TEXAS LEGAL AWARDS 2024
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT : Kelly Frels
Kelly Frels is a retired partner with
Bracewell , and he is one of the winners of Texas Lawyer ’ s Lifetime Achievement award . Read a Q & A with him below . What are the moments that have defined your legal career ? While there are undoubtedly many great moments that have defined my career , I am most proud of my work helping to desegregate the Houston Independent
Kelly Frels , retired partner with Bracewell .
School District , serving as Bracewell ’ s managing partner and leading all of Texas ’ great lawyers as the president of the State Bar of Texas . For HISD , that work was challenging but also very rewarding , as it helped to modernize the city from a social
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