Email: pkelley@fosteld.com

Peter Kelley is a graduate of Bates College (B.A. 1984) and Suffolk University Law School (J.D. 1991), where he received distinction as a member of the Law Journal. Mr. Kelley was admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1991, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1992, the State of New Hampshire in 2009, and the State of Maine in 2009.

Mr. Kelley has more than fifteen years of successful trial experience in both state and federal court and offers a broad range of litigation expertise. He has appeared in all levels of state court and in the trial and appellate levels of the federal court. With a focus on medical malpractice and general liability defense, Mr. Kelley has also handled many complex litigation matters in personal injury, toxic tort, construction, contract, and civil rights law. He has tried more than 50 civil cases - including numerous medical cases in the areas of obstetrics, surgery, cardiology, and emergency medicine. (Trial Summaries, please click here.) He is also often retained to represent medical professionals before the state medical, nursing, and dental licensing boards.

Mr. Kelley regularly counsels health care professionals and administrators in health care law and provides risk management advice to health care institutions. He is a frequent lecturer on health care law for Continuing Medical Education and Risk Management programs.

Areas of Practice: Medical Malpractice Defense and Health Care Law, Representation of Medical Professionals before Licensing Boards and Societies, Personal Injury, Premises and General Liability litigation.

Member: Massachusetts Bar Association, Middlesex County Bar Association, Cambridge-Arlington-Belmont Bar Association, American Board of Trial Advocates.