Dee J. Kelly, Jr.

Dee J. Kelly is a partner at Kelly Hart & Hallman and served as the firm’s managing partner from 2005-2016. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Administrative Law practice groups and serves on its executive committee. Mr. Kelly represents corporate and individual clients in a wide variety of business litigation in state and federal courts. Mr. Kelly also provides advice and representation to clients with matters pending before governmental and administrative bodies.

U.S. News and World Reports has included Mr. Kelly on The Best Lawyers in America® ranking every year since 2007. From 2003 through 2023, he was named a Texas Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters. Since 2018, Mr. Kelly has been named to the Top 400 Most Influential by Fort Worth Inc. magazine and was voted by his peers as among the city’s best attorneys in polls conducted by Fort Worth Magazine, and 360 West.