43 yr Divorce Attorney J. Michael Kelly has been awarded “Best California Attorneys” by Best Lawyers Magazine. The award is carefully awarded only to those with the highest peer review ratings and experience.    

    Youngest City Marshal Subpeona-Wise at 18 by Donald Green (1958) The new acting city marshal appointed today by City Judge Edward J. Casey is probably the youngest person ever to hold the job. He is 18-year-old Michael Kelly, son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kelly of 1002 Lan

• First California appointed to represent children. • Rewrote and expanded California Civil Code 4606 “Children’s rights to an attorney,” expanding children’s rights to an attorney. (1985) Daily Pilot COPYRIGHT 1982 Daily Pilot * Catherine Ryan, 17, and brother

J. Michael Kelly | Attorney First California attorney to file a suit against an abducting parent under Penal Code 278.5, for $2.5 million. Taking Aim At Wallet In Battle For Custody Ex-husband faces $2. 5 million suit By Nancy Hill-Holtzman Herald Staff Writer Michel Ward hasn’t

Divorce Attorney J. Michael Kelly: Largest abduction award litigated in the United States, $12.4 Million Daily News COPYRIGHT 1993 DAILY NEWS * $12.4 million awarded in child-stealing case | Man’s ex-wife fled with daughter to Paris By Dawn Webber – Daily News Staff Writer