Kenna, David W.

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 10:26
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Name: 
David W. Kenna
atty_type: 
Partner
P: 
(212) 804-4529
F: 
(212) 344-8066
Location: 
New York, NY
E: 
dkenna@moundcotton.com

David W. Kenna practices in the areas of reinsurance and insurance law, including coverage disputes, bad-faith claims, and disputes between and among ceding companies and reinsurers, as well as commodities and securities litigation and arbitration. Mr. Kenna has tried cases in the state and federal courts of New York and New Jersey and argued before the Appellate Division, First Department and the Second Circuit.  In addition, Mr. Kenna has litigated insurance, reinsurance, and commodities and securities actions in California, Iowa, and Massachusetts. He has also arbitrated disputes before the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange and the NASD. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of New York and New Jersey.

Mr. Kenna is a graduate of Hofstra University (B.A.) and Fordham University School of Law (J.D.). Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Kenna was Vice President of BMT Commodity Corp., where he was a trader specializing in sales of jute goods for use by various commodities industries, including coffee, cotton, sugar, and tobacco.

MEMBERSHIPS/HONORS

  • New York County Lawyers Association
  • British Insurance Law Association

PUBLICATIONS

  • Co-Author, "Swine Flu - Implications for First-Party and Workers' Compensation Insurance," Claims Quorum - CPCU Society Claims Interest Group, Volume 28, Number 2, April 2010.
  • Co-Author, "Rule B Attachment Detached: The Rise and Fall of Winter Storm," Executive View Media Limited's Insurance & Risk Management 2010 Digital Guide.
  • Co-Author, "Rule B Attachment In The Second Circuit and Points of Concern to Insurance Carriers," Mealey's Emerging Insurance Disputes Report, June 4, 2009.
  • Co-Author, "A Spot Transaction by Any Other Name, Mealey's Emerging Securities Litigation Newsletter, April 2008.
  • Co-Author, "CFTC v. Zelener: The Commodity Futures Trading Omissions, Mealey's Emerging Securities Litigation Newsletter, April 2005.
  • Co-Author, “Y2K, A First-Party Perspective”, which appeared in Mealey's Litigation Reports: Insurance, March 9, 1999.

ADMISSIONS
New York, 1997
New Jersey, 1996

EDUCATION
B.A., Hofstra University, 1986
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1996