Mr. Kennedy began his career 30 years ago with the honor of serving as one of two judicial clerks for The Honorable J. Craig Wright of the Ohio Supreme Court. This unique opportunity trained Mr. Kennedy to evaluate cases from the other side of the bench, exposing Mr. Kennedy to different writing styles and arguments of attorneys and how Supreme Court Judges evaluate cases. Over four different decades of legal practice, Mr. Kennedy unremittingly imposes on himself the standard of analysis required during his judicial clerkship as he represents clients in the private sector.

Today, Mr. Kennedy serves on the Dallas Bar Association Ethics Committee as well as the Judiciary Committee. He regularly writes for the Dallas Bar Headnotes on issues pertaining to ethics.

Mr. Kennedy has successfully represented clients in high profile litigation matters, intellectual property transactions, arbitration proceedings and employment litigation matters.   He has specific experience in litigating:

Patent infringement and related antitrust actions involving surveillance technology, medical devices, lasers, semiconductors, photography equipment and chemical compounds.

Business Litigation cases involving shareholder disputes, FINRA arbitration cases, whistleblower litigation, SOX claims, legal malpractice cases, AAA arbitration matters. Mr. Kennedy has represented banks in lender liability cases throughout his career.

Copyright cases involving software, architectural drawings, photography, paintings, silversmith artwork and literary works such as television pilot scripts. He has litigated cases involving rights to a publication licensing agreement and is handling on-going litigation involving screen writer and literary works.

Trademark infringement such as Lanham Act disputes, standard trademark infringement, trademark opposition proceedings. He has assisted clients in general trademark registration.

Trade secret representations including both transactional and litigation matters involving confidentiality agreements and nondisclosure agreements.

Theft of trade secret cases in software cases, metallurgy, dental practice techniques, use of lasers, client prospects, business contacts and other business enterprise trade secrets.

Right of publicity cases, including representing a popular recording artist, an international fashion model, a nationally syndicated talk show host and a reality TV star.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) matters involving digital rights   management, circumvention   litigation, takedown notices, online liability limitation and Computer Maintenance Competition Act matters.

Membership and Bar Admissions

United States Supreme Court

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States Court of Federal Claims

Texas Supreme Court and all state courts of Texas

 Selected for Dallas Bar Association Ethics Committee (current)

Selected for Dallas Bar Association Judiciary Committee (current)

Chairman, Intellectual Property Group, State Bar of Texas Litigation Section, 1992

Education and Credentials

J.D., University of Toledo College of Law (1987) (cum laude; Order of the Coif; Editor, Law Review)

B.A., Vanderbilt University, History and Sociology (1984)