President
Rich Kelly is the founding member of RC Kelly Law Associates with a practice focused on helping commercial operations grow and improve. He developed the firm’s Business Counsel Program and Contract Administration Program in response to the unique needs of the small and growing businesses he encountered through working with insurance agents and their commercial policyholders. Rich gained a thorough understanding of business organizations while working in legal, technical, management, and executive roles for small businesses and large corporations and as Vice President in charge of Risk Management for a major regional insurer.
Professional Qualifications
Rich holds a Juris Doctor from Temple University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Gwynedd-Mercy College where he teaches Human Resource Management and Business Law as an Adjunct Professor in the Business Degree Program. In addition, he is the Attorney in Residence at the Montgomery County Community College Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. He is a certified Continuing Education instructor for insurance agents in the states of PA, NJ, NY, DE, MD, and VA where he provides custom tailored CE programs to insurance agents and their clients. He is a contributing author for the Insurance Institute of America and has been qualified as an expert witness in insurance disputes.
Through a combination of hands on work with business owners and their key staff members he has helped organizations grow and become effective and successful through risk management, process improvement, and smart acquisitions. He currently works with several insurance agencies and their commercial clients to provide legal services and business consultation including contract negotiation/administration, human resource management, enterprise risk management, commercial recoveries, acquisition transactions, and a full range of other Business Counsel services.
Bar admissions
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Law School
Temple University - Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, PA
Undergraduate School
Gwynedd-Mercy University, Gwynedd Valley, PA
Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA
Community Involvement
Chairman of the Public Safety Committee - Montgomery Township
President Alumni Board of Directors - Montgomery County Community College