Kelly was an assistant
district attorney in
Allegheny County; she also served twice as an acting
U.S. Attorney, in 1997–98 and again in 2001. She was nominated by
Governor Tom Corbett to be his permanent successor as
Attorney General of Pennsylvania in February 2011, and was unanimously confirmed by the
Pennsylvania Senate on May 23, 2011. Kelly was the first woman to serve as state attorney general since
Anne Alpern left office in 1961. ==Personal life==