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MICHAEL KELLY, ESQ. RESUME:

Martindale Hubbell A.V. (VERACITY, Highest Possible Lawyer Rating by Judges and Peers, Preeminent National Lawyer Directory Listing):

California Divorce Attorney, Best interest of Child Advocate, Accomplished Victorious Lawyer:

I. Professional Leadership (40 Years Family Law Experience):

  • Former Chairman of American Bar Custody Committee 2003
  • Former Chairman of CA State Bar Custody & Visitation Comm., two terms
  • Former Chairman of CA Trial Lawyers - Family Law Section Mem. Comm.
  • Former Chairman of American Bar Association - Family Law, Law Practice Economics Committee
  • Former Chairman of American Bar Interstate Custody Task Force Committee; UCCJEA (Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act)
  • Former Chairman of American Bar Association - Family Law, Practical Use of Computers Committee
  • Chairman of California Family Law Institute
  • Former Chairman of California Custody Commission
  • Former Chairman of Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce - Legal Committee
  • Former Chairman of Santa Monica Bar Association - Family Law Committee, Three Terms
  • Judge Pro Tem in Los Angeles County Superior Family Law Courts 20-years
  • Family Law Mediator in Santa Monica, Torrance & LA Central District Superior Courts, 24-years
  • Former Executive Member of the American Bar Association - Continuing Education Committee
  • Former Executive Member of the American Bar Association - Economics of Practice Committee
  • Former Secretary of California State Bar - Custody & Visitation Committee, Two Terms
  • Produced and Moderated a Course on Negotiations - 1988 Joint Meeting of California State Bar, Child Custody, Support and Division of Property Committees
II. Legal Achievements:
  • First CA attorney to try a Grandparents' rights suit (January 1970) (Petrikin)
  • First CA attorney appointed by children to represent them as individuals (June 1984) (Ryan)
  • First CA attorney to file suit against an abducting parent under Penal Code 278.5, for $2.5 Million (1985)
  • Largest child abduction award litigated in the United States, $12.4 Million (July 1993) (Wang)
  • Rewrote and expanded CA Civil Code 4606, "Children's right to an attorney" (1985), expanding childrens rights to an attorney (Ryan)
III. Teacher:

Taught at USC Law School, Advanced Family Law & Divorce Litigation classes. All courses had been certified and accredited by the California State Bar Family Law Specialization Committee for attorney certification as family law specialist.

a. Extensive Family Law Experience:

    • Child Custody Litigation
    • Division of Assets
    • Pre-nuptial Agreements
    • High Asset Celebrity Divorce
    • Domestic Violence
    • Custody Litigation 5-courses
    • Divorce Litigation by the Masters 6-Weeks
    • Professional Divorce 6-Weeks
    • The Business of Family Law 12-Weeks
    • The Business of Law 11-Weeks

b. The Business of Family Law, (12-week course)

    • Law Education Institute - National Family Law Courses - Faculty

c. Former Lecturer at Law Schools:

    • University of Michigan
    • USC
    • UCLA
    • Notre Dame University
    • American Bar National Conference
    • Orange County Bar
    • San Diego Bar
    • Hawaii Bar
    • California State Bar Conference (Monterey, San Diego, Los Angeles)
    • Ithaca, New York State Bar
    • American Bar
    • Palm Springs Bar

VI. Legal Memberships: California

  • California Bar, admitted 1969
  • Former Los Angeles County Bar Association, Family Law Section
  • Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association
  • Former Beverly Hills Bar Association, Family Law Section
  • Former Santa Monica Bar Association, Family Law - Chairman, 3-terms
  • Former Irish American Bar Association
  • American Bar Association, Family Law Section, 28-years
Florida
  • Florida Bar, admitted 1968
  • Former Florida Bar, Family Law Section
Washington, DC
  • Washington, DC Bar, admitted 1976
  • Former Washington Bar, Family Law Section
VII. Founder:
  • Positive Divorce Institute
  • California Family Law Institute
  • Positive Divorce Process
VIII. Marital Status:
  • Married over 30 years
IX. Military Status:
  • US Marine Corps Reserve 1959-64, Honorable Discharge
  • Officer Training Class 1959, Quantico, VA
X. Education:
  • Staunton Military Academy, Staunton, VA (1955-57)
  • Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, BA (1963)
  • University of Miami Law School, Miami, Florida, JD (1968)
  • University of Penn. Law School, Reginald H. Smith
    (Post Graduate Fellowship) 1968-69
XI. National Awards:
  • Univ. of Penn. Law School, Reginald Smith Scholarship
  • Irish American Citizen of the Year
  • United Fathers, Custody Litigator of the Year
  • Who's Who in American Law

XII. Author:

  • "The Unwritten Laws of Divorce"
  • "Divorce is War"
  • "Divorce Dictionary"
  • "Great White Chronicles"
  • "The Success Dictionary"
  • "Super Order"
  • "Warriors Path"
  • "Best Interests of the Child"

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