Focus Areas
Examples of Kelly’s experience include:
- Assisted plaintiffs in successful copyright infringement action against major entertainment corporation.
- Assisted in the representation of plaintiffs in mass tort litigation action against institutional defendants, which ultimately resulted in a multi-million-dollar settlement.
- Represented client in defending against dozens of consumer arbitration cases arising from alleged unfair business practices. Obtained a number of complete victories for the client with no relief to the claimants.
- Litigated a fraudulent transfer of assets case through summary judgment and negotiated a settlement and release for the client in exchange for a nominal payment to the plaintiff, despite the multi-million-dollar judgment at issue.
- Successfully opposed a purported case-dispositive motion to dismiss in a trade secret matter.
- Obtained a dismissal of a consumer plaintiff’s slack-fill claims with prejudice.
- Represented a global e-commerce platform against a plaintiff who asserted claims for misappropriation of name and likeness. Obtained a full dismissal without leave to amend at the pleadings stage.
- Represented a manufacturer and various retailers against patent infringement claims and obtained dismissal of the claims with prejudice on the basis of claim and issue preclusion.
Professional Associations
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Beverly Hills Bar Association
Education
- Loyola Law School, J.D., 2023,
production editor, Loyola Entertainment Law Review
- University of Michigan, B.A., 2020
Bar Admissions
- California
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Thompson Hine Absorbs Litigation Boutique to Form West Coast Office,
The American Lawyer
, June 26, 2024

