Corporate and business transactions, including the formation of Texas business and nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, general partnerships and limited partnerships, preparation of bylaws, board of directors' and shareholders' resolutions, shareholders' agreements, partnership and joint venture agreements, employment contracts, distribution agreements and other business contracts, and general corporate advice and representation. 

Estate planning, including the preparation of wills, trusts, financial and health care powers of attorney, and the representation of estates, heirs and claimants in guardianship and probate proceedings. 

Intellectual property, including registration of copyrights and trademarks and litigation involving copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. 

Litigation in state and federal courts, including environmental, intellectual property, employment, antitrust, lender liability, securities, real property, insurance defense, toxic tort, creditor bankruptcy and collections. Experienced in all phases of civil discovery, pre-trial procedure and jury trial. Also experienced in alternate dispute resolution, including mediation and AAA, NASD and NYSE arbitration. 

Real estate transactions, including the preparation of earnest money contracts, deeds, deeds of trust, loan agreements, promissory notes, financing statements, leases, contracts for deed, property management agreements, foreclosure documents and related instruments. 

THE LAW OFFICES OF NEAL A. KENNEDY 
(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 

LIDDELL, SAPP, ZIVLEY, HILL & LABOON 
(Austin, Dallas and Houston, TX) 
Associate (Houston office) 
Sept. 1987 to July 1990

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. 

Admitted to practice in Texas, District of Columbia, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Admitted Pro Hac Vice in cases pending in state and federal courts throughout the United States, including courts in Alaska, New York, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. 

Member of the Texas Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, American Bar Association and Travis County Bar Association. 

Born February 3, 1961 in Austin, Texas. Married (Cheryl M. Kennedy), two children (Kaylyn Kennedy, born April 12, 1994, and Leah Kennedy, born June 23, 1996). 

Professional and personal references available on request. 

Marble Falls Address:
404 Main Street 
Marble Falls, Texas  78654 
(830) 693-9911 
(830) 693-1908 (Fax)
neal.kennedy@usa.net