Kayleigh Hennerty

Trial Lawyer at Carpenter & Zuckerman
Beverly Hills, CA

About Kayleigh Hennerty

Kayleigh Hennerty is a compassionate trial lawyer at Carpenter & Zuckerman who combines litigation training, courtroom experience, and community-driven leadership to advocate for individuals harmed by another’s negligence. With a concentration in Civil Litigation and a strong foundation in personal injury, wrongful death, sexual assault, and traumatic brain injury cases, Kayleigh brings a client-centered, justice-focused approach to her practice. She her legal skills and advocacy to ensure her clients are seen, heard, and fully compensated. Before joining Carpenter & Zuckerman as a trial lawyer, Kayleigh served as a law clerk with the firm, where she worked on a wide range of personal injury matters. Her responsibilities included drafting persuasive demand letters and legal memoranda, conducting research on statutory and case law, and assisting in depositions, mediations, trial preparation, and discovery meetings.

Her work contributed to resolving cases involving complex injuries and sensitive claims. Kayleigh also gained legal experience interning at the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, where she supported felony arraignment court operations, transcribed victim interviews, and observed courtroom proceedings. As an undergraduate, she completed a competitive judicial internship program, attending over 75 hours of superior court proceedings and participating in mentoring sessions with a sitting judge. Kayleigh is deeply committed to equity and inclusion within the

Proven verdicts and settlements at Carpenter & Zuckerman

These results are credited to Carpenter & Zuckerman. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$45 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2016 · #13

A Los Angeles jury awarded $45 million to the four children of Claudia Fernandez after a drunk driver, whose vehicle owner negligently handed over her keys, struck and killed her at a Boyle Heights taco truck in 2012.

Los Angeles Superior Court · 2016Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$40 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2015 · #10

A Riverside jury awarded $40 million to the parents of Orlando Jordan after finding that TGI Friday's and its franchise operator bore 55 percent of the responsibility for his death, having repeatedly served alcohol to a visibly intoxicated underage patron who then stabbed Jordan inside the restaurant.

Riverside County Superior Court · 2015Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$38.6 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2012 · #10

A Newport Beach hotel guest fell two stories from a balcony with a railing eight inches below California building code height, suffered a skull fracture and catastrophic traumatic brain injury, and an Orange County jury returned a $38,628,127 verdict against the hotel in 2012.

Orange County Superior Court · 2012Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$8.36 millionVerdict

In September 2013 a Los Angeles County MTA maintenance van rear-ended a stalled Honda on the Santa Monica Freeway, and both vehicles caught fire. The driver, Xian Hui Lin, 56, died four days later. The MTA admitted responsibility, and a Los Angeles Superior Court jury in March 2016 awarded his widow and two adult children $8.36 million in damages. The parties then settled and waived appeal.

Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County (case BC546460) · 2016Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$6.63 millionVerdict

A Los Angeles jury awarded Henrietta Castrellon $6,626,603 after she slipped and fell on an unsafe floor condition at a Home Depot store, in a result the Daily Journal described as potentially the largest such verdict against the company in California.

Los Angeles Superior Court · 2025Slip & FallRead the full story →

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