Profile: Raoul D Kennedy

Raoul D Kennedy Law Firm: Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Office: Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Four Embarcadero Center
Suite 3800
94111
City: San Francisco
State: California
Country: USA
Tel: +1 415 984 6450
Fax: +1 888 329 6047
Email: raoul.kennedy@skadden.com

Product Liability

Biography: Product Liability

Raoul D Kennedy handles civil litigation at both the trial and appellate level. He has been lead counsel in more than 50 jury and 25 non-jury trials, as well as more than 50 appeals, in a diverse range of subjects including: antitrust, class actions, commercial litigation, consumer privacy, defamation, ERISA, fraudulent transfers, insurance (coverage, regulatory and 'bad faith'), legal malpractice, mass torts, malicious prosecution, patent infringement, personal injury, products liability, environmental contamination, real estate, RICO, toxic torts, trade secrets, unfair competition, workplace discrimination and wrongful discharge.

Since 1987, Mr Kennedy has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America in both the commercial litigation and personal injury defence sections. He was also selected as the State Bar of California's 'trial lawyer of the year' and inducted into the State Bar litigation section's 'trial lawyer hall of fame'.

Mr Kennedy has long been active in continuing legal education and has lectured at more than 250 programmes on behalf of a variety of sponsoring organisations, including the California Judges' Association, the Practising Law Institute, the American Bar Association, California Continuing Education of the Bar and the Rutter Group.

This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Product Liability Lawyers which can be purchased from our bookstore.

Commercial Litigation

Biography: Commercial Litigation

Raoul D Kennedy handles civil litigation at both the trial and appellate level. He has been lead counsel in more than 50 jury and 25 non-jury trials, as well as more than 50 appeals, involving a diverse range of subjects including antitrust; class actions; commercial litigation; consumer privacy; defamation; ERISA; fraudulent transfers; insurance (coverage, regulatory and 'bad faith'); legal malpractice; mass torts; malicious prosecution; patent infringement; personal injury; products liability; environmental contamination; real estate; RICO; toxic torts; trade secrets; unfair competition; workplace discrimination; and wrongful discharge.

Since 1987, Mr Kennedy has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America in both commercial litigation and personal injury defence.

He was also selected as the 'Trial Lawyer of the Year' by the State Bar of California and inducted into the State Bar litigation section's trial lawyer hall of fame.

Mr Kennedy has long been active in continuing legal education and has lectured at more than 250 programmes on behalf of a variety of sponsoring organisations, including the California Judges Association, the Practising Law Institute, the American Bar Association, California Continuing Education of the Bar and the Rutter Group.

This biography is an extract from Who's Who Legal: California which can be purchased from our bookstore.