Mary E. Kelly is an Administrative Law Judge II with the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (CUIAB). Judge Kelly is Chair of LACBA s Healthcare Law Section, and Chair-elect of the National Conference of Administrative Law Judiciary, a conference within the American Bar Association s Judicial Division. She is an ex-officio Commissioner of the California Commission on Access to Justice, and Chair of its Administrative Agency Committee. She is a founding member and past president of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (TAANA). Judge Kelly has published and lectured extensively on legal issues impacting health care providers and their lawyers. Her programs on hate speech, racial issues surrounding policing, and voter access laws have been chosen for the education showcase portion of the ABA s annual meetings. Judge Kelly holds a BSN cum laude from the University of Illinois at the Medical Center and a JD with honors from DePaul University. A member of the DePaul law review, Judge Kelly clerked for the Honorable Arthur L. Alarcon of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal (deceased) and the Honorable David Linn of the Illinois Appellate Court (deceased), and she was a supervising trial deputy for the Los Angeles Federal Public Defender. Judge Kelly also served as an adjunct professor of law at Southwestern University, and had a private practice litigating employment and criminal law cases. She is the past recipient of TAANA s Outstanding Advocate Award, and has been admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court. She serves on the California Delegation to the ABA s House of Delegates and is a member of the California Conference of Bar Associations.
Mary E. Kelly 8432 Ridpath Drive Los Angeles, California 90046 323-868-3468 Kelly2368@sbcglobal.net EMPLOYMENT 2004-2018 California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (CUIAB) Administrative Law Judge II (2007-2016) Administrative Law Judge I (2004-2007) First level appeals involving unemployment and disability benefits, state tax/rate reassessment petitions Co-chair, Disability Advisory Committee 300 S. Spring Street, Room 1502 Los Angeles, California 90013 213-897-5267 1995-2004 Office of the Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles Supervising Trial Attorney; In-house continuing legal education (2001-2004) Trial Attorney, Assistant Federal Defender, trials and appeals (1994-2001) 321 E. 2 nd Street Los Angeles, California 90013 213-894-2854 1993-1994 The Honorable Arthur L. Alarcón (Deceased) Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial clerkship, supervised externship program United States Courthouse 312 N. Spring Street, Room 1607 Los Angeles, California 90012 1985-1993 Law Office of Mary E. Kelly Criminal, civil and administrative law practice 827 Moraga Drive Los Angeles, California 90049 Member, United States Federal Criminal Indigent Panel Central District of California 1983-1991 Southwestern University School of Law Adjunct Professor of Law Designed and taught Liability of Health Care Providers and Medical Malpractice Litigation courses 675 S. Westmoreland 1
Los Angeles, California 90005 213-738-6700 1983-1989 California State University, Long Beach Instructor, Health Care Administration Designed and taught Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration undergraduate and graduate courses 1250 N. Bellflower Boulevard Long Beach, California 90840 562-985-4111 1983-1984 Law Offices of Abzug & Kelly Criminal trial and appellate practice 1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2512 Los Angeles, California 90067 1981-1983 The Honorable Arthur L. Alarcón (Deceased) Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Clerkship; supervised extern program United States Courthouse 312 N. Spring Street, Suite 1607 Los Angeles, California 90012 213-894-2693 1979-1981 The Honorable David Linn (Deceased) Illinois Appellate Court, First Division Judicial Clerkship 3000 Daley Center Chicago, Illinois Admitted to the bars of Illinois (1979), California (1983), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1984), the United States District Court for the Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California (1984), and the United Supreme Court (1985). EDUCATION DePaul University College of Law JD with honors 1979 DePaul Law Review Law Students Civil Rights Commission Scholarship Award University of Illinois, Medical Center Bachelor of Science in Nursing, with Honors 1976 2
Minor in Philosophy Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society APPOINTMENTS President s Action Committee on the Status of Women in the Legal Profession Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2017-2018 Co-Chair, Human Trafficking Committee, Judicial Division, American Bar Association, 2016-2017 John Marshall Award Committee, Judicial Division, American Bar Association, 2012 Member, Finance and Revenue Committee, Judicial Division, American Bar Association, 2016-2017 Board of Trustees, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2015-2016 Member, Section Liaison Task Force, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2016-2017 Member, Nominating Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association, (2016) Delegate, Los Angeles County Bar Association, American Bar Association House of Delegates, 2016-2017 Delegate, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Conference of California Bar Associations, 2014-2018 Chair, Editorial Board, Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, 2014-2015 Member, Editorial Board, Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, 2009-2018 Commissioner, Access to Justice Commission, California State Bar, 2009-2014 Ex Officio Commissioner, Access to Justice Commission, California State Bar, 2015-2018 Chair, Administrative Agency Committee, Access to Justice Commission, California State Bar, 2016-2017 Co-chair, Administrative Agency Committee, Access to Justice Commission, California State Bar 2010-2015 3
