Tom Kelly K&L Gates, Seattle TOM KELLY is a partner in the Seattle office of K&L Gates LLP. He is a litigator and currently practices in his firm's e-DAT (Electronic Discovery and Technology) group. This group uses systematic processes and advanced technology to provide efficient and cost-effective discovery and document review legal services, especially with regard to electronic documents. He also serves as Assistant General Counsel for his firm.Tom is active in the area of legal ethics. He served on the Character & Fitness Committee of the Washington State Bar Association ("WSBA") (chair 2009-10). He also served several terms as a member of the WSBA Rules of Professional Conduct Committee and for several years was the lawyer member of Washington's Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee. He was on the Committee for the Evaluation of the Rules of Professional Conduct (the "Ethics 2003 Committee"), which drafted the Rules of Professional Conduct that were adopted in Washington in September 2006. Tom is active in the King County Bar Association. Over the years, he served as its secretary (1993), on its Board of Trustees (1994-96), as a vice president (2001-03) and then as its president in 2003-04.[March 2012]