General Biography
Thomas Kennaday is Special Counsel to the firm and resident  in the Columbia office.  He practices in the area of litigation with a focus on product liability and business litigation.  His practice also includes the defense of automotive and truck products as well as class action suits.   Mr. Kennaday is admitted to practice before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Mr. Kennaday is a member of the American Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association.

In 1999, after enrollment in a joint degree program, Mr. Kennaday earned a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of South Carolina School of Law and a Master of International Business Studies from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. While in law school,  he was a member of the South Carolina Law Review and the Moot Court Bar, and he was inducted into the Order of the Coif.  Mr. Kennaday earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy of Industrial Societies from the University of California at Berkeley in 1990.

Bar Admissions
All South Carolina Courts
U. S. District Court
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
 

Education
University of South Carolina School of Law,    J. D., cum laude,  1999

Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Master of International Business Studies, 1999   
University of California at Berkeley, B.A., 1990
        

                                                             
Professional/Civic Affiliations
South Carolina Bar

Board of Advisors, Business Partnership Foundation of the Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina

South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Assn.
American Bar Association

Defense Research Institute