Las Vegas, NV: Nevada- and California-licensed, personal injury lawyer, Jay Kenyon received an AV® Preeminent™ Rating of 4.9 out of 5.0 from Martindale-Hubbell, achieving the rating agency’s highest marks for both competency and ethics.
This peer review is a reflection of both the respect that he has garnered from the professional community and his commitment to providing excellent legal counsel in his specific area of expertise: representing victims of injuries.
LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell conducts peer review ratings throughout the country in an effort to identify and recognize lawyers with the highest legal ability and ethical standards. To qualify as “AV Preeminent,” a lawyer’s expertise, experience, integrity and overall professional excellence must be rated at the highest level by lawyers and members of the judiciary.
In addition to the Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent rating, Mr Kenyon has been named one of Nevada Business Magazine’s Legal Elite in 2011 and 2012, and Nevada and Mountain States Super Lawyers in 2011 and 2012.
Jay Kenyon graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Kansas, in Lawrence Kansas in 1994 with a double major in Political Science and Communication Studies. Following his undergraduate studies, he earned his juris doctorate with Distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1997, where he was a published author and associate editor for the Iowa Law Review.
Immediately after graduating law school in 1997, Mr. Kenyon moved to Las Vegas where he practiced law as an insurance defense attorney for seven years, until he joined a plaintiffs’ firm in 2004 to assist injured victims, which has been his exclusive field of practice ever since.
Mr. Kenyon has successfully tried several jury trials involving motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, animal attacks, and defective products. In addition to these types of cases, his practice includes all aspects of personal injury, including truck accidents, premises liability, wrongful death cases, spinal cord injuries, severe burn injuries, accidents involving children, and negligent security cases. Mr. Kenyon has also been appointed by the Nevada Supreme Court to serve on the attorney panel of arbitrators.
Mr. Kenyon is a die-hard Nebraska Cornhusker fan, loves The Beatles and AC/DC, and enjoys zombie movies and horror novels
