Kelsey Grodzicki

Bar / Professional Activity

• United States District Courts for the Western District of Tennessee
• United States District Courts for the Middle District of Tennessee
• United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Tennessee
• United States District Courts for the Southern District of Georgia
• United States District Courts for the Middle District of Georgia
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• United States District Courts for the Northern District of Georgia
• United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Tennessee Supreme Court
• Tennessee Court of Appeal
• Georgia Supreme Court
• Georgia Court of Appeal
• Admitted to Tennessee Bar, 2011
• Admitted to Georgia Bar, 2010

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

• Represented an owner of multiple rental properties and obtained a $200,000 judgment on the owner's behalf against the property management company for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, conversion and misappropriation. , 2024
• Obtained a $63,000 judgment for a landlord in a landlord tenant trial., 2025
• Obtained a complete win for client in a bench trial in the Northern District of Georgia.  This was a case made for Netflix. A romance scam involving millions of dollars, insinuations of spy craft, fancy foreign trips, a loan to a famous band for its concert series, and a multitude of shell companies meant to obfuscate the trail of money. At trial we successfully unveiled the opposing party’s scheme to defraud creditors and conceal assets, defeating the claims that our client converted more than $1.5 million and a home. We prevailed on our clients claims for fraud, money had and received, and breach of personalty. The court also awarded attorneys fees to our client. , 2024
• Won a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings in a case resulting from another trial court overstepping its authority in dividing real property in a divorce case. As parents are apt to do, a father bought his daughter a home and titled it in his and her name. The daughter and her husband lived in the home as their marital property. As part of the divorce decree, without making the father a party to the case, the trial court judge took title to the property from the father and awarded half to the daughter and half to her now ex-husband. The ex-husband filed a new lawsuit seeking a statutory partition of the property. We successfully argued that the divorce court lacked authority to dispose of the father’s property without him being a party to the case and dismissed the ex-husband’s case with prejudice. , 2025
• Won a bench trial representing a lender in a reformation case where conveyance and loan documents only conveyed a part of the development. This case was about correcting a mistake that could have unfairly benefited the defendant at our client's expense. At the heart of this dispute was real property ownership and intent. Our client, a lender, lent money on a developer-to-developer land sale. The original developer had a combination plat claiming all lots were merged into one lot. Before selling, he substantially completed a large home.  However, due to a mistake, only 7 of the 8 acres were transferred—leaving a critical 1-acre parcel in dispute. Despite originally combining the parcels and acting as though they were one, the defendant claimed to still own the 1-acre lot after selling the entire property for a substantial profit. Through meticulous document review and a deep dive into all of the communications and documents prepared leading up to the closing, we demonstrated that equity and fairness dictated one outcome: title to the full 8 acres rightfully belonged to our client. The Court agreed. , 2025
• Negotiated a lawsuit settlement whereby my insurance company client obtained a consent judgment in the amount of $786443.80 on various notes. 
• Obtained summary judgment on liability in a business dispute. Obtained judgment for plaintiff on liability for beach of contract and fraudulent inducement. Defeated a claim that the parties entered into a joint venture. , 2024
• Obtained summary judgment for purchaser of commercial property on claims that another party had a right to purchase the property superior to purchaser., 2023
• Conducted nonjudicial foreclosure of $24,000,000 apartment complex., 2023
• Recovered over $599,000 for victim in a wire fraud lawsuit., 2023
• Successfully had county waive $37,409.11 in penalties assessed against client under Georgia's Forest Land Protection Act , 2021
• Successfully had county waive $328,997.83 in penalties assessed against client under Georgia's Forest Land Protection Act , 2021
• Successfully defended homeowner against contractor's lawsuit seeking monies from homeowner for breach of contract., 2021
• Obtained $137,738.74 judgment in client's favor on landlord-tenant breach of contract case., 2022
• Obtained summary judgment in favor of client in case involving an attorneys apparent authority to bind its client , 2021
• Represented land owner and successfully convinced county board of tax assessors to waive over $325,000 in Georgia Forest Land Protection Act penalties , 2021
• Represented landowner and successfully convinced County Board of Assessors to waive over $37,000 in Georgia Forest Land Protection Act penalties., 2021
• Obtained summary judgment on liability for claims of slander, indemnity, breach of contract, and attorneys fees., 2020
• Obtained summary judgment on contested issue of whether an access easement had been abandoned, 2020
• Negotiated a lawsuit settlement whereby my insurance company client obtained a consent judgment in the amount of $587,220.18 on various notes. 
• Negotiated a lawsuit settlement where my insurance company client obtained a consent judgment in the amount of $835,859.16 on various notes. 
• Negotiated a settlement garnering $295,000 for my title insurance company client., 2019
• Obtained a $246,789.04 judgment via summary judgment on a breach of contract claim for an international title insrance comapny., 2019
• May 2018-Lead counsel in case where a bench trial was held and we obtained a $798,625.00 judgment in favor of our client. The case is Alliance Properties, LLC v. Gidewon, et al., Case Number 18DD00034, State Court of Fulton County, Georgia
• Lead counsel on jury trial and obtained a directed verdict on an adverse possession claim and a jury verdict on his clients' claim for trespass and damages. The jury also awarded attorneys' fees in his client's favor, 2018
• February 2018-Was first chair in a jury trial where we obtained jury verdict in client’s favor on forged deed claim. The case is Sweatman v. Sweatman et al., Case Number 2015-cv-381-A, Superior Court of Dawson County, Georgia

