Most of Eric Kennedy’s legal career has been devoted to the representation of individual clients. Eric sat on the National Settlement Committee in the Breast Implant Litigation and was Trial Counsel in the Telectronics pacemaker class action where over 20,000 cases were consolidated into a single federal court. He served as Sub-Class Counsel in the $4.8 billion national Diet Drug Settlement. As Lead and Class Counsel in the Sulzer Prosthetic Hip and Knee Litigation, he was instrumental in its resolution for over $1 billion. Eric also represented the Welding Industry in over 15,000 cases which addressed the issue of a medical monitoring class action.
Eric has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America publication since 1989; in 2000 was listed by the National Law Journal as one of the “10 Best Trial Lawyers in the State of Ohio”. In 2009, he was recognized as the “Personal Injury Litigator of the Year” and in 2010 and 2013, “Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year” for Cleveland by the Best Lawyers in America.