Kelly J. Beard, LLC brings years of trial experience and a hands-on approach to help solve your employment-related problems. The firm handles all aspects of wrongful termination, employment discrimination, and restrictive covenant matters. Kelly J. Beard, LLC is committed to giving you a creative, conscientious, and client-centered firm that provides outstanding legal representation inside and outside the courtroom. Kelly is also a founding member of Turning Points ADR, LLC, and she provides mediation and arbitration services through her law firm as well as through Turning Points. Please visit www.turningpointsadr.com for more information.

To set up an appointment, please call (404) 961-7233,
or email kbeard@kbeardlaw.com

Practice Overview
Kelly Beard formed her boutique practice, Kelly J. Beard, LLC, in 2007, after nearly 20 years of practicing law in a variety of legal settings. The firm represents deserving individuals and small businesses who need to wrestle justice from an unjust employment situation.

Because Kelly is committed to the cause of just and fair employment, her trial experience spans a broad spectrum: Kelly won the largest reverse discrimination verdict in the history of the nation, as reported in The National Law Journal, Top 100 Verdicts (2003). On the other end of the spectrum, Kelly won a defense verdict for a minority-owned business unjustly accused of discrimination.

When you receive advice from Kelly, you’re receiving advice from an attorney who has been on both sides of the aisle, allowing you to obtain an objective and realistic assessment of your case based on your specific facts. Kelly has successfully negotiated exit strategies and packages for executive-level employees. She handles matters all types of discrimination and harassment in the work-place – including race, gender, disability, religious, national origin, and age claims. Kelly understands the nuances of federal statutory and case law governing employment-related claims. She also understands how to protect and defend you in employment matters governed by state law -- drafting and defeating restrictive covenants of all types, and successfully raising employment-related claims of assault, battery, defamation, invasion or privacy, and breach of contract claims.

Although Kelly is grateful for her courtroom experience, she knows that some of the best resolutions happen outside the courtroom. That’s why Kelly is committed to mediation as well as to litigation. Kelly has handled a variety of successful mediations, as an advocate and as a mediator. She has also been called upon to offer her opinion as an expert in employment matters.

Firm Mission
Kelly J. Beard, LLC creates an alternative to the old-style “push-down, layer-up” approach to practicing law. If Kelly believes she is the right attorney for you, she will do the work. She won’t push it down to associates, assistants, or paralegals. Instead, you will have the person with the greatest depth and breadth of experience keeping vigil over your case. Yet, because Kelly J. Beard, LLC is a small boutique, you receive the attention of an experienced attorney for less than you would pay for comparable services at big firms.

Whether your employment issue may best be resolved by negotiation, mediation, or litigation, you can trust Kelly J. Beard, LLC to combine her unique experience and excellence with a commitment to you.

Please note, nothing on this web site should be construed as legal advice.
No attorney-client relationship exists unless and until you have signed a retainer agreement with Kelly J. Beard, LLC.