David J. Kelly

David J. Kelly concentrates his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, general corporate matters, corporate securities, sports, and entertainment and media law. Mr. Kelly has provided counsel to a variety of sports teams, including the Golden State Warriors, the Chicago White Sox, the Chicago Bulls, the Oakland Athletics, the St. Louis Blues, the Stockton Thunder, the Chicago Fire and the Philadelphia Union, regarding television, radio and internet rights agreements, arena/stadium matters, intellectual property issues, and sponsorship and naming rights agreements. Mr. Kelly has also counseled entertainment and media clients with respect to distribution agreements, recording contracts, licensing agreements, sponsorship agreements and rights agreements. In addition, he has advised clients in corporate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions and tender offers; represented underwriters in public offerings; and provided counsel to public companies with respect to securities law compliance, disclosure requirements and corporate governance matters.

In July 2011, Mr. Kelly’s legal practice and his work as a prominent musician were featured on a national episode of CBS Evening News. During 2009, he was a panelist on "The Real Business of Sports Law" panel at the Northwestern University School of Law. A former Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) fellow, Mr. Kelly is also a member of the board of directors and corporate secretary of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network.

Mr. Kelly earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Morehouse College in 1996 and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2004. He is admitted to practice in Illinois.