Since graduating from the University of Miami School of Law in 1984, Michael Kennedy has tried many cases to verdict in Florida, Colorado, and Texas. He is currently admitted to practice in all three states, and is a board certified civil trial lawyer by the Florida Board of Legal Specialization. Mr. Kennedy is a graduate of legendary trial lawyer Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming. Since re-locating to Texas in 2000, he has become a member of State Bar of Texas, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association. He has been active with The Florida Bar and the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, The State Bar of Colorado and the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Kennedy has also been a frequent lecturer, having given presentations on trial advocacy topics for the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, The Florida Bar's statewide continuing legal education program and the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. Mr. Kennedy is a member of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, has developed a national practice in securities arbitrations, and has represented aggrieved investors in many states from coast to coast. He is also an avid outdoorsman and a musician. Until his recent "retirement", he was also a certified relative work coach, instructor, and evaluator for Skydive University and a member of "Deguello", the Texas State 16-person formation skydiving team. Currently, his professional time is spent representing victims and "getting as much justice as possible for my clients."

Academic Activities and Honors

University of New Hampshire

• Graduated cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
• Chairman, UNH Judicial Policies Committee
• Delegate, Student Law of the Sea Conference, United States
• Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut (1980)
• UNH Ski Team
• UNH Golf Team

University of Miami School of Law

• Order of the Barristers, Distinguished Advocacy Award
• Moot Court Board
• Champion, University of Miami Mock Trial Competition (1984)
• State and Regional Mock Trial Competitions (1984)
• University of Miami Mock Trial Competition (1982-1984)
• Research Assistant for Professor Bernard Oxman, International Law of the Sea Treaties (1983-1984)

2005 Graduate of The Trial Lawyers College, DuBois, Wyoming

• Mr. Kennedy was one of only 50 trial lawyers chosen by legendary trial lawyer, Gerry Spence, to attend Spence's Trial Lawyer's College on Spence's Thunderhead Ranch in 2005. The Trial Lawyers College is a unique environment where trial lawyers learn cutting edge and winning trial techniques and skills from Spence himself, as well as from many of the finest trial lawyers in America who volunteer to go there to teach.

Publications

Contributing author and research, Florida Rules on Criminal Practice and Procedure, Post Conviction Relief (1983).

Board Certification

Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization (1993). Re-certified in 1998 and 2003.

Lectures and Presentations

The Florida Bar. Statewide Continuing Legal Education Seminars. Bridge the Gap Seminars for newly admitted members of the Florida Bar, in the area of professional responsibility.

The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. Statewide Continuing Legal Education seminars on various topics in the field of personal injury trial practice and medical negligence.

The Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Statewide Continuing Legal Education seminars on various aspects of civil trial practice.

Professional Associations

Present

• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• American Bar Association
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association
• Northeast Tarrant County Bar Association

Past

• Dade County Bar Association (Florida)
• Palm Beach County Bar Association (Florida)
• Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
• Medical Malpractice Task Force for the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
• Colorado Trial Lawyers Association
• Medical Malpractice Committee for the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association

Bar Associations and Admissions to Practice

Texas

• All state courts (2000), active

Colorado

• All state courts (1998), active

Florida

• All state courts (1984), active

Federal and Appellate Courts

• General Federal Bar, Florida
• Federal Trial Bar, Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
• Supreme Court of the United States of America