John F. Kennedy
John is one of the founding partners of Kennedy & Dolan and since October of 1991 has been providing quality legal services to hundreds of clients. He focuses in the areas of personal injury, premises liability and products liability cases in both state and federal court; and has successfully resolved cases for clients with injuries resulting from someone else's negligence in these types of cases both in and out of the courtroom for the past 20 years. During that time he has earned a reputation for masterfully representing clients in resolving cases in the clients' favor. In addition to personal injury and products liability cases, Mr. Kennedy has represented large groups of employees in workers compensation cases inolving back pay or an improper discharge. Mr. Kennedy is a seasoned lawyer and effective mediator who has participated in hundreds of large mediations. One of Mr. Kennedy's greatest strengths as an attorney is to properly advise his clients as to whether a case should go to litigation or settlement or go to trial.
| Bar Memberships: | DC, VA, MA, PA |
| U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia |
Kathleen A. Dolan
As the other founding partner of Kennedy & Dolan, for the past 20 years Kathleen has honed her legal skills in the area of defense, most usually in criminal defense. While she occasionally represents the defendant in other types of cases, she has carved an experienced niche in the area of criminal defense and protecting clients' rights prior to and after being arrested, through sentencing and/or expungement. During the course of her twenty years in practice, Ms. Dolan has tried over 120 cases to a jury and has had many hundreds of Bench trials. In other words, she is not fearful of taking a case to either a judge or jury, if it is in her client's best interest. Ms. Dolan has defended some high profile clients in her career as a lawyer which has focused its client base in Montgomery County. Two of her cases were the subject of tv news magazines. For the past 13 years, Ms. Dolan has taken cases for the public defender's office as a panel attorney when co-defendants conflicted out the Public Defender.
| Bar Memberships: | MD, DC, MA |
| U.S. District Court District of Maryland | |
| U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia |
