Brendan M. Kenny joined Blackwell Burke P.A. in April 2012. Before joining the firm, Mr. Kenny was a Deputy Attorney General in the California Attorney General’s Office in San Francisco. As a Deputy Attorney General, Mr. Kenny gained first-chair trial experience in

complex litigation in federal court, wrote and argued dispositive motions, drafted mediation and settlement conference statements, took

and defended depositions, and prepared all forms of trial documents, including motions in limine, jury instructions, voir dire questions,

and verdict forms.

Since joining Blackwell Burke, Mr. Kenny has focused his practice on toxic tort, products liability, and other complex litigation.  He is

admitted to the bars of all Minnesota courts; the U.S. District Court of Minnesota; all California courts; the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Mr. Kenny is the founder of the Twin Cities E-Discovery Forum and a member of the Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program's  National Outreach Committee.

• University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 2005); Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly

• University of California, Berkeley (A.B., History, 2002)