Kathleen A. Hennessy

Kathleen A. Hennessy

Kathleen Hennessy joined Hamilton Hennessy (formerly Hamilton Law Office) in January 2015 while she was still in law school. She earned her law degree with honors from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2016. During law school, Kathleen was an editor for the Public Interest Law Reporter and a member of Loyola's Life After Innocence Clinic where she assisted men and women who had been wrongfully imprisoned for crimes they did not commit. Kathleen’s first major case as a young lawyer at Hamilton Hennessy went to trial and resulted in a $2.8 million dollar verdict. Since then, Kathleen has been instrumental in obtaining multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts on behalf of our clients. Kathleen’s practice is focused on civil rights, wrongful conviction, and criminal defense. Kathleen is admitted to practice in Illinois, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. She is also admitted to practice pro hac vice in the Northern District of Indiana, Northern District of Georgia, and the Eastern District of California. Kathleen is also a Board Member of the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.