Timothy W. Kenna

Tim Kenna is a partner in Freeman Mathis & Gary’s Sacramento office.  He is the former Vice Chair of the firm’s Insurance and Bad Faith Practice Section and head of the Section’s California team.  Mr. Kenna has 46 years of experience representing counter parties in complex insurance, reinsurance, fidelity, surety, insurance professional, commercial, title, escrow and construction disputes including the defense of bad faith and other direct suits against insurers. 

Mr. Kenna began his career in securities litigation and corporate takeovers. He then practiced in excess, surplus lines, reinsurance and fidelity and surety, where he defended claims against professionals and high-risk enterprises including commercial auto, auto dealerships, contractors and manufacturers and litigated coverage disputes in personal lines, commercial general liability, specialty, life, health and disability, property, fidelity and surety and reinsurance.  During his career as a trial attorney, Mr. Kenna  was an Advocate of the American Board of Trial Advocates.  He has over 100 bench and jury trials and private arbitrations of construction and reinsurance claims. Mr. Kenna is a Certified Specialist in Appellate Law with numerous appellate decisions. He now focuses on insurance coverage, bad faith, complex  and appellate matters.