
AL: What is your background? (Where you grew up, went to school, law school, etc.)
CK: I grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida, just a stone’s throw from Disney World. I attended the University of Florida for undergrad, where I was in the Army ROTC program. Upon graduation, I was commissioned as a second lieutenant and received an educational delay of service to attend The University of Texas School of Law. I thought I would be in Austin only for school, but I am proud to have called Austin my home now for nearly 20 years.
AL: What do you want to share about your family?
CK: I met my husband, Norton Rose Fulbright partner Adam Schramek, at UT Law when we were paired as advocates on the same interscholastic mock trial team. I like to think that he saw my trial skills…

The Austin Bar Association’s new president, Justice Chari Kelly, and her husband, former Austin Bar President Adam Schramek, and their daughter, Chari Adora.