Waching daily Jan 31 2018

>>> PROBABLY HAVE NEEDED OR WILL NEED ONE AT ONE IN OUR

LIFE.

>> AND IF WE HAVE LEGAL ISSUES WE CALL ON THEM TO MAKE SENSE

OF IT ALL.

>> BUT BEHIND ALL OF THE TRIALS IN CASES, EVERY ATTORNEY HAS A

STORY.

ONE OF THOSE IS KELLY GELOF IS A MANAGING PARTNER AT TUNNELL

AND RAYSOR.

>> SHE HAS BEEN ON THE SHOW BEFORE BUT WE SENT

DELMARVALIFE'S SYDNEY WHITFIELD TO GET TO KNOW HER A LITTLE

MORE AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT SHE FOUND OUT.

>> Sydney: MANY PEOPLE KNOW ATTORNEY KELLY GELOF IS A

MANAGING PARTNER AT TUNNELL AND RAYSOR, BUT SOME MAY NOT KNOW

ABOUT HER EARLY CHILDHOOD, GROWING UP AS A CHILD OF TWO

YOUNG PARENTS.

>> Woman: MY PARENTS GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN TWO WEEKS LATER

GOT MARRIED AND HAD ME A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, SO THAT WAS

PRETTY ROUGH FOR THEM, FOR THE FAMILY IN GENERAL, BUT

ESPECIALLY FOR THEM BECAUSE ONE WENT ON FOR EDUCATION WITH A

SCHOLARSHIP AND ONE HAD SPORTS, AND THEY GAVE THAT UP IN ORDER

TO HAVE ME.

SO THEY DID GIVE UP QUITE A BIT.

>> AS ROUGH AS IT MAY HAVE BEEN, KELLY SAID SHE ALWAYS HAD

MORE SUPPORT AND LOVE THAN SHE COULD EVER ASK FOR.

>> Woman: I DID NOT GROW UP WITH MUCH FINANCIALLY BUT I DID

GROW UP WITH A LOT OF LOVE, BOTH MY MOM AND DAD IN BOTH

SIDES OF THE FAMILY.

I NEVER FELT LIKE I WAS MISSING ANYTHING BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW

ANY DIFFERENT.

AND I FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY LOVE, YOU FEEL

LIKE YOU CAN DO ANYTHING AND THAT IS HOW I GREW.

>> AND KELLY SAID AT A YOUNG AGE SHE KNEW SHE WANTED TO BE

SUCCESSFUL AND DO WHATEVER SHE COULD TO GET BACK TO THE FAMILY

THEY GAVE SO MUCH TO HER.

>> I THOUGHT ABOUT A LAWYER AROUND THE AGE OF NINE, I

CONFIRMED IT AT 10, AND FOUND IN UNDERGRAD THAT I REALLY

LOVED.

I FOUND THAT ABOUT 14.

AND I REALLY FELT LIKE THAT IS WHERE I NEEDED AND WANTED TO

BE.

>> AFTER RECEIVING HER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE, SHE

ATTENDED LAW SCHOOL WHERE SHE MET HER HUSBAND.

>> MY HUSBAND AND I WERE ENGAGED AT THE TIME, AND WE

ENDED UP MOVING TO THE BEACH.

HE ACTUALLY CLERKED AT TUNNELL AND RAYSOR WHILE WE WERE DATING

AND LAW SCHOOL SO I MET MY SENIOR PARTNER, AND HE SAID IF

I EVER CAME TO THE AREA TO LET HIM KNOW BECAUSE MAYBE I CAN

HAVE A JOB OPPORTUNITY THERE.

AND SOONER RATHER THAN LATER IS WHEN WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT WANT

TO MOVE TO THE BEACH.

SO I LOOKED THEM UP AND INTERVIEWED, AND THAT HAS BEEN

22 YEARS OR.

>> KELLY SAID THAT SHE STAYED WITH HER DREAM BECAUSE THEY ALL

SHARE THE SAME VISION.

>> AT A LAW FIRM, A VISION OF DOING WELL, REALLY TREATING OUR

CLIENTS LIKE WE WANT TO BE TREATED, TREATING OUR CLIENTS

LIKE FAMILY, TRY NOT TO OVERBURDEN OUR STAFF TO APPOINT

THAT THEY CANNOT PAY ATTENTION TO OUR CLIENTS NEEDS BECAUSE

THEY ARE SO MAXED OUT. >> AND KELLY HAS A PHILOSOPHY

WITH HER CLIENTS, THAT SHE IS HER VOICE, NO MATTER WHAT.

>> Woman: I SAY TRUST ME TO BE YOUR VOICE, OR TRUST TUNNELL

AND RAYSOR TO BE

[AUDIO LOST] >>> AND GROW IN THE COMMUNITY

THAT THEY REPRESENT.

>> Woman: WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE WE JUST OPENED OUR SIX

OFFICE IN MILFORD.

I CALL IT RESPONSIBLY GROWING, IS WHAT WE ARE DOING.

THE ADDITIONAL GROWTH, WE HAVE ANOTHER NEW ATTORNEY WHO HAS

JOINED US WHO HAS STARTED WITH US FOR A FEW YEARS.

SHE IS NOW A DELAWARE ATTORNEY AS WELL AS BE LICENSED IN NEW

YORK.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER ATTORNEYS THAT ARE TAKING THE

BAR AND WE ARE WAITING TO GET SWORN IN SO WE DO HAVE SOME

MORE RESPONSIBLE GROWTH GOING ON HERE.

>> OUTSIDE OF WORK, YOU CAN FIND KELLY WORKING HARD TO

SUPPORT THE FAMILY THAT SHE LOVES.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THEY COUNT AS HOBBIES BUT I SPEND MOST OF

MY TIME OUTSIDE OF WORK WITH MY FAMILY, MY BOYS.

THEY ARE GREAT TO SEE, THEY ARE ALWAYS ACTIVE AND HAVE ALWAYS

BEEN ACTIVE IN SPORTS.

WE HAVE TRAVELED ALL OVER WITH THEM.

AND THEN, MY HUSBAND HAS COACHED THEM.

WE DO HAVE A BASEBALL ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE

HELPED THE PLAYERS AND FAMILIES TO STAY INVOLVED WITH BASEBALL.

>> KELLY SAID SHE HAS A BUSY LIFE, BUT A HAPPY LIFE, AND IT

IS HER ATTITUDE ABOUT SERVING THE COMMUNITY THAT KEEPS HER

DOING WHAT SHE LOVES EVERY DAY.

>> Woman: WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY AND WHAT KEEPS ME GOING IS THAT

I AM INTEGRATING MY PERSONAL LIFE WITH MY WORK LIFE.

OUR LAW FIRM HANDLES ALMOST EVERY KIND OF PRACTICE AREA.

WHY I WENT INTO BECOMING AN ATTORNEY WAS TO HELP PEOPLE.

WHEN I AM OUT THERE, I MAY NOT BE THE ONE WHO COULD HELP

WHOEVER WHO HAS AN ISSUE BUT I WOULD BET SOMEONE AT MY FIRM

CAN HELP THEM, OR I REFERRED THEM TO SOMEBODY WHO I THINK

COULD HELP THEM OR I AT LEAST POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT

DIRECTION.

>> KELLY SAID SHE MEETS HER CLIENTS AT EACH TUNNELL AND

RAYSOR LOCATION, GEORGIA, REHOBETH BEACH, BETHANY BEACH,

AND MILFORD.

>> WHAT A STORY.

>> .AND I HAVE HEARD WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT KELLY FROM PEOPLE

IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> YEAH.

>> SHE DOES A LOT TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE.

>> VERY NEAT.