Kelsey Beaman, Esq.

Kelsey Beaman is an Associate Attorney at For Purpose Law Group, where she advises nonprofit organizations and mission-driven businesses on the contracts, compliance, and governance matters that keep their work moving forward. She brings a rare combination of courtroom-caliber legal training and over a decade of hands-on experience managing complex, cross-border legal and compliance functions for international organizations.

Prior to joining FPLG, Kelsey served as a Contracts and Compliance Advisor at Chemonics, where she supported the organization’s legal and compliance operations and advised on U.S. Government contracting and regulatory issues. Before that, she spent nearly ten years at Jhpiego, a nonprofit affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, where she rose to Grants and Contracts Manager, overseeing a global portfolio spanning more than 30 countries. There, she led contracting, compliance and legal functions for U.S. Government and private foundation funded projects and built policies and systems that helped a fast-growing global organization manage legal and financial risk at scale.

Kelsey earned her Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law, graduating Order of the Coif and magna cum laude, ranked 11th in her class. While in law school, she served as a Judicial Extern to the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, worked as a Law Clerk at Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek, a San Diego litigation and corporate firm, and worked as an Immigration Law Advocate Intern at Jewish Family Service of San Diego, a nonprofit human services agency. She holds a B.S. in International Business, with concentrations in Investment and Corporate Finance and a minor in Spanish, from the University of South Carolina.

At FPLG, Kelsey is known for her sharp analytical mind, her calm and meticulous approach to complex legal issues, and her genuine enthusiasm for finding smarter, more efficient ways to serve nonprofit clients. She continues to give back through the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program, supporting guardianship cases.