Kelly Kszywienski assists clients in resolving complex commercial disputes through arbitration, mediation, and litigation, both at the trial level and on appeal. Kelly has represented individuals, governmental entities, and business entities in disputes involving commercial contracts, business torts, the Arizona and U.S. Constitutions, and various state and federal statutory schemes, including state corporate codes, consumer protection statutes, the Arizona Limited Liability Company Act, the Arizona Securities Act, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the PSLRA, the Uniform Commercial Code, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Education
- University of Toledo College of Law (J.D., Valedictorian, summa cum laude, 2007)
- Editor-in-Chief, The University of Toledo Law Review
- Dean's Award for Distinguished Achievement and Service
- Order of the Coif
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
- Highest-Ranking Student Award: Torts, Contracts I, Business Associations, Federal Tax
- SBA Student Involvement Award
- University of Connecticut (B.A., Political Science, 1997)
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of Arizona
- United States District Court, District of Arizona
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Professional Memberships & Activities
- American Bar Association
- Appellate Practice Committee
- Commercial & Business Litigation Committee
- Editor-in-Chief, Committee Newsletter
- Honorable Mention, Best Newsletter (2010-2011)
- Honorable Mention, Editor (2009-2010)
- Editor-in-Chief, Committee Newsletter
- Securities Litigation Committee
- State Bar of Arizona
- Appellate Practice Section
- Federal Bar Association
- Arizona Association of Defense Counsel
Representative Presentations & Publications
- Litigation Training: Injunctions, Presenter (2010, 2011)
- The Effect of Corporate IT Policies on Otherwise Privileged Communications, Trial.com, Co-Author (2010)
- Shareholder Derivative Litigation Essentials, Presenter (2009)
- Roadblock in the Search for Truth: What are a Criminal Prosecutor's Constitutional and Ethical Obligations When the Evidence Supports Multiple, Inconsistent Theories of a Crime? Author, 37 U. TOL. L. REV. 1111 (2006)
Community Involvement
- Homeward Bound
- Co-Chair of the Snell & Wilmer Homeward Bound Committee
- Family Advocate
- Valley of the Sun United Way, Women’s Leadership Council
- Volunteer Lawyers Program
- Homeless Legal Assistance Project
Other Professional Experience
- Jones Day, Summer Associate, Columbus, Ohio
- Domestic Violence Fatality Review Project, Extern, Toledo, Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Extern to the Honorable David A. Katz
- United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Ohio, Extern
