Kevin M. Kelly, Esquire

Admitted: 2001, Pennsylvania and New Jersey

Practice Areas: Insurance Litigation, Community Association Law, Civil Litigation.

Law School: Temple University

Mr. Kelly is an accomplished trial lawyer defending the interests of condominium and homeowner associations throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Associated with the firm of Steven L. Sugarman & Associates, Mr. Kelly counsels the firm's numerous condominium and homeowner association clients through a myriad of unique and complex litigation issues in this evolving field of community association law, including those pertaining to directors' and officers' liability, civil rights, employment practices, derivative and class actions, and premises liability matters. A graduate of Temple University Beasley School of Law, Mr. Kelly has successfully litigated leading decisions in our state and federal courts and administrative agencies.

Honors and Awards

Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2010)
Golden Key National Honor Society

Bar/Professional Activity:

Chester County Bar Association
Community Association Institute - Education and Golf Committees

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

Community Association Institute lecturer "Homeowners Essentials"
Author of the Temple Environmental Law and Technology Journal article: "The MP3 Challenge: Has Congress Effectively Shielded the Recording music Industry from Internet Copyright Piracy?" that appeared in Volume 18 of the Spring 2000 issue.

Significant Decisions

Farrell v. Ashcombe Dover Homeowners Ass'n, 2009 WL 811714 (M.D. Pa. 2009) (allegedly discriminatory enforcement of homeowner's association policies was not extreme and outrageous as a matter of law)
Farrell v. Ashcombe Dover Homeowners Ass'n, 2008 WL 2681659 (M.D. Pa. 2008) (dismissal of claims for fraud, deceit, misrepresentation and breach of contract warranted in federal discrimination suit).

Educational Background:

Temple University Beasley School of Law, Juris Doctor (2001)
Temple University, Bachelor of Arts (1997)

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