Robert W. Kelley
Kelley Uustal, P.L.C.
700 SE 3rd Avenue, 3rd Floor
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
(Broward)

Position: Member

TEL: 954-522-6601

FAX: 954-522-6608

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Admitted: 1981, Florida

Law School: Nova University, J.D., cum laude, 1981

College: Vanderbilt University, B.S., 1977

Birth Date and Place: Lexington, Kentucky, December 8, 1953

Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Wrongful Death

Additional Information: In Re: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting FTCA Litigation

Attorney Robert W. Kelley has been recognized by Lawyers USA as one of the Top Ten Lawyers in the United States. In 2009 he obtained the 7th-largest jury verdict in the entire country, as reported by the National Law Journal. It was also the largest product liability award in the United States that year. When the New York Times editorial board opined on the trial, it praised the therapeutic effect of the jury's verdict. About Attorney Kelley's work and trial results, the major news outlet stated, "There should be more lawsuits against this industry, seeking not only monetary damages but also changes in how the industry markets its products." A decade earlier, Mr. Kelley was the focus of national attention as a result of the verdict he obtained after a 6-month jury trial against General Motors. That trial, which received media coverage around the world, became the subject of a segment on CBS 60 Minutes. The trial exposed a massive corporate cover-up involving long-hidden GM documents concerning a "value analysis" performed by the company's engineers.

Ultimately, it was revealed that GM engineers actually considered whether it would be worth spending $2.20 per vehicle on fuel tank shields in order to prevent people from burning alive in GM vehicle fires. The trial resulted in the largest personal injury and wrongful death judgment ever paid by the automaker. Subsequently, it is also the subject of a book about corporate misconduct and the trial. Broward County Bar Association; The Florida Bar (Member, Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, 1982-1983); Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Broward County Trial Lawyers Association. Biography: Editor-in-Chief, Nova Law Review, 1980-1981. Author: "Hearsay Today-Gone Tomorrow, The Changing Florida Evidence Code," Florida Bar Journal, June 1982; "Trial of a Treasure Hunter," 4 Nova Law Journal 237, Fall, 1980.

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