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Patrick
D. Kennedy is a partner
of Hill Wallack LLP where
he is partner-in-charge of the
firm’s Administrative
Law/Government Procurement
Practice Group.
Mr. Kennedy
concentrates his practice in
Administrative Law and Corporate
Litigation including Public
Procurement and Environmental
Litigation with a particular
emphasis on administrative,
environmental and regulatory
compliance.
Prior to
entering the private practice of
law, Mr. Kennedy served in a
number of capacities within New
Jersey State Government. From
1973 through 1975 he was
employed as non-partisan staff
of the New Jersey Legislature’s
office of fiscal affairs. In
that capacity, he undertook
performance reviews of various
State operations for compliance
with legislative intent.
In 1977, Mr.
Kennedy was employed by the
State Department of Treasury,
Division of Purchase and
Property, where he served in
several capacities including as
Assistant to the Director. Among
his responsibilities were the
oversight of agency complaint’s
against vendors and the hearing
of bid protests. He also served
as hearing officer for matters
involving vendor responsibility
and potential debarment. He
acted as hearing officer in Keyes Martin v. Division of
Purchase and Property, the
leading case in New Jersey
involving vendor responsibility
and conflicts, and how such
conflicts can impact on a
bidder’s rights to a State
contract. While in the Division
he was responsible for the
development of regulations
impacting the State’s
procurement process. In 1979,
Mr. Kennedy became Assistant
Director of the newly formed
Office of Administrative Law and
was charged with the
responsibility of establishing a
program to evaluate the State’s
corp of Judges.
In private
practice, Mr. Kennedy’s
activities have focused on
representation of private
clients seeking business with
the State of New Jersey. Mr.
Kennedy frequently appears
before the State Appellate
Division on emergent matters and
has been successful in achieving
stays of publicly advertised
bids pending further judicial
review. Mr. Kennedy frequently
advises clients on the amicable
resolution of ongoing
procurement or contract
compliance issues.
Mr. Kennedy is a 1973
graduate of Rider College where
he graduated with a honors
degree in economics. He attended
Seton Hall University School of
Law where he graduated with a
Juris Doctor degree with honors
in 1980. Mr. Kennedy served on
Governor Whitman’s transition
team for the Department of
Personnel, Governor McGreevey's
Transition Team for the
Department of Environmental
Protection, and the Supreme
Court Committee on Outside
Activities of Judiciary
Personnel. Mr. Kennedy is a
member of the Mercer County and
New Jersey State Bar
Associations. He served as an
adjunct professor at Rider
University.
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