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What Jamie Leigh Jones Has To Say:

Todd Kelly has proven to be a fearless attorney who isn’t afraid of being
the opposing counsel against large corporations. I turned to Todd Kelly in
February of 2007 to file a civil suit against Halliburton/KBR, the largest
military contracting corporation in the United States. When he took on my
case, he was made aware that I had signed approximately an 18 page
employee contract that contained an arbitration clause within the
document. An arbitration proceeding is private and discrete and the
outcome of arbitration cannot be disclosed to the public, nor can it be
appealed. Unfortunately, arbitration is stacked in favor of businesses,
making it harder for individuals, like myself, to prevail in a dispute and
that’s just wrong. He knew getting my case out of arbitration and into a
trial by jury would be a challenge, especially since no one before him had
conquered such a battle. He accepted this plight and worked diligently to
bust through the arbitration clause in my employment agreement. When I
was invited to testify in front of congress, he flew to Washington with me
to bring awareness to the issues regarding arbitration clauses in
employment contracts. He went above and beyond in fighting this huge
arbitration hurdle that stood between me and getting a trial by jury. The
judge ruled in our favor, and I can now get justice through the United
States civil court system. His success in getting my case out of arbitration
is precedent setting, which will open the doors for future victims to also
be able to seek civil justice.

Unfortunately my incident wasn’t isolated, as a result, I founded “The
Jamie Leigh Foundation” which is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
helping United States citizens and legal residents who are victims of crime
while working abroad for government contractors and subcontractors. I
invited Todd Kelly to be on the board of directors on my foundation due to
his dedication and expertise in corporation accountability. I have referred
a number of victims who have sought help through my foundation to Todd
Kelly. “The Jamie Leigh Foundation” has received a congressional
recognition by being honored with the “Suzanne McDaniel Public
Awareness Award” by making the US aware of the lawless environment
that contract corporation’s harbor. Todd Kelly was instrumental in
bringing public awareness to the issues surrounding contractors, in that he
flew with me to New York and went on “Dan Abrams”, “The Early
Show”, and CNN with me. He arranged for us to be on “20/20” and flew
to California to be interviewed by ABC. He has arranged numerous media
engagements and has kept the public current on the progress of my civil
suit. He often will appear in the “Houston Chronicle”, ABC’s 20/20
website, “The New York Times”, and the “Associated Press” speaking
about my case.

Todd Kelly isn’t an ordinary attorney. I have never heard of an attorney
that will personally answer his clients phone calls, and if he is unavailable
will call back in a timely fashion. There have been a number of occasions
where he has spent hours on the phone explaining something to me. When
I e-mail him, he personally replies within a couple of hours. I think one of
his best qualities is how he makes it a priority to keep in close contact
with his clients.
Jamie Leigh Jones