For over 25 years, Brian Kennedy has gained a reputation for his experience, expertise, and effective representation involving the most serious criminal cases and complex financial industry matters. He is a veteran courtroom attorney, with first-chair engagement in close to 100 jury trials. His criminal defense advocacy has qualified him for the Homicide Panel in New York Supreme Court for assignment to murder cases. His experience with arbitration of investment-related disputes has involved a myriad of issues such as fraud, unauthorized trading, churning, breach of fiduciary duty, denials of bonus and other compensation, and expungements of FINRA U-4/U-5 records.

Brian Kennedy is a former Senior Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn and then with the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for New York City. In 2020, Brian Kennedy was admitted to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, the Netherlands, and selected for its List of Counsel for the defense and for victims, dealing with the most serious matters of international concern, such as war cimes and crimes against humanity.

He has handled thousands of cases in federal District Court, Supreme Court, Criminal Court, as well as arbitration forums, including FINRA, NASD, NYSE, NFA, and AAA. As a prosecutor and claimant's attorney, Brian Kennedy has spent over twenty five years on both sides, representing clients against investment firms, brokers, and criminal and regulatory charges. He also represents securities industry professionals who were unfairly denied their bonus and other compensation or want their FINRA U-4/U-5 records expunged, and handles diverse and often complex commercial litigation. He is also trained and serves as a FINRA arbitrator.