About Kathleen B.
Kathleen B. Kelly has practiced law for more than three decades. Her career moves from a traditional firm role into private practice. The arc is familiar, but the details matter: steady work, local ties and a long-running office that has served clients for years.
She attended California State University, Los Angeles before earning her law degree at Pepperdine University School of Law. That combination of a public university undergraduate education and a private law school provided different perspectives on the law and on clients.
Her legal career took an early step when she joined Wasserman, Comden and Casselman as an associate lawyer in 1986. The position offered hands-on experience in day-to-day practice and the routines of a law firm. She worked there through the late 1980s and used that period to refine courtroom procedures, client communications and case preparation.
In 1993 she opened the Law Office of Kathleen B. Kelly and has operated that practice since. Running a solo or small firm requires more than courtroom skill. It requires managing client intake, supervising file work and handling the business side of a law office. Over time she built a practice around those responsibilities and kept the office active across changing legal markets.
She is licensed to practice in both California and Nevada. Maintaining admission in two neighboring jurisdictions has allowed her to advise clients with cross-border concerns and to handle matters that touch both states. That dual licensure has shaped how she staffs and schedules work, and how she approaches procedural differences between the two state systems.
Colleagues and clients who have worked with her describe a lawyer who knows the local courts and the practical rhythm of litigation and transactional files. She balances the daily demands of practice against the need to keep cases moving and clients informed. Her work has been steady rather than headline-grabbing; it reflects long-term practice and an attention to managing files through resolution.
She maintains a private practice through the Law Office of Kathleen B. Kelly and handles matters across California and Nevada through that office.
