Sandra L. Kelly

Member

Sandy’s practice focuses on a variety of commercial real estate transactions, including the acquisition, disposition, development, and financing of multi-family properties, industrial sites, office buildings, and other commercial properties. Sandy is also the co-founder of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Large Firm Associate Committee, which was designed to unite large Philadelphia law firms and provide its members with a forum to collaborate and grow together in the legal profession.

Sandy received her J.D., cum laude, from Temple University Beasley School of Law and her Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, in elementary and special education from Saint Joseph’s University. While at Temple, Sandy was the editor-in-chief of the Temple International & Comparative Law Journal and was the recipient of the Captain Robert Miller Knox Award and the Ethan Allen Doty Scholarship for outstanding contributions to the law school. 

Experience

News

More Than 200 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch

August 22, 2022

210 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Chambers Ranks 86 Cozen O’Connor Lawyers, 22 Practice Areas in Chambers USA 2022 Guide

June 02, 2022

Chambers USA, the leading annual guide to the top lawyers and law firms in the United States, has ranked 86 Cozen O’Connor lawyers as leaders in their respective fields in the guide’s 2022 edition.

Cozen O'Connor Promotes 28 Attorneys to Member

March 25, 2022

Cozen O'Connor promoted 28 attorneys to member in March.

More Than 205 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch By The Best Lawyers In America

August 19, 2021

Best Lawyers selected 210 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 23 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

47 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

May 28, 2021

Super Lawyers has selected 47 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to the 2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

82 Cozen O’Connor Lawyers, 19 Practices Earn Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2021 Guide

May 26, 2021

Chambers USA, the leading annual guide to the top lawyers and law firms in the United States, has ranked 82 Cozen O’Connor lawyers as leaders in their respective fields in the guide’s 2021 edition; of those, 15 lawyers have been recognized nationally.

More Than 200 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch By The Best Lawyers In America

August 20, 2020

Best Lawyers selected 201 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 23 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (Copyright 2020 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

Fifty-Eight Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

June 05, 2020

Super Lawyers has selected 58 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to the 2020 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

64 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

May 21, 2019

Super Lawyers has selected 64 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to the 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

Publications

Competing Outside the Courtroom: "Trying" the Deal [The Temple 10-Q]

September 18, 2014

Temple Law School has long been known for its trial advocacy programs. What some may not know is that its transactional programs are growing fast, and provide students with innovative hands-on opportunities to develop competitive business transactional skills, such as negotiating and drafting corporate documents

Education

  • Temple University—James E. Beasley School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2014
  • St. Joseph's University, B.S., magna cum laude, 2008

Awards & Honors

Chambers & Partners USA, Rising Star, 2021; Associate to Watch, 2022
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Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2019-2021
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Philadelphia Bar Association

Urban Land Institute