Kelli Borbón ​
Kelli Borbón has more than 22 years of legal experience, focusing her practice as a commercial litigator. She is also experienced as a litigator in consumer matters, products liability, toxic tort and personal injury.  She is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Western, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas.  

A native of Somerset, Texas, Ms. Borbón received her BA degree from the University of the Incarnate Word Magna Cum Laude, in 1993, where she was a scholarship player on the women’s basketball team, a presidential scholarship recipient, and the top-ranking political science graduate.  Ms. Borbón received her law degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1996, where she was an Articles Editor on the Texas Journal of Women & the Law. After law school, Ms. Borbón spent her first six years in private practice in Corpus Christi, Texas with the firm of Donnell Abernethy & Kieschnick (1996-2000) and the international law firm of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP (2000-2002), before moving to the San Antonio office of Bracewell & Giuliani in 2002, where she remained until she joined King & Sommer in 2014.

Area of Practice and Expertise
Ms. Borbón is a seasoned litigator with extensive experience in general commercial litigation matters, employment litigation, and appellate litigation, as well as representation of clients in arbitration, and administrative proceedings. She also advises and assists clients with eviction and landlord-tenant issues, collection matters, injunctions, and temporary restraining orders and open records requests. In addition to her general litigation practice, Ms. Borbón also focuses on advising clients in litigation avoidance, regulatory complianc,e and general risk management strategies, policies, and procedures. She assists clients in the drafting and periodic review of policies and procedures, certain form documents and agreements generally.

Memberships, Community Involvement and Service

• State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section and Consumer Section
• Texas Bar Foundation
• San Antonio Bar Association, Litigation Section
• The William S. Sessions American Inns of Court, Master of the Bench
• The Honorable Reynaldo G. Garza American Inns of Court, Associate (Corpus Christi)
• San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, including prior service on the Health Care & Biosciences Committee, the Children's Hospital Subcommittee, Chairman of the Economic Impact Study Subcommittee
• Leadership San Antonio Class XXXV, 2010, a leadership development and community service program jointly by the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Pro bono representation of veterans serving in Iraq and Afghanistan in administrative and physical evaluation board proceedings through the National Veterans Legal Services Program, Lawyers Serving Warriors
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel, 1998 to 2014 - Faculty Member at Young Lawyers Trial Academy, 2005, 2009 and 2014
• San Antonio Mobility Coalition 
  Executive Committee, 2010 to 2013 
  Treasurer, 2012 to 2013

Recognition and Awards

• Named as one of the “Best Lawyers” by SA Scene Magazine in the practice area of General Litigation, 2013 to present, Business Litigation 2018, as selected by her peers

Office (210) 547-7464
Fax (210) 547-7465    kborbon@kingsommer.com