ince its founding in 1997 by Michael V. Kelley and James L. Ferraro, Cleveland, Ohio-based Kelley & Ferraro has grown to having some 100 lawyers and support staff. Inside Business recently called Michael V. Kelley “Cleveland’s King of Torts”. “Kelley is the premier asbestos clients attorney in Ohio, and one of the major players in the nation,” according to the magazine. In a recent Crain’s Cleveland Business Book of Lists, Kelley & Ferraro was the only plaintiffs’ law firm among the 40 largest law firms in Greater Cleveland, as measured by the number of attorneys. Indeed, as of this writing, Kelley & Ferraro handles one of the largest number of asbestos plaintiffs’ caseload in the country – with more than 30,000 cases pending in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and, collaborating with local co-counsel, thousands more spread throughout the country.