Kellie is a lawyer in Cranbrook, BC. She graduated with her Juris Doctor from the University of Alberta in 2020 and was called to the British Columbia bar in 2022. She completed her articles with the Law Practice Program in Ontario and with the Patrick Dearden Law Office in Cranbrook, BC.

Kellie now focuses her practice on criminal law and has experience in Provincial and Superior courts. She continues to share an office with senior Criminal Defence Lawyer, Patrick Dearden, and they work together on many cases.

Prior to law, Kellie graduated from the University of Calgary in 2010 with a B.A. (Honours) in Geography. While there, she took a keen interest in global issues, research, and traveling and subsequently enrolled with the Canadian Armed Forces as an Intelligence Officer. In the military, Kellie traveled and worked throughout the world. Some of her operational missions included working with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Naples, Italy; the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS); and the Middle East Stability Force (MESF) in Kuwait and Qatar.