Background
Kelly, Robert Francis was born in 1935 in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, United States.
Kelly, Robert Francis was born in 1935 in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Villanova University, 1957. Bachelor of Laws, Temple University, 1960.
Private practice law, Media, Pennsylvania, 1961-1962, 64-76, Chester, 1962-1964. Law clerk to Honorary Francis J. Catania Court Common Pleas, Delaware County, 1964-1972. Prothonotary Delaware County, 1972-1976.
Former judge Court Common Pleas 32d Judicial District Pennsylvania. Judge United States District Court (eastern district) Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1987—2001, senior judge, since 2001. Lecturer law Villanova University Law School.
Voluntary defender Delaware County, 1962. Chairman Delaware County Republican Executive Committee, 1972-1976, Subcommittee on Library. Programs; Member American Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Pennsylvania Trial Judges Association, Delaware County Bar Association.