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Laura Ann
KELLY
Ms. Kelly concentrates her practice in trust and estate planning and administration and business succession planning for principals and shareholders of closely held businesses. Such practice also includes addressing clients’ private philanthropic goals, including structuring charitable trust and private foundations and providing counsel to clients on all aspects of nonprofit corporate governance. Ms. Kelly’s representative clients include individuals with net worth exceeding $100 million.
Ms. Kelly has been named to the list of NJ Super Lawyers for 2024. This is the tenth consecutive year Ms. Kelly has been selected to this list. The Super Lawyers list, compiled by the Thomson Reuters organization, identifies attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for their professional accomplishments; no more than five percent of attorneys in the State are named to the list each year.
In addition, Laura was also named to the 2023 Super Lawyers Top 50 Women in New Jersey list. Recognition to the New Jersey Super Lawyers Top Lists is given to attorneys who receive the highest point totals during the Super Lawyers selection process. Further details on the selection methodology used can be found on the Super Lawyers website. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Ms. Kelly is included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for her work in Trusts & Estates and Trusts & Estates Litigation. Inclusion on this list is based on peer review to capture a consensus opinion of leading lawyers regarding the professional abilities of their colleagues. Further details on the selection methodology can be found on the Best Lawyers website. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Additionally, Ms. Kelly has been named to the list of AV Preeminent lawyers by Martindale-Hubbell since 2008. Methodology and criteria used in selection to the AV list can be found on the Martindale-Hubbell website. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Ms. Kelly was featured in New York Magazine’s March 19, 2018 publication highlighting New York’s Women Leaders in the Law in recognition of the achievements of women attorneys practicing in the greater New York area. Selection methodology can be found on the New York Magazine website. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
In 2009, Ms. Kelly was honored by NJ Biz magazine as one of the Best 50 Women in Business.
Ms. Kelly was a member of the Chilton Medical Center governing Board of Trustees and subsequent community advisory board from 2009-2017 and was a board member of the Center for Hope Hospice and Palliative Care (Trustee and Secretary) from 2001-2004. She has been a member of the Estate Planning Council of Northern New Jersey since 1993, where she served as President from 2005-2006. Ms. Kelly currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Atlantic Health System, where she chairs the organization’s governance committee.
Donnelly Minter & Kelly, LLC has been named a Tier 1 firm in the New Jersey Metro area for Trusts & Estates Law by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” in 2024. For more information on selection methodology, visit the Best Law Firms® website.
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1992
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1992
- New York, 1993
Education
- The George Washington University, J.D. 1992
- Franklin & Marshall College, B.A. 1989, Phi Beta Kappa
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- New Jersey State Bar Association (Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section)
- District X Ethics Committee (2001-2004)