Kelley Bannon Lashley

Kelley Bannon Lashley is a graduate of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and Santa Clara University School of Law. Kelley attended Cal Poly on a softball scholarship and was honored as the Cal Poly Female Athlete of the Year in her last season as a Mustang. At Santa Clara, she was a member of the Honors Moot Court team and was named one of Santa Clara’s Law Students of the Year for her work in running a pro-bono domestic violence restraining order clinic.

Kelley formerly practiced in San Luis Obispo where she was Co-Chair of the County High School Mock Trial Competition, and served on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Cal Poly Mustang Athletic Fund, the San Luis Obispo County Economic Vitality Corporation, as well as the Central Coast Planned Giving Council. She is a graduate of Leadership San Luis Obispo, Class XII.

Kelley left the Central Coast in 2005 to join her grandfather, Robert D. Bannon, in his Pasadena law practice. Since then, Kelley has joined the Board of Directors and chairs the Planned Giving Advisory Committee for Five Acres, a Los Angeles area child and family services agency that prevents child abuse through treatment and education in community based and residential programs. She has also been selected by her peers as one of Pasadena Magazine’s Top Attorneys since 2010 and was recently honored as a top professional advisor by the Pasadena Community Foundation.

Kelley is an active member of the Pasadena and Los Angeles County Bar Associations.  She has served as a Probate Volunteer Panel attorney for the Los Angeles County Superior Court and currently serves among a select group of attorneys as a pro bono Settlement Officer for the Court. 

Kelley speaks regularly on legal and tax issues relating to estate planning and administration. She is also a guest lecturer for the Advanced Wills and Trusts course at Pepperdine University School of Law and the Certified Financial Planner course at Cal Lutheran University. She also authors the Estate Planning Considerations chapter in the California CEB Business Buy-Sell Agreements book and co-authored an article in the California Trusts and Estates Quarterly.

 is an active member of the Pasadena and Los Angeles County Bar Associations.  She has served as a Probate Volunteer Panel attorney for the Los Angeles County Superior Court and currently serves among a select group of attorneys as a pro bono Settlement Officer for the Court.

Kelley speaks regularly on legal and tax issues relating to estate planning and administration. She is also a guest lecturer for the Advanced Wills and Trusts course at Pepperdine University School of Law and the Certified Financial Planner course at Cal Lutheran University. She also authors the Estate Planning Considerations chapter in the California CEB Business Buy‑Sell Agreements book and co‑authored an article in the California Trusts and Estates Quarterly.

Kelley is married and has two children. When not practicing law, she enjoys playing golf and softball, coaching her daughter’s fast‑pitch team, scrapbooking and working with the Cal Poly Alumni Association as its Director for Athletics.