Kelly Siegler

**Kelly Siegler** (born October 12, 1962) is a former Harris County, Texas prosecutor who stars on Cold Justice specializing in cold cases.

## Biography

Kelly fought for justice for Harris County residents and crime victims for over 21 years until she resigned from the District Attorney's office in May 2008.

Kelly has been licensed as an attorney in the State of Texas since 1987. Since that time, in the more than two decades she worked as a prosecutor, Kelly rose through the ranks to become the Bureau Chief of the Special Crimes Bureau, which includes the Major Offenders Division, the Major Fraud Division, the Identity Theft Division, the Asset Forfeiture Division and the Consumer Fraud Division.

Kelly has prosecuted some of the toughest cases with some of the toughest criminals Harris County has seen. And she has done so against the most formidable and respected criminal defense attorneys in the state. She has tried approximately 200 jury trials and is not only respected for her ability in the courtroom but also sought out as a speaker and expert in effective courtroom advocacy. She has lectured all over the country on topics such as, "Final Arguments," "Jury Presentation," "Arguing Effectively for a Death Sentence", and "How to Pick a Jury."

Kelly has tried twenty capital murder death penalty cases and secured the death penalty in nineteen of those trials. A fierce advocate on behalf of crime victims and their families, she also has the respect of members of law enforcement agencies, not just in Harris County but also nationwide.

Kelly was raised in Blessing, Texas, a small town of 900 people in Matagorda County where her father owns a barber shop and her late mother managed several restaurants during her lifetime, including the historic Blessing Hotel. After Kelly graduated as the valedictorian from Tidehaven High School in El Maton, she attended the University of Texas in Austin and received her degree in International Business in 1984. She received her law degree from South Texas College of Law in 1987.

## Appearances

* **Cold Justice** (6 seasons, 105 episodes):
	+ **Season 1**: Small Town Suicide? • Mother • Home Town Hero • Hit and Run • Hiding in Plain Sight • Small Town Tragedy • Hatchet • Blind Love
	+ **Season 2**: Gone • A Monster Among Us • High School Sweethearts • First Love • He Said, He Said • Ambush • Single Working Mom • Billy Goat Hill • Lady in the Box • Copper Dollar Ranch • Stranded • Death by Design? • Kirby's Speed Shop • Sunspot Highway • Other Side of the Tracks • Second Thoughts • Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice?
	+ **Season 3**: Still of the Night • Miss Congeniality • Burned • Mother Daughter Tragedy • Operator, Hurry! • The Record Keeper • Little League Dad • American Dream • The Alley • Devoted • Lying in Wait • Trip to Nowhere • Beloved Doctor • Smoking Gun • The Good Life • Off the Beaten Path • Room No.10 • The Escape? • Up in Flames • Trajectory • In the Neighborhood, Part 1 • In the Neighborhood, Part 2
	+ **Season 4**: One of Our Own • Fresh Wounds • A Deadly Inheritance • Beyond the Grave • Home Alone • The Widow • If I Can't Have You, No One Can • Cabin in the Woods • Dying Declaration • Covet
	+ **Season 5**: Small Town Secrets • The Professor's End • Holding Onto Hope • Down by the Lake • Danger at Dawn • Preacher's Mother • No Safe Return • Bound and Burnt • Pain in Pawhuska • The Case Behind the Billboards • Death Among Him, Part 1 • Death Among Him, Part 2 • Backwater Bloodshed • Golden Years Gone • A Mother's Dying Wish • Texas Tragedy • Family Betrayal • Horror in the Home • Valentine's Day Violence • Small Town Predator • Mystery on the Mountain • Double Life Discovered • Digging for Answers • Deadly Affairs • A Family's Nightmare • Fatal Betrayal
	+ **Season 6**: Holiday Homicide • Deadly Premonition • A Touch of Evidence • Unnatural Causes • An Officer's Promise • Out in the Cold • A Desperate Father • Small Town Conspiracy • Sitting Through the Ashes • Victim or Villain? • Father's Day Massacre • Three Generations Gone • A Mother's Last Words • Shot in the Dark • Dangerous Rendezvous • For Love or Money? • The Key to the Crime, Part 1 • The Key to the Crime, Part 2 • Burning Mystery • Double Disappearance • Trail of Terror • On Holy Grounds • Deadly Abduction

* **Cold Justice: Sex Crimes** (1 season, 1 episode):
	+ **Season 1**: The Music Teacher
* **Criminal Confessions** (1 season, 1 episode):
	+ **Season 3**: Cold Justice Confessions

## External Links

* Kelly Siegler at the Internet Movie Database