Panel Attorney, Federal Indigent Defense Panel for the Central District of California, 1983-1993 Illinois Commission on Children, Subcommittee on Legal Mandates, 1978-1979 PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS Mary E. Kelly, California DREAMing: A Nationwide Injunction Saves DACA, LOS ANGELES LAWYER 36 (April 2018) Mary E. Kelly, Proposals for Bridging the Justice Gap Across the Nation, LOS ANGELES LAWYER 36 (June 2016) Mary E. Kelly, From the Chair, LOS ANGELES LAWYER (July /August, September, October, November and December of 2014; February, March, April, May and June of 2015) Mary E. Kelly, Judge Alarcón: A California Gem, 44 LOY. L.A. L. REV. S16 (2011) Mary E. Kelly, Gordon Eng and Dennis Perez, From the Chair, Healthcare Reform, LOS ANGELES LAWYER (October 2010 special issue) Above and Beyond Volunteer Award 2009 Los Angeles Youth Network Cynthia Northrop & Mary E. Kelly, LEGAL ISSUES IN NURSING (CV Mosby 1987) ISBN 0-8016-3720-1 Book Of The Year Award 1987 American Journal of Nursing (two categories) Outstanding Advocate Award 1985 The American Association of Nurse Attorneys Mary E. Kelly & Thomas R. Garrick, Nursing Negligence In Collaborative Practice, LAW, MEDICINE, & HEATH CARE 260 (1984) Mary E. Kelly, The Right to Die, 6 WHITTIER L. REV. 819 (1984) (transcribed from remarks at Symposium and student edited) Mary E. Kelly, The Relevancy of Drug Efficiency Evidence in Strict Liability Actions: Needham v. White Laboratories, Inc., 14 J. MARSHALL L. REV. 629 (1981) 4
Mary E. Kelly, Comment, Sterilization Abuse: A Proposed Regulatory Scheme, 28 DEPAUL L. REV. 731 (1979) PRESENTATIONS Sexual Harassment and Healthcare Providers: Time s Up! LACBA-LACMA Educational Symposium on Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law, March 20, 2018 Program Co-Chair, Enhancing Justice and Reducing Implicit Bias: Strategies that Work, August 12, 2017 at the ABA Annual Meeting Showcase Program in New York City. Program Chair, Post-Shelby Voter and Election Laws: Necessary Measures to Prevent Voter Fraud, the Result of Budgetary Limitations, or a Denial of Access to Justice? ABA Annual Meeting Showcase Program, August 2016 Program Chair, It s Not Just Ferguson: Applying the Rule of Law and Community Based Solutions at Home, ABA Annual Meeting Showcase Program, August 2015 Moderator and Program Chair, Legal Challenges to Hate Speech: Historical Perspectives and Current Controversies, ABA Annual Meeting Showcase Program, August 2014 Moderator and Program Co-Chair, LACMA-LACBA Sixth Annual Education Symposium on Emerging issues in Health Care, March 2014-2016 Moderator, Medicine 101 for Judges and Attorneys: Orthopedics Neck Shoulder, Back and Knees, ABA CLE Webinar, May 2012 The Ins and Ouches of State Disability Benefits: A Beginner s Guide, Presenting panel member, 2011 California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board Judicial Conference, Hollywood, California Judicial Conference Presenter Assisting Self-Represented Litigants in Administrative Proceedings, 2011 California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants, Administrative Office of the Courts, June 2011 Best practices for Self-Represented Parties: A Toolkit for ALJs, National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary 2010 Annual Conference, Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California Best Practices for Electronic Hearings: Assessing Credibility in the 21 st Century, National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary 2010 Annual Conference, Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California Disability Training, California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, Los Angeles office new judges training, 2008-2010 5
Presenter and Author of Reading and Weighing Medical Records for Disability Insurance Hearings, Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board state wide Disability Training, 2006 Using School, Psychological, and Medical Records For An Imperfect Coercion/Duress Defense Sentencing Departure, Federal Public Defender s Office, 2003 Hate Crimes, Juvenile Transfer Proceedings and Departures Based on Age, 2000 National Senior Defenders Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana Bail, 2001 Introductory Training for the New District Court Panel Lawyers, Roybal Federal Building, Los Angeles Pretrial Motions and Plea Negotiations, Federal Public Defender s Office training for new attorneys 1999 Opening and Closing Arguments, 1997 and 1995 Federal Public Defender s Office training for law clerks Motions and Writs in Criminal Appellate Cases, Federal Public Defender s Office 1994 The Obstetrical Dilemma, 1992 Lecture Series for CHD Insurance Services Keynote address, California State Court Reporter s Association 1991 Nursing Liability, American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses Annual Meeting, 1991, Los Angeles, California The Impact of Criminal Law on Nursing Practice, 1990 Conference on the Nurse and the Law, The Cook County Graduate School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois Legal Issues in Clinical Practice, 1990 American College of Utilization Review Physicians Conference, San Francisco, California Professional Nursing Judgment: Legal Implications, 1990 Columbia Union College of Nursing, Silver Spring, Maryland AID s Legislation, 1990 Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula Legal Issues in Nursing Education, 1990 Symposium Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education, Washington State University Spokane, Washington Contemporary Issues for Perioperative Nurse Managers, sponsored by Ethicon, Inc., 1990, Los Angeles, California Legal Issues in Clinical Practice, American College of Utilization Review Physicians National Seminar, San Francisco, California Legal Issues in Critical Care, 1989 Resource Applications Workshops Legal Issues and Controversies for Nurse Executives and Managers, 1989 Resource Application Workshops 6
