Stephanie Kennedy

Associate

Stephanie's practice encompasses diverse legal matters, including breach of contract, insurance coverage determinations and defense, eminent domain, shareholder derivative and other business disputes, trade secret protection, administrative disputes and regulatory proceedings, negligence and products liability, and antitrust.

She has experience developing litigation strategies, analyzing complex procedural issues, arguing preliminary objection hearings, supervising e-discovery projects, conducting complex legal research, and drafting pleadings, motions, discovery, and briefs. She also has experience advising clients directly and representing clients during mediation.

Before joining Cozen O'Connor, Stephanie practiced commercial litigation at a top national law firm. She also spent a year as an adjunct professor at Widener University Commonwealth Law School, where she taught legal skills to 1L students and the LSAC Plus Program to underprivileged and first-generation law students. During law school, she served as a legal intern for a well-established Pennsylvania law firm.

In addition to legal experience, Stephanie served as a financial management analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense and spent eight years as a medic in the U.S. Army Reserve. She also worked as a mental health worker and registration training specialist at a Pennsylvania community hospital.

Stephanie earned her J.D. in 2021 from Widener University Commonwealth Law School as valedictorian, where she was editor-in-chief of Widener Commonwealth Law Review and an academic success fellow for Contracts & Legal Methods. She received her Master of Public Administration from Pennsylvania State University in 2015. Stephanie graduated summa cum laude from Shippensburg University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

 

News

Guided Journey PLUS Program Empowers Prospective Law Students Through Widener Law Commonwealth’s LSAT Instruction

August 13, 2024

Stephanie Kennedy was quoted in a Widener University Commonwealth Law School article discussing her involvement in the Guided Journey PLUS program, which supports aspiring law students nationwide by building test-taking skills for the Law School Admissions Test.

Education

  • Widener University Commonwealth Law School, J.D., 2021
  • Pennsylvania State University, M.P.A., 2015
  • Shippensburg University, B.A., summa cum laude, 2013
  • Pennsylvania
  • Commonwealth Court Of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court -- Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court -- Western District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit