Kenzo is a Founder of a premier boutique trial firm with a focus on impact litigation. Kenzo was one of the lead trial lawyers to obtain a groundbreaking $60 million trial victory against Mead Johnson Nutrition. The case is the first of thousands of cases pending nationwide to reach a verdict regarding whether makers of cow’s-milk based baby formula are responsible for causing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in premature infants. Additionally, Kenzo has served as counsel for companies across industries and issues including intellectual property, real estate, construction, mass torts, antitrust, and environmental matters. His prior trials include constitutional claims for equitable public-school finance, corporate fiduciary duty disputes, CERCLA claims, construction defects, trademark infringement, and refugees seeking asylum. As a fourth-generation Coloradan, Kenzo engages deeply in community service. He serves on the Boards of Colorado Legal Services, Colorado State University System, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice in D.C. He previously served on the Board of Advisors for the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, and as Board Chair for the Colorado Lawyers Committee, Boettcher Foundation, and the Denver Foundation (one of the nation’s largest community foundations). He also served on the boards of the Center for Legal Inclusiveness, Sakura Foundation, Community Resource Center, and Barton Institute for Community Action.Mr. Kawanabe clerked for then Chief Justice Mary J. Mullarkey of the Colorado Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association (ABF Fellow), Colorado Bar Association (past board of governors and Bar Fellow), Denver Bar Association (past board of trustees and Executive Committee), National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (first-ever General Counsel), and CO APABA (past president and foundation president).

Kenzo was a partner at a venerable 100-year-old Denver law firm, where he practiced law for 25 years.