Pro bono / Community Service

• Recognized for outstanding legal services for pro bono litigation on behalf of the Community Assistance Center, LLC, 2015

Educational Background

• Marist
• Stetson University College of Law, 2009
• Furman University; B.A. in Religion and Political Science, 2006

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

• I was a panelist serving on a panel titled, "Trends in a Downturn Market", put on by the State Bar of Georgia, Institute of Continuing Legal Education , Panelist serving on panel titled, "Trends in a Downturn Market", State Bar of Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Residential Real Estate CLE, State Bar of Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Georgia Real Estate, 2023
• presented on:   Terminations and Evictions: When the Love is Gone Terminating a Lease Causes for Eviction Eviction Proceedings Walkthrough Tenant Defenses When a Tenant Files for Bankruptcy: Automatic Stay Basics, Speaker, Georgia Landlord-Tenant Law From Start to Finish, NBI, Real Estate, 2024
• Presented on the law related to easements, encroachments and adverse possession, resolving boundary and property line disputes, and quiet title matters, Speaker, Georgia Real Estate Law 101, NBI, Real Estate, 2024
• Sole author of LexisNexis Practice Note: Force Majeure Clauses (GA) for Lexis Practice Advisor, LexisNexis Practical Guidance Author, LexisNexis Practice Note: Force Majeure Clauses (GA), Civil Litigation, Contracts, 2020
• Sole author of article titled: “How Harvesting Trees Can Pay Off Your Loan in Georgia” featured in the Spring, 2018 edition of “ALFN ANGLE”. The “ALFN ANGLE” is the flagship publication for the American Legal and Financial Network, featuring in-depth legal analysis of laws affecting mortgage servicing and foreclosure throughout the country
• This practice note explains the commercial and residential foreclosure process in Georgia, Lex, LexisNexis Practice Note: Commercial and Residential Foreclosure (GA), LexisNexis, Lexis Practice Advisor, Real Estate, Civil Litigation, 2019
• This practice note explains the residential and commercial eviction process in Georgia, LexisNexis, Lexis Practice Advisor, LexisNexis Practice Note: Residential and Commercial Eviction (GA), Civil Litigation, Real Estate, 2019
• Article in industry magazine regarding recent changes in Georgia law, Georgia Law Could Impact Mail-Away or Witness-Only Closings, DSNews Magazine, Real Estate, 2019
• Sole author of the: 2018 Edition, “LexisNexis Practice Guide: Georgia Real Estate Litigation”, in publication now
• Sole author of the: 2017 Edition, “LexisNexis Practice Guide: Georgia Real Estate Litigation”, published in September of 2017
• Sole author of article titled: “Giving Pay-Off Information to Third-Party Purchases and Protecting Your Security Interests” featured in the Fall, 2017 edition of “ALFN ANGLE”

Other Outstanding Achievements

• Featured in a two page interview in DSNews Magazine (A default servicing industry magazine) in the "Counsel's Corner-Regulatory Compliance in Today's Technology-Inundated Mortgage Industry" section of the June 2017 issue

• Real Estate