Overview

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Donnelly Minter & Kelly, LLC, a progressive law firm committed to traditional values, operates from centrally located offices in Morristown, NJ, and New York City and focuses on:

  • Commercial Litigation,
  • Commercial Real Estate,
  • Corporate Transactions,
  • Professional Liability Defense,
  • Representation of small and medium-sized businesses,
  • Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Compliance,
  • Civil Litigation, and
  • Trusts and Estates Planning and Administration

We are committed to providing outstanding and personalized legal services to our clients with clear and open communication. We take pride in our ability to represent our clients with agility and deliver the highest quality legal solutions with efficiency, often offering alternative fee arrangements that other firms are unable to offer.

Collectively, our partners have over 150 years of experience in diverse practice areas. This allows us to take a more innovative and multi-disciplinary approach as we help our clients achieve their objectives and solve their problems. Many firm clients have been working with our attorneys for several decades and come to us for their full range of business and personal needs.

Our lawyers have the skills to negotiate strategic issues and litigate complicated disputes; the experience to apply the complexities and nuances of corporate, financial and commercial real estate law; the insights to assist high net worth families with estate and trust planning solutions; and the judgment necessary to consummate business transactions or litigate employment disagreements.

We offer a full range of Trust and Estate Planning and Administration services tailored to our clients’ individual goals and objectives. From preparing basic documents including wills, living wills and powers of attorney, to designing complex plans for the most sizeable estates, our attorneys work to ensure our clients’ ultimate intentions are realized.

Please visit our website and contact us with any questions you may have.

Rankings

Donnelly Minter & Kelly, LLC is metro ranked in 4 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.

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Metro Rankings

New Jersey
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Tier 1 for Trusts and Estates
Tier 3 for Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law

Rankings

Regional Rankings

New Jersey
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Tier 1 for Trusts and Estates
Tier 3 for Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law

Practice Areas

The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
  • Appellate Practice
  • Arbitration
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Environmental Law
  • Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Nonprofit / Charities Law
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Real Estate Law
  • Trade Secrets Law
  • Trusts and Estates

Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®

Donnelly Minter & Kelly, LLC has 4 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Donnelly Minter & Kelly, LLC eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings. For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards. Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.
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Demographics

Partners
Male: 9
Female: 2
Of Counsel (but not partners)
Male: 1
Female: 2
Associates
Male: 1
Female: 1
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