Kelli Duehning is a Partner in the San Francisco office of Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP. Kelli joined BAL after a 17-year career with the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Prior to joining BAL, Kelli managed the Western Law Division of USCIS and was responsible for developing and coordinating all legal strategies in the western United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and offices in the Asia Pacific District. She also worked closely with government investigators and federal law enforcement officials and was a close advisor to agency leadership on complex immigration issues. Kelli was promoted to the Deputy Western Regional Counsel in 2007 and, in 2008, became the Chief of the Western Law Division for USCIS Office of the Chief Counsel. Before the creation of the DHS, Kelli started with INS through the DOJ Attorney General’s Honor Law Graduate Program in June 2000 and was stationed at the San Francisco, Calif., district office as a Trial Attorney.