Patrick W. Kelley – Chief Compliance Officer, Office of Integrity and Compliance
Prior to joining the FBI in 1994, Patrick W. Kelley
served for 21 years in the U.S. Navy as a member of the
Judge Advocate General's Corps. He began his career in
the Navy in 1973 as the Station Judge Advocate at Naval
Air Station, Moffett Field California. He served there
until 1977 when he was transferred to Naval Base, Yokosuka,
Japan, where he was a prosecutor and international law
officer. In 1981, Mr. Kelley was promoted and transferred
to the Naval Justice School, Newport, Rhode Island, where
he served as an instructor until 1983. The Navy selected
Mr. Kelley for post-graduate schooling in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and then sent him to the Office of the
Judge Advocate General in Washington, D.C., to serve
as the head of the Standards of Conduct and Legislation
Branches. Mr. Kelley was promoted again and selected
to serve as the Commanding Officer of Naval Legal Service
Office, Groton, Connecticut, in 1988. In 1991, Mr. Kelley
was promoted to the rank of Captain (O-6) and transferred
to the Pentagon where he finished his naval career as
the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General for Administrative
Law.
After retiring from the Navy in 1994, Mr. Kelley joined
the FBI Office of General Counsel (OGC) as an attorney-advisor
in the Administrative Law Unit. He was selected as unit
chief of that unit in 1995. Three years later, Mr. Kelley
was promoted to the Senior Executive Service. As a deputy
general counsel, Mr. Kelley led the General Law and Legal
Training Branch. He also served as the OGC Chief of Staff,
the FBI Component Designated Agency Ethics Official,
and Senior Privacy Officer. In the summer of 2007, Mr.
Kelley was asked to lead the newly created Office of
Integrity and Compliance, where he currently serves.
Mr. Kelley holds a Bachelors of Science degree from Michigan
State University, a Juris Doctor degree from Duke University,
a Masters of Law degree from the University of Pennsylvania,
and a Masters of Business Administration degree from George
Washington University. He was given a Legion of Merit medal
by the Navy in 1994 and a Meritorious Executive award by
the FBI in 2003 |