ProVest LLC, a national process server management company dedicated to improving the default servicing industry, has hired Karen Kelly as general counsel and chief compliance officer.

In her role as general counsel, Kelly will provide in-house legal counsel to management and operations on all legal matters affecting the business, and will assist in deal transactions and contract negotiations for new business relationships and vendor engagements. She will also be responsible for corporate governance, dispute resolution and litigation management.

In addition, as compliance officer, Kelly is charged with building a compliance program to establish appropriate risk management controls and to implement quality control monitoring over all of ProVest's core business services.

Prior to joining ProVest, she was general counsel and head of legal at Macquarie Mortgages USA, a United States subsidiary of a global investment bank and a mortgage lender licensed in approximately 35 states.