Kevin G. Kenneally is a Partner and Office Chair in Freeman Mathis & Gary's Boston office. He brings over 25 years of local and national experience in complex litigation including multi-district mass tort and class action litigation. He has a demonstrated track record of success in high stakes trials, mediation and litigation management. Mr. Kenneally serves as FMG's Chair of the Products Liability Practice Team. Mr. Kenneally is a national counsel for exposure and products liability matters and represents an international franchisor. He repeatedly has been recognized as one of Massachusetts outstanding defense trial and business lawyers, including selection by Super Lawyers for Business Litigation for over 15 consecutive years. He also has been recognized on four occasions by his peers, including for 2022, as “Lawyer of the Year” in Insurance Law, in 2021 and prior years as Class Actions and Mass Torts "Lawyers of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America, and has been selected for Best Lawyers in several practice areas.
Mr. Kenneally is an experienced trial lawyer and a national counsel for clients in toxic exposure litigation. He handles the defense of complex, multiparty litigation, class actions and federal court MultiDistrict Litigation (MDL). Mr. Kenneally is a leader of the firm’s PFAS Litigation Team, Life Sciences Team chair and Class Action Team chair. He is a lead counsel for the firm’s client in the MDL alleging Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) caused injuries arising from fire-fighting equipment and fire-suppressing foam that is consolidated and pending in Charleston, South Carolina federal court, known as the Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) MDL.