Kelli Byers Hooper
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Areas of Practice
- $1.5 million settlement for a client who needed a cervical fusion after a fleet vehicle rear-ended them
- $1.25 million settlement for a highway safety worker struck by an 18-wheeler in a construction zone
Overview
Kelli Byers-Hooper serves as an Of Counsel attorney at Bey & Associates, LLC, where she focuses her practice on serious injury and wrongful death cases. Based in the firm’s Atlanta office, her civil litigation practice includes a particular focus on trucking litigation. In 2025 alone, she settled cases totaling $10 million collectively.
Kelli earned her Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Denver and earned a Master of Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles. While pursuing her Master of Public Health, she managed clinical trials at UCLA Medical Center, an experience that adds a distinct perspective to her legal background.
Her professional experience also includes work in business litigation, family law, and with the City of Atlanta. In addition to her litigation practice, Kelli is a panel mediator with an Atlanta-based ADR group. Kelli is a Board-Certified Trucking Attorney, by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. She is licensed to practice law in Georgia and Texas.
Kelli is a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and has participated in the American Association for Justice Leadership Academy and the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers Leadership Academy. She is also a frequent speaker and published author on litigation strategy, advocacy, and the evolving role of technology in law.
In 2022, Kelli was featured in Law.com for her participation in a national gathering of women attorneys supporting Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first day on the bench. The gathering reflected a shared commitment to justice, professional excellence, advocacy, and unity within the legal community.
In 2026, Kelli achieved Board Certification as a Truck Accident Law advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA), becoming the first Black woman to do so. NBTA Board certification is one of the most demanding credentials in trial law, requiring proven trial experience, judicial and peer references, and a written exam. Only about 3 percent of U.S. lawyers have earned it.
Outside of her legal practice, Kelli is involved with the Morehouse Parents Council, her church, and the Fayette County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. She is also an appointee to the Fayette County Board of Elections.
Kelli’s approach to the law is rooted in advocacy, compassion, and persistence in achieving justice on behalf of injured people and their families.
Education
- J.D., Samford University, Cumberland School of Law (2007)
- M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health (2001)
- B.S., University of Denver (1995), Major in Biology; Minors in Chemistry and English
Bar Admissions
- State Bar of Georgia
- State Bar of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
Board Certification
- National Board of Trial Advocacy, Board Certified in Truck Accident Law, 2026
Professional Affiliations
- American Association for Justice (AAJ): Trucking Litigation Group; Leadership Academy, Class 7
- Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA)
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA)
- Georgia Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL), Leadership Academy
- Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA)
- National Bar Association
Speaking Engagements and Publications
- “Family First,” Trial Magazine (2020). The article looks at where family law and personal injury litigation intersect.
- Author of a chapter in Global Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance, written during her CDC fellowship
- Presenter at American Bar Association meetings and American Association for Justice conferences
Community Engagement
Kelli works to strengthen her profession and her community. She serves as a mediator with a local mediation and neutral office. She is also active with the Morehouse Parents Council, her church, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. In 2022, Law.com featured her among women attorneys from across the country who gathered in support of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
