Robert J. Kelly is the managing partner in the firm’s Red Bank, New Jersey office. He focuses on the defense of recreational and industrial product manufacturers and oil and chemical companies in personal injury, death and property damage cases. He is a trial and appellate advocate with nearly 30 years of experience in New Jersey and New York courtrooms and has been admitted pro hac vice to handle matters pending in numerous jurisdictions.

Mr. Kelly has a long record of the use of early, aggressive motion practice on substantive issues in bringing many complex matters to a swift and successful conclusion. He has served as national counsel supervising asbestos and benzene litigation for Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Kelly has frequently acted as lead and joint defense counsel for a variety of petrochemical companies and product manufacturers, and has recently been involved as lead counsel for recreational product manufacturers in toxic tort lawsuits alleging asbestos and benzene related illness and death. Most recently, Mr. Kelly represented Exxon Mobil Corporation before the New York Court of Appeals in the groundbreaking Parker v. Mobil, in which New York’s highest court affirmed the exclusion of two internationally recognized plaintiff’s experts while redefining its approach to the admission of scientific evidence. Mr. Kelly’s practice also focuses on commercial litigation. He speaks regularly on toxic tort and product liability issues.

Robert Kelly is rated AV® by Martindale-Hubbell.
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