Kelly K Ballentine is a partner at ArentFox Schiff LLP. She helps her clients avoid litigation by advising on employment-related issues, such as internal complaints, personnel issues, management concerns, wage and hour laws, leave laws, employee handbooks, pay plans, separation agreements, and restrictive covenants. When litigation cannot be avoided, Ms. Ballentine represents her client in business and employment-related disputes in the automotive, consumer products and services, finance, real estate, and technology industries. She received her B.S., magna cum laude from Boston University and her J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law. Ms. Ballentine is a member of the Boston Bar Association and Women's Bar Association. She is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and before the US District Court, District of Connecticut, US District Court, District of Massachusetts, and US Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit.