JOHN F. KENNEDY
Tel: 215.940.0479
Fax: 215.864.6610
E-Mail: jkennedy@bodellbove.com
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B.A. Political Science, Villanova University, 1998
J.D. Widener University School of Law 2001

Jay was born in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. He was raised in West Chester. While at Villanova, Mr. Kennedy was a 4 year starter and 1998 Captain of the Villanova tennis team. While in law school, he served two terms as the Student Bar Association Executive Board Treasurer from 1999-2001. Prior to law school, Mr. Kennedy was an Assistant Tennis Professional at both Aronimink Golf Club and Llanerch Country Club. His interests include all sports, live music, and the New Jersey and Delaware beaches.

Mr. Kennedy is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States District Court for Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He has successfully litigated issues before the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the District of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New Jersey state courts. He has tried several cases to verdict in the Pennsylvania state courts. Jay was selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star by Law and Politics as published by Philadelphia Magazine in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011. He is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations. He was recently elected into the membership of the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel. He has served as an Instructor for Widener’s Intensive Trial Advocacy Program since 2003. He has served on Widener University School of Law Alumni Counsel since 2005. Presently, Mr. Kennedy’s practice has focused on defending corporate and public entity clients in a variety of legal matters including products liability, premises liability, construction defect, breach of contract, motor vehicle, intentional torts and wrongful death.

Reported Decisions

Lewis v. United States of America, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16724
Ravnel v. Vintage Development Co 2005 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. Lexis 310

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