Background
Michael J. Kelly was born in 1957. His documented professional background is rooted in New Jersey, where he pursued higher education and later established a legal practice in Jersey City.
Michael J. Kelly was born in 1957. His documented professional background is rooted in New Jersey, where he pursued higher education and later established a legal practice in Jersey City.
Kelly earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from William Paterson College of New Jersey and a Juris Doctor degree from Seton Hall University. William Paterson traces its origins to a normal school founded in 1855 and later developed into a public institution offering broad liberal-arts and professional education. Seton Hall University, founded in 1856, is a Catholic university whose School of Law was established in 1951 and became an important New Jersey institution for legal education.
Kelly worked in Jersey City, New Jersey, and was admitted to the bar in 1991. His practice concentrated on insurance law and defense litigation, areas of legal work involving disputes over insurance coverage, liability, and the defense of civil claims.