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Deanna L. Kelley




Deanna L Kelley PLLC
Milford, Michigan


Deanna L. Kelley has been a criminal litigator for over 34 years. For the first 10 years of her career, she was an assistant prosecutor for Oakland County. Ms. Kelley has spent the last 24 years focusing solely on criminal defense for both adults and juveniles, handling complex and high-profile cases. Last year, she obtained outright dismissals in more than 25 felony cases, including multiple not guilty verdicts; prevented felony charges from being issued in numerous cases; had many PPOs set aside; and cleared the record of over 10 people via expungements. Ms. Kelley is currently on the faculty of the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission, where she teaches trial skills workshops with the goal of improving legal representation for indigent criminal defendants, and has trained police officers at the Oakland Community College Police Academy. She also volunteers doing pro bono representation of indigent clients. Ms. Kelley is a fellow of the Oakland County Bar Association and a member of the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan. In addition to her practice in Michigan, she has practiced in Connecticut, California, Kentucky, and Colorado. Ms. Kelley has been consistently recognized as a Michigan Super Lawyer, honored by "Hour Magazine" as one of the Top Women Attorneys in Michigan, and listed by "DBusiness" magazine as a Top Lawyer.
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