Robert M. Kennedy, Jr. Email & Phone Number

I practice in the area of insurance and reinsurance with a focus on complex insurance coverage, litigation, counseling and insurance defense litigation in North Carolina and South Carolina.Representative Cases: Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. GS Thadius, et al, Case No. 4:18-cv-00099-AMQ (D.S.C. July 2, 2018), aff’d, — Fed. Appx. —- (4th Cir. Feb. 5, 2020) (granting summary judgment on insurer’s claim that assault and battery exclusion applied in context of wrongful death arising from parking lot brawl)Biltmore Ave. Condo. Ass'n., Inc. v. Hanover Am. Ins. Co., Case No. 1:15-CV-00043, 2017 WL 927259 (W.D.N.C. March 8, 2017), aff'd, Biltmore Ave. Condo. Ass'n., Inc. v. Hanover Am. Ins. Co., --- Fed. Appx., 2017 WL 6508846 (4th Cir. December 20, 2017) (granting summary judgment in favor of insurer on insured's claim that it was entitled to additional $500,000 in ordinance and law coverage)Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Moonshine Saloon, LLC, et al., 228 F.Supp.3d 554 (D.S.C. January 6, 2017) (holding that $25,000 assault and/or battery sublimit applied to claims arising out of shooting in bar parking lot)Wiley, et al., v. L3 Communications Vertex Aerospace, LLC, 795 S.E.2d 580 (N.C. App. 2016) (reversing jury verdict awarding $1 million in punitive damages and $279,180.00 compensatory damages)Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. B & G Fitness Center, Inc., 4:14-CV-187-F, 2015 WL 4641530 (E.D.N.C. August 4, 2015)Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Children's Home Society of N.C., et al., Case No. 5:12-CV-81-FL, 2013 WL 3354506 (E.D.N.C. July 3, 2013), aff'd, Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Children's Home Society of N.C., et al., 501 Fed. Appx. 290 (4th Cir. August 20, 2014) (per curiam) (holding that sexual and/or physical abuse exclusion applied to claims against adoption agency arising out of death of adopted child)

My practice consisted mainly of defending school boards in a wide range of litigation in state and federal courts, including employment actions, personal injury actions, constitutional challenges to board policy, special education, construction disputes, and bond forfeitures. I also regularly provided legal counsel to school boards on an array of issues, including personnel matters, public records requests, contracts, special education, constitutional issues, and tax and retirement issues.Representative Cases:Ryan, Ex. rel. Watson-Green v. Wake County Bd. of Educ., 2010 WL 4069158 (N.C. App. 2010) (unpublished) King v. Beaufort County Bd. of Educ., 693 S.E.2d 655 (N.C. 2010)Hardy ex rel. Hardy, et al. v. Beaufort County Bd. of Educ., 683 S.E.2d 774 (N.C. App. 2009) Beaufort County Bd. of Educ. v. Beaufort County Bd. of Comm’rs, 681 S.E.2d 278 (N.C. 2009) (amicus)Scotland County Schools v. Locklear, 688 S.E.2d 696 (N.C. App. 2009) (amicus)Frye v. Brunswick County Bd. of Educ., 612 F.Supp.2d 694 (E.D.N.C. 2009)State v. Lynch, 673 S.E.2d 168 (N.C. App. 2009) (unpublished)

Prior to law school, I taught World History and World Geography at Louisburg High School, in Franklin County, North Carolina, as a Teach For America corps member.

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Activities and Societies: Holderness Moot CourtGraduated with High Honors, Order of the Coif

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Activities and Societies: Benjamin Franklin Scholar, University of Pennsylvania Marching BandGraduated Magna Cum Laude, General Honors.