Kelly joined Martin Heller Potempa & Sheppard in 2021 and serves as the firm’s Business Manager.
Kelly partnered with for-profit and non-profit organizations during her 16-year commercial banking career, recommending financial tools and practices designed to improve efficiency, expand market share, and drive profitable growth. Prior to banking, she worked as a television reporter and producer for CBS 44 News. Kelly graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 2002, majoring in Economics and minoring in Political Science. She lives in Nashville with her husband, two daughters, and a very energetic dog named Oreo.
Lawyering is about asking the right questions. It’s about not asking the wrong ones, too.
Don’t mistake the truth for what can be proven in Court.
If you storm Area 51, you will get arrested.
Two wrongs rarely make a right. In divorce, the second wrong can actually offset the first--like a reset button.
Your bartender tells you what you want to hear. Your lawyer tells you what you need to hear.
Think of legal forms companies like the plumbing section of Home Depot and ask yourself, “Do I really know what the hell I’m doing, or should I hire a pro?”
