Kirsten Kelly has been practicing employment-based immigration and nationality law for more than three years. She has experience preparing nonimmigrant visa petitions including H-1B and L-1; assisting clients with adjustment of status and consular processing; advising corporate clients on visa options and procedures; and researching and analyzing admissibility and other immigration issues. Kirsten is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and is licensed to practice law in Arizona.

Kirsten joined Brelje and Associates PLC in September 2006. Previously, Kirsten specialized in immigration business law as an Associate in the Labor and Employment Law group at Ryley, Carlock and Applewhite in Phoenix, Arizona. Kirsten also worked as a Legislative Assistant at Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP, a large firm in Washington, D.C. Kirsten was the director of the firm's political action committee (PAC).

Kirsten received her J.D. from Arizona State University College of Law. During law school, Kirsten was an extern with Judge Roland Steinle of the Arizona Superior Court. Kirsten received an award for pro bono service for her work with the Arizona Justice Project and as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). Kirsten received her B.A. in International Relations from Brigham Young University where she was a student government officer, a teaching assistant, and an assistant editor of an international affairs journal.

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