Kenyon has tried every sort of case in his more than thirty year legal career. He has tried three death penalty cases; federal criminal cases with charges ranging from murder to complex white collar matters; breach of fiduciary duty, restrictive covenant, and trade secret cases; multimillion dollar business disputes; employment cases including allegations of sexual misconduct; and cases involving claims of nuisance and environmental regulatory violations. He frequently tries administrative matters in disputes involving regulated industries including higher education, charitable gaming, and professional licenses. He has represented lawyers and a number of current and former elected and government officials in complex matters. These and other experiences in state and federal courts have prepared him to handle his clients’ needs, even those out of the ordinary.
The managing partner of Dinsmore’s Louisville office, Kenyon also has significant appellate experience and often litigates on expedited schedules in arbitrations and cases involving efforts at injunctive relief.
He has successfully represented business plaintiffs in jury trials, including three resulting in seven-figure recoveries by his clients. He has also defended business clients in numerous civil jury and bench trials. His litigation experience includes class action litigation and the representation of clients who are the subject of investigations initiated by state attorneys general, state and federal administrative regulators, and law enforcement.
He has represented clients in an array of industries, such as for-profit as well as not-for profit education, software, construction, rent-to-own, coal, gaming, medical, and media. He has also represented the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers before the Kentucky Supreme Court and currently serves as its President.
Kenyon has a passion for pro bono work and providing legal assistance to the indigent. He has accepted appointments to represent indigent criminal defendants in state and federal courts for more than two decades, and was lead counsel in a case that gathered national attention involving the handcuffing of two young children by a school resource officer in an elementary school. The case prompted procedural changes throughout the county’s elementary schools and resulted in a monetary settlement to the clients’ satisfaction.
