Overview

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Kelly Law Partners is a modern civil litigation defense boutique. We partner with clients to provide experience, client focus, innovative thought, out-sized value, discipline and outstanding results. Kelly Law Partners has clients, not files. We provide first tier legal analysis and strategy. Our lawyers have handled cases in state and federal courts in thirty-three states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. We have taken trials to verdict in multiple jurisdictions. We come from some of the largest law firms in the country, where we handled complex litigation as national counsel, regional counsel and multi-district or lead class counsel. We continue to serve in those capacities for current Fortune 500 clients, in an environment that provides personal client service throughout the entire firm. We recognize the competing demands on corporate legal departments and the impact of those demands on litigation strategy. With those demands in mind, we endeavor to provide the means to outstanding results in each circumstance.

Rankings

Kelly Law Partners, 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

Colorado
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Employment Law - Management
Tier 1 for Litigation - Labor and Employment
Tier 2 for Construction Law

Rankings

Regional Rankings

Colorado
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Employment Law - Management
Tier 1 for Litigation - Labor and Employment
Tier 2 for Construction 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.
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Franchise Law
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - ERISA
  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®

Kelly Law Partners, 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 Kelly Law Partners, 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: 1
Female: 2
White / Caucasian: 3
Of Counsel (but not partners)
Male: 1
Female: 1
White / Caucasian: 2
Paralegals
Female: 2
White / Caucasian: 2

Office Locations

Management and Personnel

Managing Partner/Founder
William J. Kelly III
Litigation Paralegal
Kelly Trease
Chief Administration Officer/Litigation Paralegal
Courtney Richardson
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