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Jeffrey Kenney

Attorney at Cooper Elliott
Columbus, OH30 years experience

About Jeffrey Kenney

Jeffrey T. Kenney, Esq. is a Partner at Cooper Elliott in Columbus, Ohio, with nearly 30 years of experience as a trial lawyer. He has successfully represented clients both in and outside of court in wrongful death, personal injury, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and business litigation matters. He brings prior experience working with large insurance carriers.

Kenney has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America for both Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, named to Super Lawyers for five consecutive years, and selected to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 and Top 100. He is a member of both the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums, holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating, has been named to Super Lawyers' Top 50 Columbus, and is a Supreme Court of Ohio Approved Mentor.

He is a member of the American Association for Justice, Ohio Association for Justice, Ohio State Bar Association, and the Columbus Bar Association. Outside the firm, he is a varsity baseball coach at Walnut Hills High School and a junior high football coach at Kings Local Schools.

He earned his Juris Doctor from Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law and his undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University. He is admitted to the State Bars of Ohio and Kentucky, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Practice areas

Education

Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.)
The Ohio State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Ohio
State Bar of Kentucky
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
State Bar of U.S. Supreme Court
American Association for Justice
Ohio Association for Justice
Ohio State Bar Association
Columbus Bar Association
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation, Plaintiffs
Super Lawyers (5 consecutive years)
Super Lawyers Top 50 Columbus
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
National Trial Lawyers Top 100
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating
Supreme Court of Ohio Approved Mentor

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