AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Fraud – including securities fraud, banking fraud, insurance fraud, fraudulent conveyances, commodities future trading fraud, mail fraud, and other general fraud claims


• Negligence – including slip and fall, construction accidents, premise liability, and general negligence claims


• Real Estate – including landlord-tenant disputes, commercial lease disputes, owner-developer-contractor-subcontractor disputes, and Residential Construction Liability Act (RCLA) claims


• Unfair Competition – including copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets (including misappropriation of customer lists, formulas, or company processes), patents, Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) claims, and other  unfair competition claims


• Employment Litigation – including enforcing non-compete agreements, contesting non-compete agreements, breach of a partnership agreement, and other employment litigation matters


• Product Liability – including claims for defective motor vehicle parts, defective machinery, defective products, and other product liability litigation matters


• Statutory Claims – including RICO, RCLA, and DTPA claims

Other commercial litigation matters in which Kelley represents plaintiffs and defendants include probate litigation, commercial transaction litigation, international transaction litigation, and lender liability.