With nearly three decades of trial and appellate experience, Attorney Kennedy has successfully assisted, counseled, and represented people suspected of or accused of virtually every sort and level of crime, from First Degree Murder, to other assaultive crimes, to drug crimes, to Drunk Driving, to various other felonies, misdemeanors, and infractions, and he has taught other attorneys who handle the same sorts of cases. He has successfully represented those accused of committing offenses as juveniles, and he has taught other attorneys who handle those sorts of cases.

Because of the sheer volume and percentage wins of his criminal motion practice in the late ‘80’s, when he would often have more motions on the Indio calendar alone than would the entire public defender’s office, the vast majority of which would be won outright, he was dubbed “Captain Motion” by the local supervising judge of the criminal division. That nom du guerre has remained with him, and he is so billed in his many and ongoing lectures to various attorney groups about how they can improve their efforts in defense of our constitutional form of government.

He has won many, many cases, big and small, at the preliminary hearing, motion, and trial stage, and he is quietly consulted by people who work in the system, who recognize that he is the ultimate “go-to” person in this craft.