Education:
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma, 1984 J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: First Place Appellate Advocacy Competition (Moot Court)
Honors: Harden Ballard Memorial Award
Honors: Who’s Who in American Law Students
New York University School of Law, New York, New York
University of Miami
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Professional Associations and Memberships:
San Antonio Historic Design and Review Commission
Member
Leadership San Antonio XIX
Member, Steering Committee XXI
Florida Association for Women Lawyers
Member
Texas Bar Association
Member
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Member
Past Employment Positions:
Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft, Associate
Akin, Gump, Associate
Texas, City Attorney
Public Works Department, San Antonio, City Attorney
Harlene S. Kennedy
Of Counsel
Broward Office (954) 763-4242
Dade Office (305) 854-0800hkennedy@wsh-law.com
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Ms. Kennedy is Of Counsel with the Firm specializing in municipal law and real estate. She has extensive experience in both areas, having served as a city attorney in Texas specializing in the areas of public works and eminent domain and in private practice in Texas and New York in real estate law.
Ms. Kennedy began her legal career on Wall Street at Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft as a real estate associate. She later moved to Texas and joined Akin, Gump as a real estate associate and subsequently joined a local San Antonio firm as a real estate partner. Ms. Kennedy then became a city attorney in San Antonio in charge of the Public Works Department and later in charge of the City’s eminent domain matters. She has returned home to South Florida where she grew up and has family ties.
