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Practice Areas

  • Administrative
  • Civil Litigation
  • Insurance Industry Litigation
  • Appellate Practice
  • Personal Injury Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Dealership and Franchise Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • Professional Liability

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania, 1975

Biography

Robert E. Kelly, Jr. is a partner in the law firm of Kelly, Parker & Cohen LLP and practices in the areas of administrative and civil litigation, with particular emphasis on appellate practice, personal injury defense, commercial litigation, dealership and franchise litigation, employment law, insurance industry litigation and professional liability. He is a member of the Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, Antitrust Law, Tort and Insurance Practice and Litigation Sections and the Forum on Franchising of the American Bar Association. Mr. Kelly is also a member of the Administrative Law, Labor and Employment Law and Civil Litigation Sections and the Judicial Selection and Administration and Professional Liability Committees of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He also belongs to the Dauphin Country Bar Association, and is a member of its Court of Rules Committee, the Federal Bar Association, the James E. Bowman Inn of the American Inns of Court and the Pennsylvania Defense Institute, of which he is a past President. Mr. Kelly has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Insurance Law since 2006. A former Deputy Attorney General, he is a 1975 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and a graduate of Siena College.

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
    • J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 1975
  • Siena College, Loudonville, New York
    • B.A., Bachelor of Arts - 1972
    • Honors: summa cum laude

Professional Associations

  • American Bar Association, Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section, Member
  • American Bar Association, Antitrust Law, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Member
  • American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Member
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Administrative Law Section, Member
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Member
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section, Member
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Judicial Selection and Administration Committee, Member
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Professional Liability Committee, Member
  • Dauphin County Bar Association
  • Dauphin County Bar Association, Court of Rules Committee, Member
  • Federal Bar Association
  • James S. Bowman Inn of the American Inns of Court, Past President
  • Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Past President

Pro Bono Activities

  • Central Penn College, Board of Directors, Member, 2013
  • Central Penn College, Board of Directors, Vice Chair

Honors

  • Best Lawyers in America, Woodward White, 2006-Present