Founding Partner


Wynne P. Kelly has extensive litigation experience both in private practice and in the Department of Justice — as an AUSA in the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office Civil Division appearing before the trial and appellate courts in the Nation's Capital, as Principal Counsel to the Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, and as an Immigration Judge and Assistant Chief Immigration Judge in the D.C. region. Before his government service, he practiced at large law firms in New York and Miami specializing in complex commercial litigation. He brings a cross-disciplinary litigation background that few immigration attorneys match.


Wynne's practice focuses solely on immigration law. He has provided strategic guidance and consulting to organizations on immigration enforcement risk, including worksite enforcement matters. Wynne has provided counsel to companies large and small when served with requests for information, subpoenas, or notices of inspection, working to produce favorable outcomes and mitigate risk in interactions with immigration officials and non-U.S. citizen stakeholders. He works with the full team on appellate strategy, providing counsel and expert guidance before BIA briefs are filed — leveraging both his immigration experience and his experience writing appellate briefs for U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal and arguing before appellate panels on numerous occasions. His background — spanning False Claims Act litigation, federal tort and civil rights litigation, federal employment litigation, worksite enforcement actions for alleged unauthorized hiring, civil denaturalization proceedings, and immigration court leadership in the D.C. region — brings a cross-disciplinary perspective to complex immigration matters.
Drawn from experience representing Fortune 500 companies in complex commercial litigation coupled with 16+ years of DOJ service spanning False Claims Act litigation, immigration enforcement actions including civil denaturalization, and immigration court leadership in the D.C. region.
Extensive experience at the Annandale, Virginia, and Sterling, Virginia Immigration Court; former Senior Leader responsible for all Conduct and Professionalism issues nationwide

Former AUSA, D.C. Civil Division; served as expert witness on federal immigration processes in SEC v. Mikhail Kokorich, No. 1:21-cv-01869 (D.D.C.).
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