Kelly E. DeBerry

Kelly E. DeBerry has been practicing law in Tarrant County for 27 years. Kelly received her B.A. from the University of Texas (Plan II) in 1989 and her J.D. from S.M.U. in 1992. Kelly is senior counsel with Norman & Norman, P.C. Her practice includes probate administration, estate planning and select guardianship and family law cases.

Kelly is a member of the Tarrant County Bar Association and the Tarrant County Probate Bar Association. She previously served as a board member of the Tarrant County Probate Bar Association and Guardianship Services, Inc. Kelly has lectured on estate planning and probate for various groups including First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Paralegal Association. Kelly has been voted as a Top Attorney in Tarrant County for Probate, Estates & Trust by the Fort Worth Magazine, a publication of Fort Worth, Texas the City’s Magazine, each year from 2008 to the present. 

Kelly is married to Richard, who is also an attorney. Kelly and Richard have two children: Will, a senior at the University of Texas, and Katherine, a freshman at the University of Texas.  Prior to joining Norman & Norman in 2019, Kelly was a partner or associate of the following law firms: Griffith, Jay & Michel, LLP (2007-2019), Bakutis, McCully & Sawyer, P.C. (2000-2007), and Boswell & Kober, P.C (1994-2000).