CORPORATE BANKRUPTCY, RESTRUCTURING AND BUSINESS LITIGATION
Pat Kelley is based in Tyler and practices throughout Texas, primarily representing clients involved in business and bankruptcy related litigation. After beginning his practice in Houston clerking for the Hon. Ben C. Connally, Chief U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, he practiced for several years at the Houston firm of Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay in both bankruptcy and business litigation. He then moved to Tyler and was a founding member of Ireland, Carroll & Kelley, P.C. until its dissolution at the end of 2018. In 2019 he opened his own firm in downtown Tyler. Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1990, his experience has involved representation in Texas bankruptcy courts of corporate debtors, creditors, committees, trustees and other parties as well as general business litigation in both state and federal courts. In addition to appearing in the bankruptcy courts of every judicial district in Texas, he has argued appellate matters in both the Texas Supreme Court and the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
AWARDS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Selected to Texas Super Lawyers in Business Bankruptcy for the years 2003-2004 and 2008-2022
Martindale-Hubble AV Rating every year for over 20 years
Martindale-Hubble Judicial AV Preeminent Rating 2018 and 2019
Bankruptcy Law Exam Commission of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization (2018-2022)
Executive Committee of the Bankruptcy Section of the State Bar of Texas (2017-2024)
Chair of the 31st University of Texas Jay Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference
Chair of the State Bar of Texas Business Bankruptcy Conference
American Bankruptcy Institute
Hon. T. John Ward Inn of Court
Texas Bar Foundation – Life Fellow
Smith County Bar Foundation – Life Fellow
EDUCATION
B.B.A. – University of Texas at Austin
BAR ADMISSIONS
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas
REPRESENTATIVE CASES AND SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS