Kennedy, Kevin M.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Kevin Kennedy is a litigation partner at Wiggin and Dana, and he has served as the Firm's General Counsel since 2007. Before he assumed this role, Mr. Kennedy was a litigation partner in the franchise practice group, who represented the Subway franchisor, its affiliates, and other franchisors in numerous state and federal court lawsuits and arbitrations. He has argued and won appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Seventh Circuits, the Connecticut Appellate Court and the Connecticut Supreme Court, and has tried numerous franchise arbitrations to a conclusion. Mr. Kennedy was selected for inclusion to The Best Lawyers in America (14th ed. 2008) (for more about the standards for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, please see http://www.bestlawyers.com/news/default.aspx), and has written extensively about franchising and arbitration issues.

Mr. Kennedy graduated from Connecticut College summa cum laude and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and obtained his J.D. with honors from the University of Connecticut Law School.

Areas of Practice

• Franchise and Distribution
• Litigation

West Practice Categories

Franchising, Business & Commercial Law, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1991

Honors and Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America, 2006 - Present

Education

• University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, 1991
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
• Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, 1988
  B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude

Published Works

• "The Use of Daubert and Its Progeny to Attack Lost-Profit Claims", ABA’s Franchise Law Journal
• "Stolt-Nielsen SA: Prehearing Subpoenas on Third Parties Upheld by Arbitrators", ABA's Franchise Law Journal, Winter, 2006
• "$2.3 Million Verdict Affirmed for Insurance Agent Under Connecticut Franchise Act", LJN Franchising Business & Law Alert, December, 2005
• "Burger King v. Hinton: A Franchisor's Decision To Terminate The Franchise Agreement Defeats a Claim For Lost Future Royalties", The Franchise Lawyer Volume 6, Number 2, Fall, 2002

Address

One Century Tower
265 Church Street
Post Office Box 1832
New Haven, CT 06508-1832

Phones

(203) 498-4383

Faxes

(203) 782-2889

Emails

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Websites

http://www.wiggin.com