Kevin F. Kelly
Kevin F. Kelly is the Chief Operating Officer of the Washington,
D.C., law firm of Van Scoyoc Kelly PLLC (VSK). Mr. Kelly came to VSK after a
dozen years of Capitol Hill experience in various senior positions
in the House and Senate.
Mr. Kelly served for eight years with
the Senate Appropriations Committee. Six of those years included
service as the Chief Clerk and Majority Staff Director for the Veterans
Administration, Housing, and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
Subcommittee, the Committee’s second largest subcommittee,
with a $90 billion portfolio in 25 Federal Cabinet departments and
agencies. Serving in this role, Mr. Kelly was the principal advisor
and Counsel to the Subcommittee Chair and Members on all major budget
and policy issues affecting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency,
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Consumer Product Safety
Commission, and the Departments of Housing and Urban Development
and Veterans Affairs.
The other two years of Appropriations
Committee service involved his role as appropriations Counsel and
Legislative Assistant for Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland.
In this capacity, Mr. Kelly managed Sen. Mikulski’s appropriations
initiatives for 12 of the Committee’s 13 Subcommittees, including
Transportation, Defense, Commerce-State-Justice, Treasury-Postal
Service and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
Most recently, Mr. Kelly served in the Senate Leadership as Chief
Counsel and Floor Assistant to the Secretary of the Democratic Conference,
Sen. Mikulski. In this role, Mr. Kelly served as a Senior Advisor
to the Senate Democratic Leadership on broad policy matters, including
budget and appropriations strategy, regulatory reform, and welfare
reform.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Kelly served as a professional staff member
on the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, where he served
as a Subcommittee Counsel on maritime commerce, water resources,
marine pollution and regulation, and the Coast Guard. He also handled
various transportation issues related to the Oceanography Subcommittee
Chair’s assignment on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Mr. Kelly holds a juris doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Borromeo College of Ohio. He has been admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, in Pennsylvania, and before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member in good standing of the American Bar Association.
Contact Kevin F. Kelly via email: kkelly@vsadc.com
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