Michelle Kenney is a partner with Knutson, Flynn & Deans and joined the firm in July 1994. Prior to her joining the firm, she was a law clerk and associate attorney with a law firm in Irvine, California that focused on the practice of school law. Ms. Kenney received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and graduated from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, California in 1990. She is a member of the Minnesota Bar Association, Ramsey County Bar Association, Minnesota School Boards Association and the State Bar of California.

Ms. Kenney brings to the firm experience representing school districts in the areas of labor and employment law, student rights and student discipline, special education, litigation, discrimination, bidding and construction issues, and business matters. She has represented clients in state and federal courts and in administrative hearings. Ms. Kenney is the former co-editor of the Minnesota Council of School Attorneys Newsletter and currently serves as a Director of the Council.

Ms. Kenney was recently named by Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine as a Rising Star for 2003.

email: mkenney@kfdmn.com

assistant: Debra Folks