Richard Kelly

Richard Kelly

Business / Contracts, Business Formation, Commercial Real Estate, Construction, Employment & Labor - Defense, Insurance, Real Estate (Transactional/Litigation)

San Francisco, California

Personal Introduction

Richard has 30 years of trial experience as well as arbitrations/mediations. Mr. Kelly was born in San Francisco; raised in San Mateo County; received his B.A. at Santa Clara University and his law degree from San Francisco Law School. Mr. Kelly is a highly experienced trial attorney, having tried 35+ jury trials to verdict in addition to numerous court trials. He has represented clients in a wide variety of complex civil litigation matters, including: real estate land disputes, business torts, contract disputes, partnership and corporate disputes and many various construction matters. Transactional experience includes having incorporated 50+ California Businesses; working with clients to trademark names/insignias/logos; counseling on major day-to-day decisions about money, employees and business operations. Mr. Kelly is admitted to practice in the State Courts of California and the United States District Courts – Northern District of California.

Practice Composition

Transactional/Litigation

Education

San Francisco Law School
San Francisco Law School JD (1990)
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University BA (1986)

Practice Summary

Response Time

1 day

Personal Interests & Charitable Work

Mr. Kelly played semi-professional rugby – Pacific Coast RFU in both 15’s and 7’s international rugby and coached both 15's & 7’s. Board member: Fr. Coz Rugby Foundation. USA Rugby D1 Collegiate TV/Online announcer. Also, a passion for historic automobiles.

Bar Admissions

California

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