Professional of the Year for 2009 in Medical Malpractice Law: L. Todd Kelly

	L. Todd Kelly
Industry	Law
Title	Principal/Owner
Expertise	Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Toxic Tort, Medical Malpractice, Birth-related Medical Negligence, Wrongful Death Litigation, Automobile Collisions, Products Liability, Criminal Defense
Current Organization	The Kelly Law Firm, P.C.
Type of Organization	Law firm
Major Product	Legal services
Area of Distribution	National/International
University/Degree	B.A., Journalism, University of Texas, 1987; J.D., Dickinson School of Law of Pennsylvania State University, 1995; Certified with Honors, Naval Justice School, Rhode Island, 1995; Trial Lawyers College, Wyoming, 2009
Born	February 22, 1965, Nacogdoches, Texas
Honors & Awards	Phi Eta Sigma and Lambda Delta Honor Societies, University of Texas; U.S. Marine Corps, selected to serve as Marine Judge Advocate; Member of the Million Dollar Advocate's Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocate's Forum; One of Texas' Top 200 "Lawyers for the People" , 2005 and one of Houston's Best Attorneys for 2007 and 2008, H-Houston Magazine
Published Works	Has spoken on the Fairness in Arbitration Act and arbitration issues at Congressional and Senate hearings and press conferences as well as on national television
Affiliations	American Bar Association; American Association for Justice; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Houston Trial Lawyers Association; Fort Bend County Bar Association; Board Member, Sean Ashley House and Jamie Leigh Foundation
Hobbies & Sports	Zen Do-Kai Karate, Photography, Art
Career Accomplishments	Represented victims of sexual misconduct at the hands of military contractors such as Halliburton and KBR, nationally televised for work against mandatory binding arbitration in light of this work; A member of the Million Dollar Advocate's Forum & the Multi-Million Dollar Advocate's Forum; Selected as one of the Top Lawyers for 2007 and 2008 and one of Houston's Top Lawyers for 2009 (H-Houston Magazine); A member of the Texas Trial Lawyers' Association, the American Association for Justice, the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, the Fort Bend County Bar Association and the Pro Bono College of Texas; Serves on the Board of Directors of both the Sean Ashley House and the Jamie Leigh Foundation
Work History	Combat Engineer and Judge Advocate, United States Marine Corps, 1987-1998; Associate, Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, 1998-2001; Associate, Cohen & Feeley, 2001-2002; Associate & Partner, Haskins, Gregan & Kelly, 2002-2006; Owner, The Kelly Law Firm, 2006-present
Military Service	Navy Achievement Medal, two time recipient (1992 and 1998), U.S. Marine Corps; National Defense Service Medal, 1997
Children	Joshua, Meghan, Matthew
Spouse	Mary S. Parnell
Married	June 25, 1988
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