Background
Kenny, Michael P. was born on April 16, 1955 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Son of William Thomas and Margaret (Smith) Kenny.
Kenny, Michael P. was born on April 16, 1955 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Son of William Thomas and Margaret (Smith) Kenny.
Oakland University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1978). Northwestern University (Master of Arts, University Fellow, 1980). Emory University (Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1984).
Worked at Alston & Bird LLP (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Antitrust, Securities and Class Action Litigation, White Collar and RICO. Admitted to the bar, 1984, Georgia. Member, The Order of Barristers.
Co-Author: "Corporate Benefits of Property Conducted Internal Investigations," II Georgia State University Law Review, (forthcoming). "Private Antitrust Enforcement," Antitrust Advisor, 4th ed., (June 1995). Author: "Aspiring to the Highest-Ranked View of the Eleventh Amendment: Sovereign Immunity and the Rule of Law," George Mason Independent Law Review(1993).
Co-Author: "Misguided Statutory Construction to Cover the Corporate Universe: The Misappropriation Theory of Section 10(b)," 59 Albany L. Rev. 139 (1995); "A Comprehensive Analysis of Georgia RICO," 9 Georgia State University Law Review 537 (1993). "Defeating Bet the Company Cases: Pretrial Defenses to Securities Fraud Class Actions," Ga.
St. Bar J. (1993). Author: "Escaping the RICO Dragnet in Civil Litigation: Why Won't the Lower Courts Listen to the Supreme Court?" 30 Duquesne L. Rev. 257 (1992). Co-Author: "Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Traps of Federal and Georgia RICO," 28 Ga. St. Bar J., 134 (1992).
Author: "RICO and Federalism: A Case for Concurrent Jurisdiction," Boston College Law Review, March, 1990. Co-Author: "Eleventh Amendment Jurisprudence After Atascadero: The Coming Clash With Antitrust, Copyright, and Other Causes of Action Over Which the Federal Courts Have Exclusive Jurisdiction," 37 Emory Law Journal 645, 1988. "The Statute of Limitations Applicable to Criminal Enforcement of the Sherman Act: Restraint of Trade or Enjoyment of the Spoils?" 1986 Arizona State Law Journal 183.
Member: State Bar of Georgia.
Member, The Order of Barristers.
Married Elizabeth Anne Little, April 26, 1988. 1 child, Alicia.