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CurrentPatrick Kenny is a trial lawyer with significant experience in bad faith and insurance coverage disputes, ERISA litigation (pension and benefits), subrogation, disputes over business transactions, non-compete agreements, class actions, and fraud litigation. He has tried cases to verdict in Missouri and Illinois, handled and supervised numerous appeals, and served as a neutral in scores of cases. Mr. Kenny was named the Best Lawyers® 2016 Insurance Law "Lawyer of the Year" in St. Louis and has received numerous other recognitions in connection with his insurance and commercial litigation practices. Those include long-term listings as a Top Rated Lawyer in Commercial Litigation by Martindale-Hubbell and American Lawyer Media (ALM) and as a Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers / Super Lawyers Business Edition. Mr. Kenny also serves numerous leadership roles in professional organizations focused on insurance law and commercial litigation. He long has been active with an international law group, Lex Mundi, currently serving as the Chair of the Insurance/Reinsurance Practice Group. He also currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Daubert Online published by DRI, served for many years on the Steering Committee for DRI's Commercial Litigation Committee, and has served in many other positions for the Commercial Litigation Committee and the Life, Health and Disability Committee of DRI. He has published and presented extensively on matters related to insurance, fraud, and expert witnesses.