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Ralph Kelly has more than twenty-five years experience handling a wide range of complex litigation matters from contractual
disputes and business torts to professional malpractice matters and real estate related litigation and construction claims.
He also has extensive experience in employment law where he regularly counsels employers and employees and litigates cases
involving discrimination, disability, ERISA, noncompete, trade secret and other areas. Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, Mr. Kelly's active trial practice includes both federal and state courts and various administrative and
arbitration tribunals.
Representative experience includes:
- Obtained summary judgment in the defense of the sellers of a niche engineering firm on a $10 million claim
for breach of representations and warranties and related fraud claims
- Successfully defended former officers of a publicly traded pharmaceutical company charged with breach of
fiduciary duty, effectively cross-examined expert forensic accountant and two business valuation experts
- Won accountant’s malpractice jury trial verdict against regional accounting firm that failed to detect
defalcation by client’s bookkeeper
- Represented Commonwealth Authority in a bid protect, defeating motion for injunctive relief, and ultimate
dismissal of the claim for the Authority
- Successfully defended Trustees of multimillion dollar real estate trust in a breach of fiduciary duty
claim by co-trustee in an Orphans’ Court proceeding
- Jury verdict for manufacturing facility for breach of contract for the installation of a faulty roof
against a national roofing supply company
- Jury verdict for ice cream manufacturer against a national supermarket for breach of contract
- Defended Philadelphia- based casino in multiple mechanics’ lien claims brought by general contractor
and subcontractors in multi-million-dollar expansion project
- Successfully defended home health care company in claims involving FMLA and ADA leave issues
A former partner in Dilworth Paxson and a shareholder at Abrahams Loewenstein and Bushman, Kelly is a graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania Law School and a magna cum laude graduate of St. Joseph's University.
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- Complex Litigation Matters
- Contractual Disputes
- Business Torts
- Professional Malpractice Matters
- Real Estate Litigation
- Employment Law
- Discrimination
- Disability
- ERISA
- St. Joseph's University
Magna Cum Laude
- Pennsylvania, 1983
- New Jersey, 1995
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for New Jersey
- United States Court Of Appeal for the Third Circuit
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