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Patrick J.Kennedy

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Patrick Kennedy, a firm partner, is a lifelong resident of Connecticut. His practice is devoted to handling cases for injured people, including medical malpractice, automobile negligence, product liability, and premises liability claims.

Since joining RisCassi & Davis, Patrick has devoted himself to his clients and to becoming a trial lawyer.  He has tried numerous cases and won a number of large verdicts for his clients including several that have been reported by the Connecticut Law Tribune and the Hartford Courant.  One such verdict involved a painting contractor who was injured in a construction site accident.  In that case, a New London jury returned a verdict of $3 million after the insurance company offered only $150,000. In another case, a Hartford jury reached a verdict of $3.4 million for a motorcyclist struck by a UPS truck.  Before trial UPS did not make any offer to settle the case and threatened to pursue his client personally for all of the costs associated with the litigation.

Patrick has also negotiated settlements for his clients. He recently secured settlements of $1.18 million for a New Haven area man who was struck by a falling pallet at a big box store and $1.75 million for a motorcyclist who developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome following a crash in New Britain.  In addition to settling many of the more common varieties of personal injury cases, Patrick has reached settlements in medical malpractice, wrongful death, products liability and complex personal injury cases.  The details of many of these cases are confidential.

Patrick is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer and Rising Star by New England Super Lawyers Magazine and Connecticut Magazine every year since 2010. He has also been selected as a "New Leader in the Law" by the Connecticut Law Tribune.

Patrick serves on the Board of Governors of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.  The Board leads an organization of more than 1,300 trial lawyers.  He is also a member of the Association’s Continuing Legal Education Committee and in that capacity speaks each year to other trial lawyers at law seminars on civil trial practice.

In 2014, Patrick was appointed by the Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court to the Legal Specialization Screening Committee for a three year term.   The committee acts under the authority of the Judicial Branch to regulate the practice of law in Connecticut.

Patrick graduated from Connecticut College and cum laude from Quinnipiac University School of Law.

Patrick currently resides in Cheshire with his wife and three children.