Patrick Kenny

Practice Areas

Patrick Kenny is a trial attorney with significant experience in class actions, bad faith and insurance coverage disputes, ERISA litigation (pension and benefits), subrogation, disputes over business transactions, noncompete agreements and fraud litigation. He has tried jury cases to verdict in Missouri and Illinois, handled and supervised numerous appeals, and served as a neutral in scores of cases. He also serves as an expert witness with respect to insurance coverage issues.

Patrick was named the Best Lawyers® 2016 Insurance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in St. Louis and has received numerous other recognitions in connection with his insurance and commercial litigation practices. Those include long term listings in Best Lawyers® for Insurance Law, as a Top Rated Lawyer in Commercial Litigation by Martindale-Hubbell and American Lawyer Media (ALM), as a “Super Lawyer” by Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers / Super Lawyers Business Edition, and inclusion in Chambers USA's recent addition of Missouri insurance lawyers to its listing of America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

In addition to his substantial insurance practice Patrick chairs the firm’s Class Action Practice Group and co-chairs the firm’s Pro Bono Committee.

Patrick also serves numerous leadership roles in professional organizations focused on insurance law and commercial litigation. He long has been active with Lex Mundi, an international law group, and serving as the Chair of its Insurance / Reinsurance Practice Group from 2013 to 2019, and now serving as its Chair Emeritus. He also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Daubert Online published by DRI, served for many years on the Steering Committee for DRI’s Commercial Litigation Committee, and has served in many other positions for the Commercial Litigation Committee and the Life, Health and Disability Committee of DRI.

Patrick frequently presents in trainings and seminars, both public and private (in-house), on commercial and insurance matters.

Practice areas include:

Class Action Litigation

Insurance Coverage Litigation

Life, Health, Disability and ERISA Litigation

Noncompete and Trade Secrets

Appellate

Career

Before joining the firm, Patrick served as a judicial clerk for Judge Pasco Bowman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. When not practicing law, Patrick serves on the boards of various non-for-profit and charitable entities. He enjoys running, duplicate bridge, chess and travel. Between his clerkship and the start of his law practice Patrick traveled west around the world.

Professional Memberships

Fellow in the American College of Coverage Counsel

Claims & Litigation Management Alliance, CLM (Member, 2013-present)

Defense Research Institute (Editor in Chief, Daubert Online, 2006-present; Co-Editor in Chief, Reservation of Rights Compendium, current; Compendium Vice Chair, Insurance Law Committee, current; Marketing Chair, Complex Coverage Forum, current; Steering Committee - Commercial Litigation Committee, 2003-2013; Expert Witness Chair, 2003-2013; Steering Committee - Life, Health and Disability Committee; Expert Witness Chair, 2016-2018; Panel Counsel Vice Chair, 2012-2013)

Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers (Member, 2002-present; Speaker, 2003 Annual Meeting)

Lex Mundi (Chair Emeritus, Insurance and Reinsurance Committee, 2020-present; Chair, Insurance and Reinsurance Committee, 2013-2019; Regional Vice Chair, 2012-2013),

The Missouri Bar (Panel Member, Complaint Resolution Program, inception-present)

Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry Fraternity, St. Louis Professional Chapter (Member, inception to present; Treasurer, 2004-present)

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (Associate Member, 2006-2011; St. Louis Chapter, Director, 2007-2011)

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Chair, Pro Bono Committee, 2012; Co-Chair, Pro Bono Committee, 2013; Co-Chair, Bench and Bar Relations Committee, 2000-2002)

Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity (Vice-Magister, 1989-1990)