Marla Kelley | Attorney

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About Marla
With a career spanning two decades of practice in
Formerly a partner with Booth, Mitchel and Strange, LLP, and a member of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, Ms. Kelley worked for over 16 years with major insurance carriers and defended hundreds of businesses and individuals through arbitrations, mediations and trial in state court. Through artful negotiation, Ms. Kelley established a strong record of reaching cost efficient settlements and resolutions in her cases. Whether representing individual homeowners in construction defect matters, or major retailers and businesses such as Sport Chalet, Burger King, and Marie Callendars in product liability cases, Ms. Kelley's attention to detail and cost consciousness has earned her a reputation for giving her clients the best possible value for their legal fees.
Other cases have included the successful representation of numerous real estate agents and brokers from Century 21 Beachside, Tarbell, First Team and 7 Gables Realty in lawsuits involving failure to disclose and breach of fiduciary duty issues, as well as a variety of homeowners that brought suit on the opposite side of those issues. Likewise, Ms. Kelley has been retained as counsel on both sides of litigation directed at medical malpractice and other professional liability matters. Ms. Kelley's background includes an of counsel position with the law firm of Cummings and Kemp, LLP defending a homeowner association in construction defect and toxic tort litigation and a position as consultant to Parsekian Law Corporation, Inc. successfully specializing in major homeowner association construction defect disputes on the side of homeowners. More recently, Ms. Kelley has focused her practice on business, contract and employment matters involving not to compete clauses.
In addition to her career, Ms. Kelley participates in a wide variety of community based volunteer projects, which utilize her professional expertise. She has served on several boards including seven years as President of her own homeowner's association, and as the Vice President of Corporate Development for the s
Admission
California
2015
Education
University of California Irvine Bachelors Degree, English
Mcqueen & Ashman LLP Highlights
Bankruptcy, Corporate, Complex Litigation, Construction, Eminent Domain, Employment; Intellectual Property; Litigation; Real Estate; Securities