Kenyon has tried every sort of case in his thirty plus 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 duty, 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 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 recoveries by his clients in excess of $1 million. He has also defended business clients in numerous jury trials in civil and criminal cases, as well as having substantial experience in bench trials, arbitrations and injunction proceedings.
His litigation experience includes class action litigation, breach of fiduciary duty litigation, commercial disputes, wrongful discharge litigation, and trade secrets and restrictive covenant issues on behalf of employees and employers. He also represents employers and employees in white collar criminal matters, both in the investigation stage and in litigation. Additionally, Kenyon represents clients who are the subject of investigations initiated by state attorneys general, state and federal administrative regulators, and law enforcement.
His clients come from an array of industries, such as 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.
He has represented individuals and entities in gaming industries in civil, criminal, and administrative litigation. Relevant examples include representing an online gaming trade organization related to government efforts to forfeit domain names; representing executives in the horse industry regarding employment contracts; defending entities and individuals involved in charitable gaming before state administrative agencies and in criminal litigation; representing entities in the thoroughbred industry in federal grand jury investigations; and litigating on behalf of a manufacturer of historical racing technology related to the definition of pari-mutuel wagering.
Kenyon has a passion for pro bono work and providing legal assistance to the indigent. He has successfully tried three capital murder cases, accepted appointments to represent indigent criminal defendants in state and federal courts for 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.
