About Madeline Kelley
Madeline M. Kelley joined Elk & Elk in 2026, bringing experience from an AmLaw 100 firm and diverse prior roles including in-house counsel and work with the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office Cold Case Sexual Assault Investigation Unit and the United States Attorney's Office. She attended Case Western Reserve School of Law, where she achieved a top 10 national ranking in the National Trial Competition and received the International Academy of Trial Lawyer's Award as the outstanding advocate of her graduating class. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Richmond in Philosophy, Political Science, Economics, and Law (PPEL) and studied abroad at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, which gave her Spanish-language proficiency. She focuses on personal injury and medical malpractice at Elk & Elk.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Elk & Elk Co Ltd
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A Cuyahoga County jury awarded $39 million to the widow of a highway paving inspector struck and killed on Interstate 271 after the paving contractor failed to follow its court-approved safety plan.
A Fulton County jury awarded $2,761,228 to the widow and estate of James Worman after a fabricated axle shaft sold by Hart's Machine Service fractured beneath the couple's 1973 Honda trike, killing James and severely injuring his wife Pamela.
A Hamilton County, Ohio, jury awarded $2,063,255.51 to the family of Judy Helen Collins, 73, who died in November 2019 after complications of a hiatal hernia repair. Jurors found surgeon Robert Bradley, MD, liable for medical malpractice and wrongful death after he did not obtain a CT scan a radiologist had recommended and did not recognize signs of re-herniation. The same jury cleared the radiologist and his imaging group. The verdict came on Oct. 24, 2024, after a two-week trial.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
