Kelly A. Potter

Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Houston
United States
T:+1 713 651 5678
Houston
United States
T:+1 713 651 5678
Kelly A. Potter

Kelly A. Potter

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Biography

Kelly Potter is a senior associate in the Regulations, Investigations, Securities and Compliance practice group.  Kelly focuses her practice on securities litigation, SEC enforcement actions, government investigations, and complex commercial litigation.  She has experience defending clients before the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of Justice, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and state and federal courts.  Prior to joining Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP in 2020, she was an associate for a large international law firm headquartered in New York.

Kelly is very active in our pro bono program, including representing a prisoner in a federal civil rights lawsuit, representing tenants in eviction proceedings during the COVID-19 pandemic, and acting as an advisor in a Title IX hearing.


Professional experience

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JD, with honors, University of Texas School of Law, 2016

BA, English, BS, Earth Science, Rice University, 2010

During law school, Kelly was a Symposium Editor for The Review of Litigation.  She received Dean's Achievement Awards for the highest grade in Torts and Contracts.  Kelly was also a member of the UT Civil Rights Clinic and interned at the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

  • New York State Bar
  • Texas State Bar
  • The Best Lawyers in America - Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Best Lawyers, 2023-2024

Panelist/speaker, "Texas Securities Litigation: Year in Review with Trendspotting for 2021," Norton Rose Fulbright Client Webinar, January 21, 2021

  • State Bar of Texas 
  • Houston Bar Association
  • Houston Young Lawyers Association