Experienced, Respected
Civil Litigation Attorneys
Civil Litigation Attorneys
Biography
Kenan has successfully defended thousands of toxic tort exposure cases against shipyards, sugar mills, power houses, refineries, and product manufacturers since he began practicing in New Orleans in 1994 after graduating from Tulane Law School, cum laude.
Originally from Wilson, North Carolina, Kenan attended Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, where he was the President of the Virginia Organization of German Students in 1984, and Middlebury College in Vermont, where he had double major in German and Philosophy and learned to ski quite well.
He met his wife, Ellie, in Colorado, where they were living following college, who lured him to her hometown of New Orleans (as he says, "One cannot dynamite ladies out of this City..."), where he readily acclimated and is deeply enmeshed in many social and community activities, ranging from volunteering for Habitat for Humanity to leading several Carnival Krewes.
Kenan has also been retained as an Expert Witness on the reasonableness of attorneys' fees and is available to serve in that capacity upon request.
Originally from Wilson, North Carolina, Kenan attended Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, where he was the President of the Virginia Organization of German Students in 1984, and Middlebury College in Vermont, where he had double major in German and Philosophy and learned to ski quite well.
He met his wife, Ellie, in Colorado, where they were living following college, who lured him to her hometown of New Orleans (as he says, "One cannot dynamite ladies out of this City..."), where he readily acclimated and is deeply enmeshed in many social and community activities, ranging from volunteering for Habitat for Humanity to leading several Carnival Krewes.
Kenan has also been retained as an Expert Witness on the reasonableness of attorneys' fees and is available to serve in that capacity upon request.
Practice Areas
- Mass and Toxic Tort
- Tort and Insurance Litigation
Education
- Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
- J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 1994
- Honors: cum laude
- Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts - 1988
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1994
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1994
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1994
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1994
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1995
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2002
Professional Associations
- New Orleans Bar Association, Member
- Louisiana State Bar Association, Member
- Federal Bar Association, Member