Douglas A. Kelley JD

Doug Kelley is a trial attorney and chair of a boutique law firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation. Doug has both prosecuted and defended a multitude of cases alleging fraud and fraudulent conveyances. Early in his career, he received the U.S. Department of Justice Meritorious Achievement Award for successfully prosecuting key figures in a bank fraud involving a major Las Vegas casino and the Mafia. Since 2008, Doug has served as a federal equity receiver and bankruptcy trustee, responsible for liquidating assets and bringing adversary claims against recipients of funds from one of the nation’s largest Ponzi schemes, the 3.5 billion dollar fraud orchestrated by Thomas J. Petters and his associates.