Cathy Gonzales O'Kelly
Shareholder
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Chair, Diversity Committee
Cathy G. O’Kelly is a member of the Board of Directors of Vedder Price and chairs the firm’s Diversity Committee. As a member of the firm’s Investment Services group, her practice includes representation of mutual funds and their boards of directors, money managers, broker-dealers, banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions in connection with investment company, investment adviser, broker-dealer and insurance product matters, including securities, regulatory, product design and transaction counseling.
Ms. O’Kelly counsels boards of directors of investment companies, and in particular independent directors, on their special responsibilities. Ms. O’Kelly is an advisory board member of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum, a nonprofit corporation organized to provide a forum for independent directors for the discussion of critical issues.
Ms. O’Kelly began her legal career with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC, where she worked on the Investment Company Act Special Study and served as Special Counsel in the Division of Investment Management until 1983.
Ms. O’Kelly is a frequent speaker on investment management issues and is coauthor of an article published in the DePaul Business Journal entitled "Soft Dollars and Other Traps for the Investment Adviser: An Analysis of Brokerage Placement Practices." She is a member of the American Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association, for which she served as Chair of the Investment Company Subcommittee. Ms. O’Kelly is also a trustee of The John Marshall Law School and the College of William and Mary Foundation.
The Legal 500 United States guide recommends Ms. O’Kelly in the Investment Fund Formation and Management—Mutual/Registered Funds category. In addition, Ms. O’Kelly received an "AV Preeminent" Peer Rating in Martindale-Hubbell and was selected for inclusion in 2012 Illinois Super Lawyers.
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- J.D., University of Virginia, 1978
- A.B., College of William and Mary, 1975
- District of Columbia, 1978
- Virginia, 1978
- Illinois, 1989
- Member, American Bar Association
- Past Chair, Investment Company Subcommittee, Chicago Bar Association
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