Robert A Kelly

If you are reading this review, then you are probably like I was: full of anxiety and needing an advocate to help you navigate the most challenging time in your life. I had a few legal consultations before choosing Rob and beginning my “collaborative” divorce journey. My case was challenging fr...om a financial, emotional, and custodial viewpoint. It was very charged at times, and I questioned whether we could reach an agreement-based outcome without a third-party decision-maker. This is where Rob really shines. Rob would calmly explain my options and partner with me to plan a successful strategy. He is an expert coach and a master of navigating tense situations. He thinks outside the box and brings methodical reasoning and empathy to the table when others are “digging their heels in.” His experience tells you when to take a break and when to push on because the finish line is in sight. Rob was able to get me a fair financial settlement and custody arrangement. That’s the key – Rob is fair. He has very high integrity and is looking for the best outcome for both parties. Without reservation, I would highly recommend Rob and his team for exceptional representation and support throughout your divorce process.

I cannot speak highly enough of Rob Kelly as the best possible attorney for a high conflict divorce or custody case. He genuinely cares about his clients, has high integrity, and his team at the office match his thoughtfulness and care. I am grateful to him for the many ways he supported myself and m...y son through the most difficult of times.

I worked with Rob on a high conflict custody case for over 4 months. Every interaction I had with Rob and his staff was professional, considerate and thorough. He worked tirelessly as an advocate for myself and family, putting in dedicated hours day after day. While the legal fees were mounting, he w...as simultaneously working to make a case that the children's father had brought the suit in bad faith, maliciously accusing me of activities and behaviors that were not true. While all along reminding me it would difficult to prove, I always had faith in Rob's ability to take my information through the legal lens to convince the court our parenting plan should not change, and he should pay legal fees. Rob was fair, professional and never stooped the level the other lawyers or my ex-husband, did. This makes him exemplary, in my book, because there were plenty of times he could have used information against the children's father and didn't. We still won the case, with the judge ruling to increase my child support and pay my legal fees. I'm convinced after meeting over 10 lawyers in Bellingham, nobody could have done this except Rob

After our initial meeting with Robert Kelly, it was very clear he was going to be different. Rob was honest about our particularly frustrating custody battle; he made sure we knew what we could and should expect of him. With that came hope for the first time, as we were finally talking with a knowl...edgeable attorney who was fully in our corner and was going to do whatever he could to help us. Coming from our last attorney's office whose main motivation was money; we were more than concerned this could be a similar situation. After learning Rob is one of the only attorney's around with two paralegals; amazing paralegals at that, we knew that alone would help with the bill. There have never been any surprises on the bills and Rob has offered such peace of mind by diligently trying to save us money, even while going through this lengthy process. Rob has been dedicated to our case, working tirelessly for us, listening to all concerns, answering all questions and has been there fighting for us the whole time. He has never wasted a dime of ours, which is a precious thing as these dealings are very expensive. Rob has always broken down everything, making things easy to understand and with that, easy to make sound decisions. He has kept us in the loop every step of the way; whenever questions or concerns have come up and he's not available, he gets back to us within a short amount of time. When others may have tried to cut corners, Rob has been upfront and honest with his strong ethics hard to find in others. He has managed to take an enormous weight off and has made this unbearable process bearable. Rob was ready and willing to litigate this case if necessary but he skillfully found a way to get mediation onto the table. This had seemed impossible before him and court looked like the only inevitable way to finish this. We felt more than confident putting our full trust in Rob and his team and it paid off. Rob not only was more than prepared for the face to face, he did not allow any of the shady tactics the other side attempted. It was a relief that Rob was our attorney and we weren't on the other side of the table from him. It is only because Rob is a very good attorney that we walked out of there with exactly what we had wanted from the start. My family and I will forever be grateful and indebted to Rob for standing with us through this entire process. You would be hard pressed to find an attorney more dedicated, more skillful or more of a client advocate than Robert Kelly.

I worked with Rob Kelly for 18 months during a traumatic child custody dispute where my ex-wife was trying to move our son away to a different school district and drastically reduce my custodial time. Rob Kelly came highly recommended by other Family Lawyers and from the moment I met with Rob, I knew... he was not only an exceptional lawyer but a good man too. He was honest from the outset regarding my chances of prevailing (not good) and didn't pull any punches during our work together. He was knowledgeable, determined, patient, caring, sympathetic, charming, honest and ultimately very successful as we won every single installment of a protracted case that dragged on for months due to my ex-wife's selfish behaviour. Rob and his excellent Paralegals are a formidable team and I'm glad I hired them and had them on my side. Whilst Rob works to the highest ethical standards, he is also more than ready and capable to stand his ground and fight his clients' corner toe-to-toe when required and because he keeps this part of his arsenal in reserve, it can have a devastating effect on the opposing client and counsel. I'm delighted with the work that Rob and his team did for me, ecstatic at the results they got for me and I recommend Rob Kelly wholeheartedly and unreservedly. I'm a very good father. Rob Kelly is an exceptional lawyer.