O’Melveny Worldwide

Kelly McDonnell

Counsel

Los Angeles Office
Areas of Focus
Areas of Focus
Corporate Investigations
Litigation & Investigations
White Collar Defense & Government Investigations
Overview Experience Insights News Credentials

Kelly is a litigation counsel in O’Melveny’s Los Angeles office. She represents a broad range of clients in a variety of matters including business and commercial disputes, False Claims Act litigation, healthcare matters, government enforcement actions, and internal investigations.

An involved firm citizen, Kelly was selected by the Managing Partner in Washington, DC, to represent that office as a member of the Firmwide Associate and Counsel Advisory Committee (“ACAC”) and was selected by her peers to serve as co-chair and member of the Washington, DC, and Los Angeles offices’ ACACs, respectively. Kelly has also chaired the Women Attorneys’ Affinity Groups in both the Los Angeles and Washington, DC, offices. In addition to Kelly’s firm involvement, she served on the Board of Governors for the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles from 2019 to 2021.

Kelly’s litigation and investigation experience includes:

  • Representing health care organizations in investigation, regulatory, and litigation matters involving the federal False Claims Act, Medicare and Medicaid regulations, and the ACA.
  • Representing a government contractor as well as a nonprofit organization in self-disclosures to the Department of Justice and other agencies related to potential False Claims Act violations.
  • Representing corporate and individual clients in connection with criminal investigations by local United States Attorneys’ Offices.
  • Representing the sponsor of real estate investment trusts in a securities enforcement action.
  • Representing a major distillery company in an internal corporate review.
  • Representing a pharmaceutical company in an internal investigation related to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute.
  • Representing the Audit Committee in the investigation of whistleblower allegations concerning accounting, financial reporting, and auditor independence issues for a major toy company.
  • Defending a global retail company and its officers in a 10b-5 class action.
  • Defending a foreign steel manufacturer in various contractual disputes.
  • Defending a major health insurance company in a series of litigations related to contract disputes with a private-equity-owned provider group.
  • Obtaining dismissals for individual officers and directors in derivative litigations following an environmental incident.
  • Representing a cosmetics packaging company in its litigation against a former employee who obtained kickbacks from suppliers.
  • Representing a museum in resolving contract disputes and recovering wrongfully withheld artifacts.
  • Representing a large university system in a highly sensitive transaction.
  • Counseling a biomedical device manufacturer on various regulatory matters.
  • Representing nationally-recognized museums and historical societies in various contractual disputes ranging from construction to the recovery of museum artifacts.
  • Representing a pro bono client in immigration proceedings.

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • California
  • District of Columbia

Court Admissions

  • US District Court, Central District of California
  • US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Education

  • Georgetown University, J.D.
  • University of California at Berkeley, B.A., History
Related Practices
Corporate Investigations
Litigation & Investigations
White Collar Defense & Government Investigations