William D. Kennedy
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    William D. Kennedy
    Firm: White and Williams LLP
    Address: One Westlakes
    1235 Westlakes Drive
    Suite 310
    Berwyn, PA 19312-2416
    Phone: 610-240-4703
    Fax: 610-240-4933
    E-mail: Contact Us
    Web site: http://www.whiteandwilliams.com

    Position Areas of Practice Bar Admissions
    Education Honors Published Works
    Lawyer Profile:

    Mr. Kennedy is a partner in the Litigation Department who defends claims of injury, death, commercial damage, and other claims arising from healthcare, construction, products, commercial premises, auto accidents, and alcohol. He analyzes insurance coverages and defends insurers against first-party claims and allegations of bad faith. Mr. Kennedy works with diverse corporate, institutional, and individual clients to develop strategies and programs that manage litigation.

    Mr. Kennedy is a popular presenter to clients and other groups. He has spoken on a wide range of issues such as avoiding unwanted litigation, indemnity, additional insurance, legal aspects of entrepreneurships, medical-legal topics, the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, clergy law, and preventing insurance bad faith. He serves on several Boards of Directors, including the nation's leading, non-profit provider of continuing care retirement communities. He has also worked to prevent abuse of children and youth.

    Mr. Kennedy received his B.A. from Bucknell University in Economics, and his Juris Doctor from The Dickinson School of Law, where he was honored for excellence in writing and presentation, and where he was a published editor of The Dickinson Law Review. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Advocacy. Mr. Kennedy is active in Pennsylvania's state and federal trial and appellate courts.

    Current Employment Position(s):
    Partner

    Litigation Department

    Areas of Practice:
    Defends Claims of Tort (Injury and Death)
    Commercial Damage
    Civil Claims
    Bar Admissions:
    Pennsylvania, 1988
    U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
    U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    Education:
    The Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1988
    J.D.
    Honors: Recipient, The Hon. Gwyllem Price Memorial Award
    Law Review: Dickinson Law Review, Associate Editor and Author

    Bucknell University, 1984
    B.A.
    Major: Economics

    Published Works:
    A Pennsylvania Practitioner's Overview of Reporting Requirements, VHA, 1999

    Classes/Seminars Taught:
    Guest Lecturer, Residency Program, Crozer-Chester Medical Center

    Featered Presenter in Video, "Safeguarding Students, Seekers, and Servants: Balancing Caution and Ministry", Eastern Pa. Conference of the United Methodist Church

    Honors and Awards:
    Fellow, Academy of Advocacy

    West Practice Categories:
    Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Business Organizations, Construction Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Estate Planning, Family Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Premises Liability -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Toxic Torts, Collaborative Law
    Profile Last Updated:
    9/21/2009

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