Kelsey represents clients as plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state lawsuits, as well as arbitrations, involving contractual and extra-contractual disputes, as well as overpayment and fraudulent billing issues. She advises group insurers, plan administrators, third-party claim administrators, employers, and pharmacies in lawsuits involving medical benefits, including ERISA and state law claims.
Kelsey has experience in all stages of litigation, including drafting pleadings and discovery requests, briefing jurisdictional and procedural issues, managing complicated discovery dockets, responding to evidentiary challenges, working with experts, interviewing witnesses, and handling bench and jury trials. Kelsey has represented clients in Texas, Oklahoma, Delaware, and Florida. While the range of business disputes on which Kelsey works crosses many industries, she has extensive experience in managed care litigation. Kelsey handles cases involving disputes over medical benefits, claim billing and payment, reimbursement disputes, fraud, and other healthcare issues.
Kelsey’s pro bono practice includes working as a volunteer prosecutor for the City of Houston Municipal Court where she tried numerous jury trials to verdict and handled all aspects of pretrial motions, voir dire, direct and cross-examination, and closing arguments.
Managed Care Experience: Kelsey handles contested proceedings brought by or against managed care clients; she has extensive experience defending and/or prosecuting many types of claims and causes of action, including:
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