Deborah Kelly joined Dickstein Shapiro in 1988, and is a partner, as well as the Firm’s Deputy General Counsel, and a member of its Executive Committee. Ms. Kelly focuses her practice on civil litigation with emphasis on all aspects of employment law. She defends employers against class action suits, regularly counsels companies in all areas of employment compliance, advises and represents companies concerning the enforceability of non-competes and other restrictive covenants, conducts training in all aspects of equal opportunity employment (EEO) compliance and human resources (HR) issues, drafts employee policy manuals and represents companies against employment claims up to and including jury trial litigation. As head of the Firm’s Employment Practice, she directed the development of Dickstein Shapiro’s innovative PolicyPartner® web-based service, which provides Dickstein Shapiro’s clients with “one-stop” desktop access to compliance information related to a company’s HR policies, procedures, guidelines, and forms.

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia
Maryland
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
U.S. Supreme Court

Education

University of Vermont, B.S., 1974, magna cum laude
Johns Hopkins University, M.A., 1977
Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D., 1982
American University Washington College of Law, J.D., 1988, summa cum laude