Meet Jennifer J. Kennedy
Ms. Kennedy practices in the areas of appellate law and insurance coverage. Her practice includes a variety of insurance-related matters, including coverage, extra-contractual exposure, and first party and third party coverage matters at the pre-litigation, trial and appellate levels.
Practice Areas
- Civil Appeals
- Workers’ Compensation Appeals
- First-Party Insurance Coverage
- Third-Party Insurance Coverage
- Coverage Litigation
- Bad Faith
- Trial Support
Education
- Stetson University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2001)
- University of Rhode Island (B.A, cum laude, 1998)
Bar Admissions
- Florida (2001)
Court Admissions
- All Florida State Courts
- U.S District Court, Middle District of Florida
- U.S District Court, Southern District of Florida
- U.S District Court, Northern District of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Professional Affiliations
- The Florida Bar (Appellate Section)
- St. Petersburg Bar Association (Appellate Section; Paraclete Editorial Board)
- Hillsborough County Bar (Appellate Section)
- Florida Defense Lawyers Association
- Barney Masterson Inn of Court
- Pinellas Florida Association for Woman Lawyers
- Pinellas County Trial Lawyers
- American Bar Association, Counsel of Appellate Lawyers
Community Involvement
- Lawyers for Literacy Volunteer
- MDA Lock-Up Fundraiser Participant
- Volunteer Judge for Stetson University College of Law Moot Court Board
- Volunteer Judge for Stetson University College of Law Dispute Resolution Board
Publications
- Jennifer Kennedy, Preservation Checklist for the Busy Trial Attorney, Florida Defense Lawyers Association, Trial Advocate Quarterly, Fall 2016 at p31
- Jennifer Kennedy, Preservation Checklist for the Busy Trial AttorneySt. Petersburg Bar Association Paraclete, July/August 2016 at p22.
- Jennifer Kennedy, Florida Supreme Court Sets Forth the Correct Test for Harmless Error in Civil Appeals, St. Petersburg Bar Association Paraclete, May 2015 at p18.
Distinctions
- Law clerk to the Honorable Virginia Covington on Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal from 2001-2003
- Florida Super Lawyers (2012 and 2016)
Presentations
- Co-authored a variety of seminars pertinent to attorneys and insurance professionals and has spoken at appellate seminars, including:
- Avoiding Bad Faith Traps and Set-Ups, presenter at seminars in Illinois and Atlanta, Georgia
- The Florida Casualty Claim: Incident to Appeal, presenter at seminars in Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia; Florida.
- Florida Motor Vehicle Law, presenter at seminars in Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia; Florida.
- Saint Petersburg Bar Association CLE: Practice In The Second District: A Seminar For Trial and Appellate Lawyers, Writing an Effective Brief in the Technology Age, 2017
- Saint Petersburg Bar Association CLE: Practice In The Second District: A Seminar For Trial and Appellate Lawyers, presenter 2013
- Saint Petersburg Bar Association CLE: Practice In The Second District: A Seminar For Trial and Appellate Lawyers, presenter 2010
- Saint Petersburg Bar Association CLE: Practice In The Second District: A Seminar For Trial and Appellate Lawyers, presenter on Effective Brief Writing – Answer Brief, 2009
Significant Appellate Opinions
- Erie Ins. Exchange v. Larose, 202 So. 3d 148 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016) (holding that an out-of-state insurance carrier that issued an out-of-state policy to a non-Florida resident and did not do business in the state of Florida was not subject to personal jurisdiction in the state of Florida).