Practice Area:Insurance, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Wrongul Death
Nancy Kenner has been a practicing attorney and mediator for over 30 years. She started her practice at a large litigation firm and moved to a small, plaintiff’s practice ten years later. She was one of the first trained mediators in Kansas City. Nancy’s litigation experience on both the plaintiff and defense sides gives her a unique perspective to resolve cases in the mediation process.
Nancy joined Blackwell Sanders Matheny Weary & Lombardi after her clerkship. She practiced in litigation, primarily in the personal injury area with an emphasis on medical malpractice and products liability. In 1993 Nancy and fellow Blackwell Sanders partner Sly James left to form Kenner & James, P.C. in order to represent injury victims. The original firm founded by Nancy and Sly is now Kenner Nygaard DeMarea Kendall, LLC. From the beginning to today, Nancy continues her focus on plaintiff’s personal injury and medical malpractice cases.
Education
University of Missouri, Columbia Missouri – Juris Doctor, 1983
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri – Bachelor of Arts in English, 1980
Recognition
Up and Coming Lawyer (Missouri Lawyer Weekly) – 1998
Association of Women Lawyer – Women of the Year – 2002
KCMBA Congenial Counselor Award – 2004
Daily Record Legal Leaders – 2005
Women Who Mean Business (Kansas City Business Journal) – 2011
Missouri Lawyers Weekly Women’s Justice Award – Litigation Practice – 2012
Dean of the Trial Bar – 2018
Associations & Memberships
President, Association for Women Lawyers, Kansas City, Missouri – 2000
President KCMBA – 2012
Missouri Bar Association– Trustee – 2016 – Present
University of Missouri – Columbia, Law School Foundation, Trustee – 2021 – Present
Kanbe’s Market, Kansas City Missouri, Board of Directors – 2021 – Present
