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Kelly R. Houk

Senior Attorney

Kelly Houk is a senior attorney in the litigation group in Dykema’s Bloomfield Hills office. She specializes in personal injury and contract matters. Her clients manufacture pharmaceuticals, medical devices, automobiles, elevators, escalators, furnaces, and firearms. It is her privilege to defend surgery centers and doctors in medical malpractice actions. She is adept at defending a variety of products and premises in asbestos litigation as well as companies and employee-drivers in auto-negligence cases.

Kelly also has experience with insurance and commercial matters, including matters involving significant amounts of secured debt. She has tried bankruptcy, breach of contract, and trade secret misappropriation matters. In 2014, she was part of a trial team that obtained a successful jury verdict in a trade secret misappropriation case pending in the Eastern District of Michigan.

Kelly graduated from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law (UDM), where she achieved recognition in legal writing, administrative law, and franchising law. She was a Title Editor on UDM's Law Review and was inducted into the Frank Murphy Honor Society for graduating in the top 10% of her class. In 2019, Kelly was the recipient of UDM’s Rising Star Award. Kelly serves on the Board of Directors of both the Detroit Mercy Law and Albion College Alumni Associations.

As the daughter of a veteran, Kelly was proud to enroll in the Veterans Law Clinic while at UDM. Through her affiliation with that clinic, she was able to help military veterans with their disability claims. She also traveled with Project SALUTE to New Orleans, Louisiana to reach out to veterans at a local VFW hall. She continues to support this important work by UDM.

Kelly has a special interest in cybersecurity and social media. In 2012, Kelly advised Michigan’s CIO on technology matters as part of the 21st Century CIO Advisory Council.

    • University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2013, Frank Murphy Honor Society, Dean's Honor Society
    • Albion College, B.A., cum laude, 2010
    • American University, Washington Semester Program, Justice Program Spring Semester, 2009 

  • Bar Admissions

    • Michigan

  • Court Admissions

    • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
    • U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
    • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Michigan
    • U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
    • U.S. Supreme Court

    • Named to Best Lawyers' "Ones to Watch" list for Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2021-2024

    • Recognized by The Legal 500 United States as a Key Lawyer for Automotive Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action, 2023

    • State Bar of Michigan

Contact

Bloomfield Hills248-203-0507