Professional Profile As a co-author of Rhode Island’s revised Mechanic’s Lien Law, and a national authority on alternative dispute resolution, Peter Kennedy talks straight, fights hard and simplifies complex litigation issues to maximize gains and minimize any loses for his construction clients. His practice also includes defending surety companies against construction claims.
Annually named to Best Lawyers in America since its inception and a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers, Peter has won notable high-stakes cases for blue-chip clients and pioneered arbitration and mediation in Rhode Island with two precedent-setting cases before the Rhode Island Supreme Court. He also has been named a Rhode Island SuperLawyer for the last three years, an honor that recognizes him as a leader in the legal community. Peter has chaired arbitration panels in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and New York in multimillion-dollar construction disputes and authored important articles on contracting. He also lectures other lawyers on construction law and arbitration procedures.
Peter won a noteworthy construction law victory in July, 2009, so noteworthy that it and he were spotlighted as front page news by Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly. Read the interview here.
Practice
Area
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate, Construction Law, Insurance, Litigation, Products Liability Law/Toxic Tort Law.
Publications & Seminars
Lectured the Bar Association on arbitration procedures and construction law.
Author, Rhode Island Section of State-by-State Guide to Architect, Engineer and Contractor Licensing.
Author, Rhode Island Section of Fifty State Public Construction Contracting.
Selected to instruct the members of the Rhode Island Bar in compulsory arbitration procedures.
Admissions
Rhode Island
New York
Massachusetts
U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Massachusetts
U. S. District Court, Connecticut
U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
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