Attorneys

Hon. John F. Kelly, Ret.

Hon. John F. Kelly, Ret., joined Hollingsworth Kelly after serving on the Pima County Superior Court bench for 22 years. He served on the Juvenile, Civil, Criminal, and Family Law Benches, and was presiding Juvenile Court Judge from 1996 to 1999.

Judge Kelly presided over cases involving wrongful death, catastrophic personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability and a variety of other cases involving negligence.

Before serving on the Court, Judge Kelly was an Assistant Attorney General for 10 years, focusing on civil litigation.

Practice Areas

Judge Kelly will concentrate his practice in personal injury, wrongful death, and medical malpractice.
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Louis Hollingsworth

Louis Hollingsworth was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona.

A graduate of the University of Arizona, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980, and a Juris Doctor in 1986.

Mr. Hollingsworth began his legal career as a Deputy County Attorney in the Pima County Attorney's office. After five years as a prosecutor he became a private attorney, with an emphasis in personal injury.

Since 2002, Mr. Hollingsworth has been awarded an A-V rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating possible by the most respected national attorney-rating firm. The "A" rating is the highest awarded for skill level while the "V" rating represents the highest score attainable for a lawyer's ethics. The rating is awarded based on a confidential peer review process.

"When I represent people who are injured I have one goal in mind-to make things right for them after all they've been through," says Mr. Hollingsworth. "Although most people recover from an injury, some, unfortunately, will have to live with pain for the rest of their lives. We prepare our cases knowing that if we have to, we will take them all the way to trial to achieve justice for our injured clients."

Professional Presentations
Evaluating the Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Collision, Annual American Association for Justice Jazz Fest Seminar, 2007
Wrongful Death-Civil Litigation, co-presented with attorney Andrew Petersen; Tucson Paralegal Association, 2006
Trial Tips from the Masters, co-presented with former Arizona Supreme Court Justice Stanley Feldman and Superior Court Judge Deborah Bernini; Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, 2005
PI From A-Z, State Bar Association, 2005
Maximizing Damages, co-presented with attorney Dale Harrelson; Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, 2003
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Michael F. Kelly

Michael Kelly was a prosecutor for the Pima County Attorney's Office for five years, concentrating his efforts on homicide and gang prosecutions. In his career as a prosecutor, Mr. Kelly tried over 65 felony jury cases and earned the 2006 "Top Gun Award" for Deputy Pima County Trial Attorney of the Year.

Mr. Kelly is looking forward to putting his litigation experience to work for injured plaintiffs. "Representing people who are injured as a result of another's negligence is similar to the work I did as a prosecutor," says Mr. Kelly. "Even though I represented the People as a deputy county attorney, my goal was to achieve a sense of justice for victims who were affected by a bad event. With that in mind, I'm looking forward to being in the courtroom on the side of the injured plaintiff, to achieve justice for them, for the injuries they innocently have to bear, and for the pain and suffering they have to live with, often for the rest of their lives."

A native of Tucson, Mr. Kelly began studying theatre arts at the University of Arizona before switching to the Business College. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Finance in 2001. He was awarded a Juris Doctor, also from the University of Arizona, in 2004.

Professional Presentations
The Role of the Prosecutor, Tucson Police Department Citizen's Academy, 2007, 2008, 2009
Closing Arguments: What You Can Say, What You Cannot Say, and What You Need to Say, Arizona Prosecuting Attorney's Advisory Council (APAAC), 2007, 2008
Courtroom Testimony and Demeanor, Tucson Police Department Officer Training, 2007, 2008
The Pima County Attorney's Office Gang Unit, University of Arizona College of Law, 2007
People for a Safe Tucson, 2007
APAAC Faculty Advisor, Intermediate Trial Advocacy Course, 2006, 2007
Pima County Attorney Citizen's Academy, 2006
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