Member
Andrew Kelly is a member of Odom & Des Roches, LLC. Mr. Kelly has extensive experience handling civil and criminal litigation matters in both state and federal courts.
Mr. Kelly has particular experience as a trial lawyer in the antitrust field, serving as co-lead trial counsel for the plaintiff class in Natchitoches Parish Hosp. Serv. Dist. v. Tyco International (US) et al, (settled after several weeks of trial for $32.5 million), serving as trial counsel for the plaintiff class in In re Opana ER Antitrust Litig., (mid-trial recovery of $145 million), and serving as co-lead trial counsel for plaintiffs in Value Drug Co. et al v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals, et al (settled after several weeks of trial on terms favorable to the client). Mr. Kelly was also appointed as lead trial counsel for the plaintiff class in In re Mushrooms Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litigation (multiple settlements immediately pre-trial totaling over $45 million).
As part of this practice, Mr. Kelly has conducted direct or cross examination at trial of experts including Prof. Einer Elhauge, Dr. Janusz Ordover, Mr. Jonathan Singer, Mr. Scott Lassman, and Prof. John R. Thomas.
Mr. Kelly was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania in 1966, and was admitted to the bar for the States of Louisiana and California in 1994. Prior to joining Odom & Des Roches, Mr. Kelly worked as a sole practitioner, a public defender, and as a clerk to the late Hon. John Minor Wisdom at the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He joined the firm in 1999 as an associate and became a member of the firm in 2004. Mr. Kelly received his bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1988. He received his juris doctorate from the University of San Diego in 1994.