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Michael T. Kelly
Partner and Co-Chair, Alcohol
Beverage Control/ Hospitality Industry Practice
New York
Areas of Experience
Beverage Control
Hospitality Industry
Franchise/Distribution Law
Professional Summary
A member of Wormser, Kiely, Galef &
Jacobs LLP and Co-Chair of the Alcohol Beverage/Hospitality Industry
Practice Group, Mr. Kelly has recently retired as Senior Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel of Moet Hennessy USA, Inc. and Schieffelin
& Somerset Co. During his tenure as General Counsel, Mr. Kelly handled
all legal matters for the company including providing alcohol beverage
regulatory advice, negotiating purchase and sale agreements, joint
venture agreements, distribution agreements, advertising, sales
promotion, and public relations agreements, trademark licensing
agreements, employment discrimination matters, managing litigation and
providing advice on all other corporate legal matters. Prior to going
in-house, Mr. Kelly represented major wine, distilled spirits and malt
beverage producers, importers and wholesale distributors, as well as
owners, operators and franchisors of national hotel, restaurant and
recreational/entertainment venues in private practice with the law firm
of Schreiber Tunick and MacKnight. He has spoken several times at
alcohol beverage control and hospitality industry conferences, and
continuing legal education conferences including CLE International on
such topics as the history of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act and
Product Coding and Product Quality Assurance Programs.
Education
J.D. Fordham Law School, 1978
B.A. Fordham College, 1975
Admissions
New York
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
Memberships
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
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