Three Clients Granted Pardon Extraordinary by Minnesota Board of Pardons

Kelly Keegan had three clients granted pardon extraordinaries by the Minnesota Pardon Board at their Spring 2022 meeting. One client, a successful insurance executive, retained Kelly to represent him in obtaining a pardon for a 1992 conviction for Felony Fourth Degree Controlled Substance. Another, a retired executive whose conviction had hung over him for decades, hired Kelly to help him obtain a pardon for a 1974 Felony Theft Conviction. The third, a prominent union president, retained Kelly for pardons of two separate 1993 convictions for Felony Possession of a Stolen Firearm and Felony Theft of a Vehicle. All three clients had gone on to successful lives and careers but were still held back and troubled by their convictions. Kelly helped her clients prepare stellar applications and prepare for the hearing. The three-member board, consisting of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court Lorie Gildea, and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, were convinced, voting unanimously to grant Kelly’s clients’ pardon extraordinaries at its Spring 2022 meeting.