J&G Law, LLP announced that Managing Partner Kelly Pressler has been selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only honorary society that includes less than one-half of 1% of American lawyers.

Pressler, head of the firm’s litigation department, represents individuals, businesses and municipalities in matters including contract disputes, municipal litigation and trust and estate cases. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, magna cum laude, from Siena College and her law degree magna cum laude from Albany Law School. She previously served as president and treasurer of the Women’s Bar Association of Orange and Sullivan Counties.

Pressler is a graduate of Leadership Orange, and has been recognized with many accolades including as a Hudson Valley Magazine Top Lawyer, Hudson Valley Forty Under 40 Mover and Shaker by the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce, Woman Leader in Law by Martindale-Hubbell, Orange County Rising Star, Super Lawyer Rising Star Upstate New York and the Women’s Bar Association of Orange and Sullivan Counties Outstanding New Lawyer Award.

“Kelly has been selected to be a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, and we are grateful she is part of a community that values exceptional advocacy and unwavering commitment to the highest ethical standards,” J&G partner J. Benjamin Gailey said in a statement.

Fellows are chosen for excellence in trial and appellate litigation and for a strong ethical reputation.