Alumni Association Executive Committee 2008–2009
Tracey A. Kennedy
Term: 2007 — 2010
Tracey A. Kennedy is a partner in the Labor and Employment
Practice Group in Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton’s
Los Angeles office. Ms. Kennedy is responsible for all
aspects of employment litigation matters on behalf of
employers and management. An experienced trial attorney
in state and federal court, she has tried to verdict business
and employment matters including age, race, sex and disability
discrimination, sexual and racial harassment, retaliation,
and wrongful termination. Ms. Kennedy also provides preventive
counseling to clients concerning personnel and employment
matters. Ms. Kennedy has lectured state wide on personnel
practices, employment discrimination, retaliation harassment,
and wrongful termination.
Ms. Kennedy has been an active member of the Los Angeles County Bar
Association. She was the Chair and Co-Chair of the Barristers Sports
Project Committee, a member of the Barristers Executive Committee,
and the Co-Chair of the Barristers South Central Legal Services Committee.
Ms. Kennedy is a former associate editor of the California Labor and
Employment Law Quarterly, the official publication of the Labor and
Employment Law Section of the State Bar. Ms. Kennedy is a former member
of the Executive Committee of the Beverly Hills Bar Association Labor
and Employment Law Section, and a former member of the American Trial
Lawyers Association.
Ms. Kennedy is licensed in California and Texas. She is admitted to
practice in the United States District Court for the Central, Northern,
and Eastern Districts of California, the Ninth Circuit, and the District
of Nebraska.
During the summer of 1989, Ms. Kennedy worked at the Riverside County
District Attorneys Office where she prosecuted one criminal case and
was responsible for a variety of other criminal matters. She received
her B.A. from The University of Texas in 1987, and her J.D. from The
University of Texas School of Law in 1990.