close attention to statutory and case law. She has worked on cases that demanded written advocacy, oral argument, and careful client counseling. Colleagues describe her as methodical in preparing records and focused when presenting positions in court.
Her legal education remains a touchstone. Classwork and clinic experiences from law school informed how she approaches case strategy and evidence. The combination of classroom training and on-the-job learning has resulted in a practical approach to problem solving; she attends to detail and to the steps necessary to move a case forward in the appropriate forum.
Clients and peers see her as steady in litigation settings. She spends time analyzing pleadings, preparing briefs, and examining the legal landscape that affects a client’s options. Her admission to the U.S. Supreme Court marks a credential that some attorneys pursue after years of practice and signals readiness to engage at the highest appellate level, when required.
As of 2026, Skrabak practices in the Washington, D.C., and Virginia legal communities. Her current practice centers on legal work in those jurisdictions, and she remains admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.
