George J. Kenny

Partner, Roseland Office

85 Livingston Avenue

Roseland, New Jersey 07068

Phone:  (973) 535-0500

gkenny@connellfoley.com

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After serving a judicial clerkship, George J. Kenny joined the firm and has been a partner since 1968. He focuses his practice on Insurance Law, Product Liability and Tort Law, and Professional Liability.  Mr. Kenny is recognized as one of the premier litigation specialists in New Jersey, having tried more than 400 cases to conclusion and briefed or argued almost 100 reported Appellate Division and Supreme Court cases. He represents clients in a broad range of civil litigation cases and tort liability matters, including insurance, product liability, medical and professional malpractice, construction defect and employment law in both the state and federal courts.

 

Mr. Kenny has lectured and written extensively on litigation, both as to procedure and substance in numerous fields of law. He has been recognized by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a certified civil trial attorney since the initial certification of attorneys in the early 1980's.

 

As a member of the American Bar Association, Mr. Kenny has served as one of fifteen members on the Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary which investigates, evaluates and votes on the qualifications of federal judicial nominees to the United States Supreme Court, Circuit Courts of Appeal and U.S. District Courts. He is a longtime member of the Association's Litigation Section and has served on its Council both as a Division Director and as chair of the Professional Liability Litigation Committee, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee and as liaison to the ABA for attorney certification. Mr. Kenny is also a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, where he has served three terms as trustee, and the Essex County Bar Association, in which he has held numerous offices including President.

 

 

Practice Areas:

Insurance Law

Product Liability and Tort Law

Professional Liability

 

Admitted to Practice:

State of New Jersey

New Jersey Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

State of New York

United States Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States Courts of Appeals for the Third Circuit

United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

 

Education:

Seton Hall University (B.S., Economics)

Rutgers University (LL.B.)

 

Affiliations:

American Bar Association

Essex County Bar Association

New Jersey State Bar Association

 

News:

Kenny Co-Authors Supplement to New Jersey Insurance Law Book (December 2009)

Kenny Chosen to Assist State of Ohio on Election Day (November 2008)

Kenny Honored at ABA Insurance Committee Annual Meeting (March 2008)

Kenny to Lecture on Insurance Litigation at the New Jersey Judicial College (October 2007)

Kenny to Speak at the CLE Spring Fever Program (May 2007)

Kenny to Moderate a Panel on Advertising Ethics (May 2007)


Publications

Author, "Important Trends In New Jersey Coverage Law" (2001)

Author, with former Connell Foley partner Frank A. Lattal, the standard insurance text, New Jersey Insurance Law, first published in 1993 with a Second Edition published in 2000
Author and Presenter, AIDS Litigation in New Jersey (an outline of this address appears here) – Joint Meeting of the Essex and Morris County (New Jersey) Bar Associations in Scottsdale, Arizona (1997)
Author, "Liability Risks of Assigned Insurance Counsel," New Jersey Law Journal (1995)

Professional Activities

Adjunct Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law in Newark (1990-Present)
Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates
Served on and chaired numerous New Jersey Supreme Court Committees, including those dealing with the medical profession, attorney fees, civil case management reform, minors' funds, the media, court reporting and law firm identification
Served as a District Ethics Committee member and chair of the Committee

Served the New Jersey Supreme Court for fifteen years as chair of the Court’s Committee on Attorney Advertising and as a member of the Court's Committee on Professional Responsibility Rules

Member of the editorial board of the New Jersey Law Journal.

Served consecutive terms as a trustee on the Board of Essex County College, including a term as chair of the Board
Served consecutive terms as member and chair of the Montclair Zoning Board of Adjustment
Served on the Board of the Legal Services Foundation of Essex County