Practice Emphasis
For over 40 years, Dennis L. Kennedy’s thriving commercial litigation practice has emphasized class actions and complex commercial litigation, antitrust law, hospital and healthcare law, and legal ethics. He continues to focus in these areas.
Professional Experience
Mr. Kennedy represents a wide range of clients in general commercial litigation. Mr. Kennedy has represented many of the country’s hotel, gaming, insurance, pharmaceutical, tobacco, and other companies in the defense of class action and complex litigation. He is an author and frequent speaker in the areas of litigation and legal ethics. Mr. Kennedy is listed in Best Lawyers in America for commercial litigation and “bet the company” cases. He has been ranked by Chambers U.S.A. as one of the top 5 commercial litigators in Nevada for each of the past 5 years.
Prior Professional Experience
- Associate and Shareholder, Lionel Sawyer & Collins (1975-2006)
Professional & Civic Involvement
- Member, Nevada Supreme Court Bench-Bar Committee
- Chairman, Board of Trustees, Nathan Adelson Hospice
- Past Member (1989-1997) and Chairman (1992-1994) State Bar of Nevada Disciplinary Board, Southern District of Nevada
- Member and Past Chairman (2001-2009), Nevada State Bar Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility
- Member, Nevada State Bar Committee on the Revisions to the Rules of Professional Conduct
- Member, Nevada Supreme Court Committee on the Study of Judicial Elections (1995)
- Member, Nevada Supreme Court Committee on the Public Discipline of Attorneys (1993)
- Adjunct Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2001-2008; 2015)
- Co-Editor, Nevada Civil Practice Manual (2000-2013)
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Member, American Bar Association Sections of Professional Responsibility, Anti-Trust Law and Health Law
- Member, State Bar of Nevada
- Member, Clark County Bar Association
Education
- University of Washington, J.D., 1975 Member of the Board of Editors, Washington Law Review
University of Washington, B.A. Economics, 1972
Bar Admission
- State Bar of Nevada
- United States District Court for the District of Nevada
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States Supreme Court