Kristi D. Kennedy

Kristi Kennedy was born and raised in the town of Amory in North Mississippi.  After graduating from law school in 1997, she worked as a judicial law clerk for Honorable Thomas A. Coleman of the Mississippi Court of Appeals.  Kristi joined Currie Johnson immediately following her clerkship.  During her time with the firm, Kristi has gained experience in a variety of different practice areas.  Over the past few years, the focus of Kristi’s practice has been mass tort litigation, particularly asbestos defense litigation in state and federal courts.

Kristi’s husband is a professional engineer, and they reside in Brandon, Mississippi.  They are members of First Baptist Church in Jackson.

Admitted to bar

• Mississippi 1997

Education

• Mississippi University for Women, (B.A., cum laude, 1994)
  • Phi Kappa Phi
• University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS  (J.D., cum laude, 1997)
  • Moot Court Board, 1997, Judicial Liaison
  • National Security Law Journal, Member
  • Academic Excellence Program, Teaching Assistant

Judiciary Clerkships

• Law clerk to the Hon. Thomas A. Coleman of the Mississippi Court of Appeals

Memberships

• The Mississippi Bar
• Rankin County Bar Association
• Hinds County Bar Association
• Mississippi Defense Lawyer’s Association
• Mississippi Women Lawyers Association
• Jackson Young Lawyers Association
• Defense Research Institute
• National Law Association