Nurses as Criminal Defendants, 1989 Annual Convention of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys Legal Issues in Nursing, 1989 For Nurses Only, Cable Television Legal Issues in Specialties, American College of Cardiovascular Invasive Specialists, Inc. 1989 Legal Issues in Nursing, 1988 National League of Nurses, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Accepting or Rejecting a Patient Assignment, 1988 Cardiovascular Nursing Conference, Long Beach, California The Impact of the Nursing Shortage on the Standard of Care, 1988 Cardiovascular Nursing Conference, Long Beach, California Legal Responsibilities of the Nurse and the Hospital Concerning Controlled Substances, 1986 Clinical and Legal Issues of the Chemically Dependent Nurse Workshop, Los Angeles, California Risk Management Foundation of Harvard Medical Institution, recorded interview for RESOURCE, an audio news digest Legal Issues in the Expanded Practice of Nurses, 1984 Sigma Theta Tau Conference, San Diego, California The Right to Die: Issues for Health Care Providers, 1984 panel member Health Law Symposium, Whittier College of Law Legal Issues in Patient Care, 1984 In Service Training Program, West Los Angeles Veteran Administration Brentwood Division, Substance Abuse Unit Coordinator and Moderator, Symposium on the Criminal Liability of Nurses The American Association of Nurse Attorneys 1983 Annual Conference Legal Issues in Nursing, 1983 Loma Linda Alumnae Association The Nurse and the Law, 1983 Nurseweek (cable video) Nurses and the Law, 1983 Nurses Only (cable video) BAR ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Judicial Division, National Conference of Administrative Law Judiciary (NCALJ) Chair, 2017-2018 Chair-Elect, 2016-2017 Vice-Chair Elect, 2015-2016 Secretary, 2014-2015 Member, Executive Committee, 2010-2016 NCALJ Program Committee and Webinar program co-chair, 2011-2017 NCALJ Membership Committee, 2009-2011 7
Judicial Division, Human Trafficking Committee co-chair, 2016-2017 Judicial Division, Health Law Section Liaison, 2013-2015 Judicial Division, Publications Committee, 2011 Tribal Courts Council, 2010-2017 Health Law Section, Vice chair, Native American Health Task Force, 2014 National Brief Judge, National Appellate Advocacy Competition, 2012-2014 Judicial Clerkship Program Volunteer, 2011-2014 Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Vice Chair, Right to Counsel Committee, 2010-2012 AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION Fellow, 2010-2017 LOS ANGELES COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION Board of Trustees, 2015-2017 Chair, Editorial Board, LOS ANGELES LAWYER, 2014-2015 Co-chair and co-editor, Healthcare Reform, LOS ANGELES LAWYER 2010 (special issue) Member, Editorial Board, LOS ANGELES LAWYER, 2009-2018 Chair, Healthcare Law Section, 2016-2017 Vice-Chair, Healthcare Law Section, 2015-2016 Secretary, Healthcare Law Section, 2014-2015 Treasurer, Healthcare Law Section, 2013-2014 Member, Health Care Law Section, 2009-2014 Program co-chair, LACBA-LACMA Annual Educational Symposium on Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law, 2012-2017 Outstanding Jurist Committee, 2013-2014 Member, Labor and Employment Section 2009-2018 Member, State and Local Government Section 2009-2018 LOS ANGELES WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION Legislative Committee, 2011-2012 Member, 2008-2018 LATINA LAWYERS BAR ASSOCIATION Member 2009-2018 8
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES (NAALJ) Membership Committee, 2010-2011 Conference Speakers Committee, 2010-2011 Presenter, NAALJ Annual Conference, 2010 Editorial Board, National Association of Administrative Law judiciary Journal, 2011-2018 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN JUDGES (NAWJ) Human Trafficking Committee, 2011-2017 Personnel Committee Co-Chair, 2012-2014 Administrative Law Committee, 2010-2015 Co-chair, Welcome Reception for Deanell Reece Tacha, Dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law and retired Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2011 THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ATTORNEYS Charter and Founding member, 1984 President, 1985-1986 Board of Directors, 1985-1991 Executive Committee, 1985-1989 Trustee, The American Association of Nurse Attorneys Foundation, 1989-1991 VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES Mock Trial Coach, Archer School for Girls, 2004-2009 Member, Mercy for Children, fundraising committee, 2007-2010 Member, Mother of Sorrows School, Development Board, 2009-2010 Tutor, School on Wheels, 2009 2015 Member, Sisters of the Divine Master Liturgical and Apostolic Center and Convent, fund raising committee, 2003-2007 Member, Program Committee, United States District Court Law Day Mock Trial Program, 1998-2003 9