Attorneys
Areas of Focus
Kelly focuses her practice on workers’ compensation and workers’ compensation mediation.
Representing carriers and employers, she has tried hundreds of cases before the SC Workers’ Compensation Commission and is a certified Circuit Court Mediator. Kelly also regularly presents on trends in workers’ compensation to both clients and on behalf of professional organizations. Her excellence in workers' compensation law has earned her recognition by Best Lawyers in America since 2022, and in 2024, she was honored with the title of Lawyer of the Year. Kelly is an alumna of the Furman University Women's Leadership Institute and previously held the position of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chair at Robinson Gray.
- Represented major corporations in their workers compensation defense matters.
- Represented small organizations and companies in their workers compensation defense matters.
- Testified before the Senate Judiciary on proposed legislation detrimental to SC Employers and Carriers.
- Represented Uninsured Employers in coverage dispute cases.
- Best Lawyers in America
- Workers’ Compensation Law-Employers (2022-2024)
- Lawyer of the Year (2024)
- Columbia Business Monthly Legal Elite of the Midlands
- Workers’ Compensation (2021)
- Mediation (2023)
Professional
- South Carolina Bar Association
- Diversity Committee (2020-present)
- Richland County Bar Association
- South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association
- South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association
- Board of Directors (2024)
- Certified Circuit Court Mediator
- Claims & Litigation Management Alliance
Community
- Kids’ Chance of South Carolina
- Board of Directors (2020-present)
- Incarnation Lutheran Church, Childcare Development Center Board Member (2009-2020)
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina Bar
Education
- Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, 2004
- Clemson University, 1999