Larry E. Kelly became a member of the law firm in March 2008. He was appointed a United States Bankruptcy Judge in the Western District of Texas by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on October 2, 1986 and served as the Chief Judge from 1988-2006. Prior to being appointed to the bankruptcy bench Mr. Kelly was a partner in the Waco, Texas law firm of Pakis, Cherry, Beard & Giotes, Inc., in the insolvency, bankruptcy and reorganization section. He concentrates his practice in bankruptcy, reorganization and creditor rights and commercial litigation. Mr. Kelly has also served as adjunct professor of law at Baylor School of Law beginning in 1984.

B.A., cum laude, University of Texas, 1971,
J.D., cum laude, Baylor University School of Law, 1974

State Bar of Texas
United States District Court in the Western District of Texas

State Bar of Texas
Waco-McLennan County Bar Association
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (1986-2007)
Texas Bar Foundation
United States District Court, Western District of Texas
American Bankruptcy Institute

Chief Judge for the United States District Courts in the
Western District of Texas, 1988 – February 1, 2007
Appointed by Chief Justice Rehnquist to serve on the
Federal Judicial Center Committee on Bankruptcy Judges
Education, 1991 – 1994
N.C.B.J. Automation Committee/Web Page Committee, Chairman,
1995 – October 2006
Administrative Office of U.S. Court, various automation
committees
Judge E. and Suzanne V. Kelly Endowed Baylor Law School
Scholarship Fund, Founder, January 2008

Bankruptcy
Commercial Litigation
Reorganization/Creditor Rights

Larry E. Kelly

Courses Taught
Bankruptcy