Fort Lauderdale Attorney
KELSEY BLACK
Practice Areas
- Admiralty and Maritime
- Banking and Credit Union
- Complex Business Litigation
- Complex Fraud and Securities LItigation
- Construction and Construction Litigation
- Corporate
- Grey or Secondary Market Litigation
- Fiduciary Litigation
- Insurance Coverage
- Labor and Employment
- Products Liability and Warranty Claims
- Real Estate Litigation
- Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
- Trust and Probate Litigation
Attorneys
Known in some circles as the legal world’s answer to a Swiss Army knife—equal parts strategist, storyteller, and dispenser of questionable puns—Kelsey has built a career on turning uphill battles into victory laps. After deciding that big law was big on everything except fun, she launched Black Law PA in 2013 with a mission that was anything but modest: reinvent how law is practiced and prove that great advocacy starts with great humanity.
Her approach? Listen like a therapist, think like a chess master, and fight like someone who really, really hates losing. Whether it’s bet-the-company litigation or a delicate business sale, Kelsey brings the same mix of grit and grace to every matter. Her office mantra says it all: “Understand people, not just problems.”
Outside the courtroom, Kelsey insists she’s writing a book someday—fiction, not footnotes—but for now, her husband, two daughters, and one very opinionated dog keep her calendar full. Ask her how she’s doing and she’ll tell you: happy as a clam (though she’s still unclear why clams get all the credit). She’s convinced there’s no such thing as an unsolvable problem—just puzzles waiting for someone stubborn enough to crack them.
Education
J.D., Cum Laude, Suffolk University Law School (2007)
Served as Associate Executive Editor of the Suffolk University Law Review
B.F.A., Creative Writing, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
AWARDS
- Martindale Hubbell – AV Preeminent Rating
- Florida Super Lawyer – Top Rated in Business Litigation (2023-2025)
- Florida Super Lawyers – Rising Star (2015-2022)
ADMISSIONS:
- Massachusetts (2007)
- U.S. District Court, Massachusetts (2009)
- Florida (2010)
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida (2010)
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida (2011)
- U.S. District Court, Colorado (2025)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Member of 17th Judicial Circuit’s Professionalism Panel – 2020 to present
- Member – American Bar Association
- Member – Broward County Bar Association
- Member – Underwater Bar Association
