MICHELE COLLEEN KENNEDY

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CONTACT

EMAIL

550 Hartnell Street
Monterey, California 93940
(831) 373-3235/ (800)624-9911 (California Only)
FAX (831) 373-8211

319 Capitol Street
Salinas, California 93901
(831) 424-3030

EDUCATION

LEGAL

HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE LAW
University of California, San Francisco, California
J.D. 1981.
Comparative and International Law Journal, Note Editor.

GRADUATE

MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Monterey, California
M.A. June 1981.
International Policy Studies Specializing in Latin America.

UNDERGRADUATE

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Berkeley, California
B.A., Political Science, 1975.

GOETHE INSTITUT
Freiburg and Murnau, Germany; 1972 and 1975.

PROYECTO LINGUISTICO FRANCISCO MARROQUIN
Antigua, Guatemala, 1976.

EMPLOYMENT

1/83-Present

SPIERING, SWARTZ & KENNEDY
550 Hartnell Street Monterey, California 93940

Trial Attorney and Partner

1986-1987

MONTEREY COLLEGE OF LAW

Lecturer

5/82-1/83

ASSEMBLYMAN FARR RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN
(Now U.S. Congressman Farr)

Monterey County Coordinator

2/80-1/83

FARELLA BRAUN & MARTEL
235 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California

Law Clerk

9/80-7/81

JUSTICE POCHE, CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEALS
San Francisco, California

Intern

6/79-9/80

PUBLIC ADVOCATES, INC.
San Francisco, California

Law Clerk

1977-78

MONTEREY COUNTY SUPERVISOR SAM FARR
(Now U.S. Congressman Farr)

Administrative Assistant

1976-77

MONTEREY INSTITUE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Assistant to the President

1973-74

INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL STUDIES
University of California, Berkeley

Research Assistant

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Member, California Consumer Lawyers Association; Member of Board of Directors of the following organizations: Center for Photographic Art, KAZU Radio Station, Monterey County Trial Lawyers Association, Monterey County Women Lawyers Association, Del Monte Forest Advisory Board, YWCA, California Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Festival; Boss of the Year - Monterey County Legal Secretary Association (1985); Monterey County Commission on the Status of Women (Secretary); Volunteer to various political campaigns including Leon Panetta and Congressman Farr; Outward Bound; Graduate - Minnesota School.

Ms. Kennedy has lived and traveled in Europe, Central and South America, Canada, Australia, East Africa and Israel. She has been a student of ethnobotany for the past ten years. She is fluent in Spanish and has a working knowledge of Italian & German.

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