Kelly Brennan Bolvig has experience in various areas of trial and appellate litigation, with a concentration in business and financial litigation. Having represented banks, broker-dealers, securities-licensed individuals, utilities, accounting firms, insurance companies, credit reporting agencies, and debt collection companies, Kelly has experience in state and federal court proceedings, regulatory investigations, and arbitration before FINRA, NASD, AAA and NAF. Examples of matters Kelly handles on a regular basis include: litigation of business and contractual disputes in state and federal court, FINRA arbitrations involving consumer disputes and Form U5 filings; responses to Wells' Notices and regulatory requests; direct and derivative actions; and litigation involving contracts, securities and banking law, anti-money laundering rules and regulation, UCC Articles 3 and 4, and other state and federal statutes including RICO, FCRA, FDCPA, and TILA. Kelly is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), has been rated "AV" by Martindale Hubbell and was selected by the Birmingham Business Journal as a "Top 40 Under 40" professional.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Kelly currently is or previously has been involved in the following:
Alabama State Bar, Judicial Liaison Committee (2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010); Alabama State Bar, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee (2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010), Alabama State Bar, Leadership Forum (2008); Birmingham Bar, Fee Dispute Resolution Committee (2005-2006); Alabama State Bar, Leadership Forum Selections Committee (2009); Birmingham Bar, Civil Courts Procedures Committee (2009); Birmingham Bar, Fee Dispute Resolution Committee (2005-2006); Young Lawyer's Section, Member (2002-2008); Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, Certified Specialist; Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Member; Hand in Paw; Birmingham Inns of Court, Member; Alabama Ballet, Patron; Birmingham Museum of Art, Junior Patron; Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Benefactors Society; Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Member; The Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham, Friend; Children's Arts Guild, Member
PUBLICATIONS AND SEMINARS
"Piercing the. Corporate Veil: When is Too Much Fiction a Bad Thing?," Alabama Lawyer, January 2010; "Carve-Outs: The Efficacy of Reserving Judicial Remedies for Discreet Claims, While Requiring Arbitration for Others," Birmingham Bar Bulletin, Vol. 29 (Issue 2), p. 18, Gregory C. Cook, A. Kelly Brennan; "The Enforceability of Class Action Waivers in Consumer Agreements," 40 Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal 331 (Vol. 3), Gregory C. Cook, A. Kelly Brennan; "A Primer on Removal: Don't Leave State Court Without It," Birmingham Bar Bulletin, Vol. 28 (Issue 2), p. 24, Gregory C. Cook, A. Kelly Brennan; "The Enforceability of Class Action Waivers in Consumer Agreements," Birmingham Bar Bulletin, Vol. 29, p. 22, Gregory C. Cook, A. Kelly Brennan; Overdraft Opt-Ins Seminar: Protecting Your Bank Under Regulation E, Lorman Education Services; Document Retention and Destruction Policies for Financial Institutions, Lorman Education Services
REPRESENTATIVE REPORTED OR ACCESSIBLE DECISIONS
Sirote v. BBVA Compass Bank, 2012 WL 914921 (11th Cir. March 20, 2012); Ex parte Compass Bank, 77 So. 3d 578 (Ala. 2011); Sirote v. BBVA Compass Bank, --- F. Supp. 2d ----, 2010 WL 8591330 (N.D. Ala. December 29, 2010); Pawlak v. BBVA USA BancShares, Inc., 2010 WL 3119909 (S.D. Tex. August 4, 2010); UBS PaineWebber, Inc. v. Brown, 880 So. 2d 411 (Ala. 2003); In the Matter Between Bernadette Harper and Dean Wolpert and BBVA Compass Investment Solutions, Inc., 2010 WL 599914 (FINRA 2010); Brown v. UBS PaineWebber, Inc. et al., 2004 WL 3087412 (NASD 2004); King v. Invest Financial Services et al., 2004 WL 2848994 (NASD 2004); Shunnarah v. UBS PaineWebber, Inc. at al., 2005 WL 2897988 (NASD 2005); Megibow v. AmSouth Investment Services, Inc. et al., 2006 WL 1879979 (NASD 2006).
PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
PolyGram Holding, Inc./Mercury Records, New York, New York