George J. Kenny

Partner, Roseland Office

85 Livingston Avenue

Roseland, New Jersey 07068

Phone:  (973) 535-0500

gkenny@connellfoley.com

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George J. Kenny, a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, is recognized as one of the premier litigation specialists in New Jersey, having tried hundreds of diverse civil cases to verdict and briefed or argued more than 70 reported New Jersey Appellate Division and Supreme Court cases. 

 

Mr. Kenny has lectured and written extensively on procedure and substance in numerous fields of law. He is also co-author of New Jersey Insurance Law, a standard text on coverage law.  Since 1990, he has served on the Adjunct Faculty at Rutgers University School of Law in Newark. 

 

He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates.  He has been recognized by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a certified civil trial attorney since the initial certification process in the early 1980's. 

 

As a member of the American Bar Association’s Litigation Section, Mr. Kenny has served on the Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary which investigates and evaluates the qualifications of all federal judicial nominees.  He has served on the Litigation Section’s Council and as a Division Director and chair of the Professional Liability Litigation Committee, founding chair of its Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee and as liaison to the ABA for attorney certification.  Mr. Kenny has also served three terms as a trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Association and as president of the Essex County Bar Association.

 

 

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

New Jersey State Bar Association

Essex County Bar Association

 

Connell Foley Sponsors American Bar Association Insurance Coverage Legal Education Seminar (January 2012)

George Kenny Honored by Essex County Bar Association at Annual Dinner – 50 Year Member (November 2011)

George Kenny Presented CLE Sessions on Litigating the Insurance Policy (August)

George Kenny Authors 3rd Edition of Best Selling New Jersey Insurance Law Book

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)

 

 


Published Decisions

Significant New Jersey Supreme Court cases:

Piermount Iron Works, Inc. v. Evanston Ins. Co., 197 N.J. 432 (2009);

Fertile ex rel. Fertile v. St. Michael’s Medical Center, 169 N.J. 481 (2001);

Estate of Chin ex rel. Chin v. St. Barnabas Medical Center, 160 N.J. 454 (1999);

Crespo v. Stapf, 128 N.J. 351 (1992);

Coleman v. Cycle Transformer Corp., 105 N.J. 285 (1986);

Soler v. Castmaster, Div. of H.P.M. Corp., 98 N.J. 137 (1984);

Brown v. U.S. Stove Co., 98 N.J. 155 (1984);

Perez v. Pantasote, Inc., 95 N.J. 105 (1984);

Lewicki v. New Jersey Art Foundry, 88 N.. 75 (1981);

Owens v. C&R Waste Material, 76 N.J. 584 (1978);

Sabat v. Fedders Corp., 75 N.J. 444 (1978);

Salierno v. Micro Stamping Co., 72 N.J. 205 (1977);

Barbato v. Alsan Masonry & Concrete, Inc., 64 N.J. 514 (1974);

Dawson v. Hatfield Wire & Cable Co., 59 N.J. 190 (1971);

Conway v. Mister Softee, Inc., 51 N.J. 254 (1968);

Gerhardt v. Continental Ins. Companies, 48 N.J. 291 (1966).

Publications

Co-author, New Jersey Insurance Law, first published in 1993 with a Second Edition published in 2000 and a Third Edition to be published in 2010.

Professional Activities

Service on 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
Service as a District Ethics Committee member and chair of the Committee
Service for fifteen years as chair of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Attorney Advertising and as a member of the Court's Professional Responsibility Rules Committee
Three hour presentation, by invitation, on insurance coverage law at the New Jersey Judicial College (2007)
Member of the editorial board of the New Jersey Law Journal
Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
Service on the Board of the Legal Services Foundation of Essex County