Practice Areas

Banking & Finance
Business
Real Estate

Practice Summary

Kelley has seen the financial services industry from all angles: she worked on the regulatory side at the Oregon Department of Justice in the Consumer Protection & Financial Fraud Division, the internal and operational side with Wells Fargo, and now the advisor side as a regulatory compliance attorney.

This broad hands-on experience allows Kelley to understand client needs and provide concrete advice to financial service providers regarding regulatory, compliance, and operational matters.
 
The ever-changing regulatory atmosphere presents challenges for clients and opportunities to pro-actively assist them. Kelley maintains an in-depth understanding of issues affecting financial institutions, and provides timely compliance guidance to credit unions, banks, other financial service providers.

Representative Matters

Financial Services
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Vendor management and contract negotiation
  • Consumer and commercial lending
  • Advertising compliance
  • Creditors' rights
  • Credit union mergers
  • Trusts, estates, fiduciary matters
  • Check and payment systems disputes
  • Loan participations

Education

Willamette University College of Law (J.D. cum laude, 2013)
Eastern Oregon University (B.S. Business Administration, 2009)

Admissions

Oregon State Bar
California State Bar

Associations

Consumer Financial Services Committee, American Bar Association
Credit Union Committee, American Bar Association
Oregon Women Lawyers
Multnomah Bar Association

Awards

Selected by her peers to the Oregon Rising Stars 2023, Kelley received an honor bestowed on only 2.5% of Oregon Lawyers under the age of 40 or in practice for less than ten years

Speaking Engagements

Kelley frequently presents at seminars, training sessions, and webinars on financial services regulatory compliance topics and operations.