kelly grew up in chicago, the eighth of nine children, of a school teacher mother and lawyer father. after graduating from georgetown university, he travelled through europe and the middle east for approximately two years before returning to earn his j.d. from suffolk university law school, where he was selected to represent his school in the national moot court competition and served as editor of the law journal ("the advocate"). kelly is married with four children, and resides in westchester county, new york.