Patricia K. Kelly is a graduate of the University of Colorado with a degree in biology and the University of Tulsa with a Doctor of Law. She is the former Assistant General Counsel for Colorado Springs Utilities, where she handled rate cases, intellectual property, and contract matters. She was also a former trial attorney in public and private practice, litigating bankruptcy, civil rights, construction, employment, land use, and personal injury cases. She has served as Law Clerk to the late Honorable John F. McGrath, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado and to the Honorable Mickey D. Wilson (retired), U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the North District of Oklahoma. Kelly has written numerous articles on bankruptcy and commercial litigation, was a contributing editor to a bankruptcy book, and co-authored the Trial Handbook for Colorado Lawyers with her husband, J. Patrick Kelly. She is admitted to practice in Colorado and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.