Kelly A. Powers
Biography
Kelly Powers is the firm's general counsel and a principal in the firm’s Family Law & Private Clients Group, which is top ranked in D.C. by the 2025 Chambers High Net Worth Guide.
Kelly represents clients in high-net-worth divorce work, high-conflict custody disputes, international child abduction cases, and federal and state private client appellate work. Kelly’s divorce practice focuses on cases involving the valuation and division of complex business and other family assets. Kelly has experience handling family law emergencies and injunctions, and she is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales.
Kelly represents clients in divorce cases in the District of Columbia and all across Maryland, including on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Kelly’s clients include entrepreneurs, corporate executives, private equity and other investment professionals, medical and legal professionals, professional athletes and entertainment professionals, social media influencers and their spouses or partners.
Kelly’s appellate practice includes representing parties and amici in federal and state appellate courts nationwide, including in the Supreme Court of the United States.
In addition to her litigation practice, Kelly is a trained mediator and has completed Maryland’s 40-hour mediation training. She is recognized as a leading lawyer by the 2024 Chambers High Net Worth Guide in the area of Family/Matrimonial Law in the District of Columbia for high-net-worth individuals, families and business owners.
A member of the firm's board of directors, Kelly is committed to pro bono and philanthropic efforts. She served as chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Advocate Program, serves on the Baltimore City Circuit Court’s Local Pro Bono Committee and has been recognized nationally by the American Bar Association for her pro bono practice. Kelly also serves on the board of directors of the Towson University Foundation and is a past president of the board of directors of the Women’s Law Center of Maryland.
Before joining Miles & Stockbridge, Kelly served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Audrey J.S. Carrión, formerly the Judge-in-Charge of the Family Division, and now the Administrative Judge, of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.
Services
Education
- University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006)
- Salisbury University (B.S., Elementary Education, cum laude, 2001)
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia, 2013
- England & Wales, 2014
- Maryland, 2006
- Virginia, 2012
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association: Family Law Committee
- Bar Associations of Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Montgomery County, and Talbot County
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- International Bar Association: Family Law Committee; Professional Ethics Committee
- Maryland State Bar Association
- The Women’s Law Center of Maryland: President (2014-2016); Board Member (2009-2018)
- University of Baltimore Post-J.D. Family Law Certificate Practitioners’ Advisory Workgroup
- Virginia State Bar
Special Honors
- American Bar Association’s Section of Family Law Jean Crowe Pro Bono Award (2017)
- Baltimore Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 (2018)
- Baltimore Magazine "Top Lawyer" for Family Law (2026)
- Best Lawyers in America®: Selected for inclusion in the areas of Appellate Practice in Baltimore and Washington, DC, (2023-2026) and Family Law in Baltimore and Washington, DC (2020-2025)
- Capital (D.C.) Pro Bono Honor Roll: For work conducted in 2018 and 2019
- Chambers High Net Worth Guide: Ranked in the area of Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth – Washington, D.C. (2021-2025)
- Maryland Super Lawyers®: Selected for inclusion in the area of Family Law (2024-2025)
- Maryland Super Lawyers® - Rising Stars Edition: Selected for inclusion in the area of Family Law (2010-2013)
- Miles & Stockbridge Pro Bono Advocate Award (2012)
- The Baltimore Sun’s 25 Women to Watch (2017)
- The Daily Record: Leaders in Law, Leadership in Law (2026); Maryland's Top 100 Women (2015); Successful Before 40/VIP List (2018); Family Law Power List (2022)
- Virginia Business Magazine: Legal Elite (2020, 2022-2025)
- Washington D.C. Super Lawyers® - Rising Stars Edition: Selected for inclusion in the area of Family Law (2010-2019)
- Washington D.C. Super Lawyers®: Selected for inclusion in the area of Family Law (2020-2026)
Court Admissions
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- United States District Court for the District of Maryland
- United States District Court for the District of North Dakota
- United States District Court for the District of Vermont
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
- United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
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