L. Todd Kelly

Lawyer by day, author by night, L. Todd Kelly began his practice in the law as a U.S. Marine, achieving the rank of Major. Todd left the Marine Corps to enter private practice in 1998 and eventually opened The Kelly Law Firm, in Houston, Texas. He took on the famed Jamie Leigh Jones’ sexual assault case against two of the world’s largest private military contractors, Halliburton and Kellogg, Brown & Root. He was featured for that work on 20/20, The Rachel Maddow Show, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, NBC, FOX, and was highlighted in the Sundance Film Festival and HBO documentary film, Hot Coffee.

Todd has appeared in front of committees of the U.S. Congress, where he spoke on the Fairness in Arbitration Act. Since then, Todd has been inducted into the Texas Lawyer Hall of Fame following a $17,000,000 verdict and has been interviewed by numerous national news programs, including CBS’ Insider Edition, receiving the honorary title of “Super Lawyer” among other awards.