Brian Kelly grew up in an auto industry family in the Detroit area. That experience sparked an interest in labor and employment law, which Kelly has pursued since attending the University of Michigan for both college and law school.

What's exciting in the present time and space about your area of the law?

What's always exciting about labor and employment is the laws and regulations constantly change. We get to work with our clients very closely to navigate the changes, and they count on us to keep them current and develop effective and creative solutions when problems arise. This leads to us having very close client relationships

Give me an example of a creative solution.

Like all businesses, our clients faced challenges during the pandemic, including divisive workplace topics like masks and vaccinations. My team and I worked with our clients to find solutions by identifying each client's corporate culture and then developing a compliance plan for the government rules and mandates that did not disrupt that culture.

That had to be especially challenging, because you were learning as we all were. Nobody gave us a "Pandemics for Dummies" book.

Businesses had to figure what to do in real time. But honestly, dealing with a situation like that where there isn't a playbook is something that I enjoy. You have to figure out what the rules are, what the client's goals are, and what you can realistically accomplish under the circumstances, only to have the circumstances change a...

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