Bryan Patrick Kelley

Bryan represents a wide range of general contractors, subcontractors, developers, and surety companies in North and South Carolina. He primarily practices in the areas of construction law and surety claims and disputes. Bryan’s experience includes assisting clients with mechanic’s liens, bond claims, payment claims, defect litigation, insurance coverage, scheduling and delay issues, and change order disputes. He has served as a lecturer on a variety of construction topics for legal and industry groups including Carolinas Associated General Contractors. He is a co-author of the South Carolina Construction Law Deskbook, published by the Construction Law Section of the South Carolina Bar, and is a contributor to the South Carolina Construction Law Update published annually by Elmore Goldsmith. Bryan is rated “AV” preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.

After graduating from the University of South Carolina School of Law, Bryan served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable J. Derham Cole, Resident Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, and as an assistant Solicitor for the Seventh Circuit Solicitor’s Office in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He joined Elmore Goldsmith in 2009.