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{ The Road to Success G
rowing up the son of a prominent Long Island
I went to Boston College, I thought I might end up going to
judge, Patrick Kelly ’82, the president and CEO
law school after graduation.”
of Brigade Capital Management, LLC, was liter-
The youngest of seven children, Kelly also watched his
ally on the road to law school at an early age. Traveling from
brother Paul Jr. become an accomplished attorney, member
St. Mary’s High School in Manhasset to his home in Freeport,
of the New Mexico House of Representatives and ultimately
he routinely stopped by the courthouse in Mineola to watch
appointee to the Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by
his father, Judge Paul J. Kelly, a Nassau County Court judge
President George H.W. Bush.
who later became a state Supreme Court judge, try cases.
When it came time to apply to law schools, Kelly was
“My father loved being a judge and felt the law was fabu-
already quite familiar with Hofstra. While in high school he
lous training for anybody no matter what field they worked
accompanied his father to moot court competitions at the
in,” says Kelly. “I grew up wanting to be a lawyer, and when
Law School. In addition, he credits Rivkin Radler LLP
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Photo by Howard Wechsler
Patrick Kelly ’82