KELLY CHEN

Kelly Chen is Managing Counsel at Toyota Motor North America, Inc. where she manages and directs the company’s business litigation matters, including patent litigation and class actions. In her role as Managing Counsel she also provides counsel and advice to business units regarding commercial and product issues. Prior to joining Toyota, Kelly was a litigation partner at Munck Wilson Mandala, LLP where she focused on intellectual property, complex commercial, and employment disputes. She represented client in various industries, including semiconductors, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals through all phases of litigation, including trial.  During law school, Kelly worked full time in the international tax department at Deloitte.

Among her other honors, in 2017, Kelly was honored as a Dallas Business Journal 40 under 40 and was named a Best Lawyer Under 40 by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.  She is a graduate of Leadership Dallas, a prestigious leadership development program sponsored by the Dallas Regional Chamber and is involved in a variety of civic and bar activities.