Practice
Profile
Neal A.
Kennedy
is an attorney with over twenty years of experience representing
individuals, businesses, and estates in a wide range of legal and
financial matters.
Mr.
Kennedy earned his B.B.A. degree, in Finance, from the University of
Texas in 1984, and his J.D. degree from Southern Methodist University
School of Law in 1987.
From
1987 until 1998, Mr. Kennedy practiced financial and business law with
national law firms based in Houston, New York, Atlanta and Dallas,
where he represented a wide range of individual and corporate clients
in the real estate, financial, high-tech, oil and gas, publishing, and
retail industries.
In 1998, Mr. Kennedy formed Kennedy Law Office to serve
the legal needs of individuals and businesses throughout Central Texas and the Highland Lakes.
Kennedy
Law Office PLLC is a general practice
firm, concentrating on business, real estate and financial law in
Texas. At Kennedy Law Office, we focus on the following areas
of
law:
BUSINESS and FINANCE:
LITIGATION and DISPUTE RESOLUTION:
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Representation of Individuals and Businesses in Litigation before State and Federal Trial and
Appellate Courts.
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Representation of Individuals and Businesses in Arbitration,
Mediation and other Alternative Dispute Resolution Proceedings.
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The types of cases that Neal Kennedy regularly handles include
Business, Commercial, Real Estate, Environmental, Intellectual Property, Lender Liability, Securities,
Deceptive Trade Practices, Insurance, Creditor Bankruptcy, and Collections.
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY:
REAL ESTATE:
Representation of Purchasers, Sellers, Developers, Landlords, Tenants,
Borrowers and Lenders in a wide variety of Real Estate Transactions, including
preparation and review of:
KENNEDY LAW OFFICE PLLC
(Austin and Marble Falls, TX)
July 1998 to Present
JACKSON WALKER L.L.P.
(Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San
Antonio, TX)
Partner (Austin office)
November 1996 to July 1998
SUTHERLAND, ASBILL
& BRENNAN
(Atlanta, GA, Austin, TX, and Washington D.C.)
Counsel (Austin office)
July 1993 to November 1996
MILGRIM, THOMAJAN & LEE
(Austin, TX, Boston, MA, Los Angeles, CA.,
New
York, NY, and Washington D.C.)
Senior Associate (Austin office)
July 1990 to July 1993
SOUTHERN
METHODIST UNIVERSITY
Dallas, Texas
September 1984 to May 1987
Juris Doctor Degree - May 1987
Final Class Rank: Top 25% (First Year Rank: Top
10%)
Southwestern Law Journal, Texas Survey
Editor, 1986-1987
Southwestern Law Journal, Staff, 1985-1986
Phi Delta Phi
American Jurisprudence Award in Federal Civil
Procedure
Moot Court Competition Semi-finalist
UNIVERSITY
OF TEXAS
Austin, Texas
June 1982 to May 1984
Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance
- May 1984
TEXAS
A & M UNIVERSITY
College Station, Texas
September 1979 to August 1981
Completed 60 hours in Petroleum Engineering
and
related courses.