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United States

With offices in California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington, we offer deep sector counselling and representation that is carefully tailored to local needs.

  • 12 offices
  • 85 partners
  • 200+ lawyers

Kennedys was established in the United States in June 2017 by the merger with US-based insurance firm Carroll McNulty & Kull. Elevated by each other’s complementary strengths, Kennedys offers honest, straightforward legal advice to the insurance and reinsurance industry wherever in the world our clients require it.

With offices in California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington, we offer deep sector counselling and representation that is carefully tailored to local needs. Our US complement of over 200 lawyers regularly advises clients in the insurance, reinsurance, financial, construction and engineering, healthcare, shipping and real estate sectors. Our lawyers are admitted in numerous jurisdictions and we regularly represent clients at all levels of state and federal courts across the US. Our extensive litigation and trial experience is matched by our ability to creatively and efficiently resolve matters outside of the courtroom, including through mediation and arbitration.

We recently received a Tier 2 ranking in US Legal 500 in Insurance: advice to insurers, achieved a top Band 1 ranking in Chambers USA 2024 for Insurance (New Jersey) and have been named as one of the best law firms in New Jersey by US News & World Report 2017-2022, and also as a best law firm in San Francisco for 2022.

We advise and represent our global and domestic clients, including insurers, multinational corporations and financial institutions, in a host of areas, including:

  • Insurance coverage
  • Insurance defense
  • Commercial business counselling and disputes
  • Directors’ and officers’ liability
  • Employment issues and disputes
  • Healthcare, including managed care and healthcare liability
  • International arbitration/Bermuda form
  • Life, health & disability insurance
  • Professional liability
  • Real estate/commercial property
  • Reinsurance disputes and advisory services
  • Shipping and international trade
  • Latin America; and
  • Caribbean

Our offices in the US

Austin

3821 Juniper Trace Suite 101 Austin, Texas 78738

+1 512 359 8833

Basking Ridge

120 Mountain View Boulevard Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920

Chicago

30 South Wacker Drive Suite 3650 Chicago Illinois 60606

+1 312 800 5000

Miami

1111 Brickell Avenue Suite 1300 Miami, FL 33131

+1 305 371 1111

New York

570 Lexington Avenue 8th Floor New York, New York 10022

+1 212 252 0004

Philadelphia

1600 Market Street Suite 1410 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19103

+1 267 479 6700

San Francisco

455 Market Street Suite 1900 San Francisco, CA 94105

+1 415-323-4460

Wilmington

222 Delaware Avenue Suite 710 Wilmington, DE 19801

+1 302 308 6645

Houston

848 Heights Boulevard Houston Texas 77007

+1 832 753 8080

Fort Lauderdale

One Financial Plaza, 100 SE 3rd Avenue Suite 806 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394

+1 754 547 9131

Seattle

1420 Fifth Avenue Suite 2200 Seattle, Washington 98101

+1 564 224 9109

Los Angeles

915 Wilshire Boulevard, #805 Los Angeles, CA 90017

+1 213 224 0742