About the ODP

Kelly L. Hellmuth, Board Member


Kelly Hellmuth

Kelly is an attorney with McGuireWoods LLP and focuses on nonprofit and charitable advisory services, private wealth services, and trusts and estates.  She represents charities, foundations, and charitable trusts in obtaining exemption from federal income tax and assists tax-exempt organizations in compliance matters, including governance issues, private benefit, self-dealing, excess benefit transactions, and unrelated business taxable income.  Her work also includes charitable gift planning, including through the use of charitable trusts, conservation easements, and estate planning documents.

Prior to joining McGuireWoods, Kelly practiced construction law and commercial litigation with Moore & Lee, LLP for several years and served as a legislative assistant in the House of Representatives to Congressman E. Clay Shaw, Jr.

Kelly received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, and her bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.