OverviewKennedy Gerard is an associate in Butler Snow’s Tort, Transportation, and Specialized Litigation group. Kennedy represents and assists in the defense of trucking companies, insurers, and third-party administrators in transportation and commercial litigation matters.
Kennedy works with litigation teams through all phases of a case, including taking and defending depositions, drafting and successfully arguing dispositive motions, and participating in mediations that have resulted in favorable resolutions for clients.
Kennedy’s practice is focused primarily on trucking and transportation matters, working with motor carriers directly and in coordination with insurance carriers and third-party administrators in state and federal courts.
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 2024
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Education
- University of Mississippi, J.D., cum laude, 2024
- Mississippi Law Journal Vol. 93, Associate Case Editor of the Year, 2024
- Distinguished Dean’s Leadership Council Member, 2024
- Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition (National Black Law Students Association), National Director, 2023-2024
- Business Law Fellow, 2021-2022
- Outstanding Student Award [highest exam score], Law 502 Torts
- Constance Slaughter-Harvey Chapter of Black Law Student Association, President, 2022-2023
- Domenick L. Gabrielle National Family Law Moot Court Competition, Semi-Finalist, 2023
- Phi Delta Phi Legal Honors Society
- Howard University, B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, 2021
- President, Howard University Student Ambassadors
- Pre-Law Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity International, Initiate, 2021
- Legal Extern, Judge Nghana Lewis, 40th Judicial District Court, St. John the Baptist, LA, 2024
Associations
- State Bar of Texas
- Travis County Women Lawyers Association
- National Bar Association
- Austin Black Lawyers Association
- American Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Author, Case Summary Re: Werner Enterprises, Inc. v. Blake, 719 S.W.3d 525 (Tex. 2025), reh’g denied (Sept. 26, 2025), The Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas: news for the Bar, December 2025
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