Kennedi N. Fichtel

Overview

Kennedi Fichtel is an associate attorney in the New York City office of O’Hagan Meyer.

Kennedi is a defense litigator who handles commercial litigation matters. Her case profile ranges in subject matter, including claims filed against Boards of Directors, FINRA claims, labor law claims filed under the FLSA, traditional general liability matters, and insurance defense-related negligence claims.

Prior to joining O’Hagan Meyer, Kennedi practiced coverage and liability as an insurance defense litigator and spent time as an environmental litigator filing claims under the Federal Clean Water Act.

Kennedi obtained her J.D. from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in Baltimore City, where she became the Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Judge Jeannie Hong after law school, gaining valuable jury trial and motions practice experience.

Publications & Speeches

Publications

• How the Forgotten Tools of the CWA Can Restore the Bay with Fewer Unintended Consequences, 55:2 Univ. of Balt. Law Forum Journal (2024)
• The Key Deer is Headed for Extinction: How Repealing a Trump-era Federal Rule Defining “Habitat” Could Allow Assisted Migration to Save Species Threatened by Climate Change, 34 St. Thomas L. Rev. 109 (2022)

Presentations

• Administrative Law Webinar, Panelist, 2024. Acted as an expert panelist for the Choose Clean Water Coalition to discuss the impacts of recent Supreme Court decisions on the state of administrative law
• A Cross-National Comparison of Standing Requirements and Their Effects on Environmental Litigation,2022. Research presented at the 2022 IUCN Environmental Colloquium in Brisbane, Australia

Professional

• Member, Maryland State Bar Association
  • Former Council member, Environment and Energy Section