Kelly Tautges Joins FaegreBD Pro Bono Team

Kelly Tautges has joined the firm as pro bono counsel and director of pro bono and community service. She will provide firmwide leadership to the pro bono and community service programs, and lead the Pro Bono and Community Service Advisory Group. Kelly will work from the Minneapolis office.

Before joining FaegreBD, Kelly was the Chicago Bar Foundation’s (CBF) Director of Pro Bono & Court Advocacy. She led the organization’s pro bono efforts, including work with lawyers, law firms, corporations, the courts, and pro bono and legal aid organizations to maximize the impact of pro bono work in ensuring access to justice. She led the CBF’s advocacy efforts with the court and administrative agencies for policies promoting access to justice, including policies that make the courts and administrative agencies more accessible for people without lawyers. 

Tautges is a graduate of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She joined the Chicago law firm of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C. as a litigation associate after graduation from law school. Most recently, Kelly served as the director of pro bono and court advocacy at the Chicago Bar Foundation.