Attorney Skelly is a midwestern transplant from Iowa. She has been in Florida for the past 12 years. While attending school full time for her Master’s degree, Attorney Skelly worked full time in social services helping children and their families who were involved in the dependency system.
Attorney Skelly has a professional background in child welfare and social services having worked for 18 years in the field. Attorney Skelly attended law school at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School at their Riverview campus. She did their accelerated program and completed law school in just over two years and graduated magna cum laude with honors.
In her legal career, Attorney Skelly started out at the State Attorney’s Office in Fort Myers, FL. She helped prosecute several cases and has done several jury and bench trials. Attorney Skelly has also worked for a family law firm under a board certified marital and family law practitioner where she gained tremendous knowledge in the area of family law which includes divorce, paternity, child custody/parenting plans, alimony and child support as well as domestic relations issues such as domestic violence injunctions. Attorney Skelly is also certified as a Guardian ad Litem and can serve as a Guardian ad Litem in family court cases.
Attorney Skelly is a proud member of the Florida Bar, the Lee County Bar Association, the Calusa Chapter of the American Inns of Court, and the American Bar Association.