Kenny Byrd, a Nashville native, is a dedicated attorney, neighborhood leader, proud parent and an active participant in civic issues. Kenny earned his undergraduate degree from Samford University and received his law degree from Boston College Law School.
Mr. Byrd is a trial attorney representing clients in mass tort cases, defective product cases and consumer fraud litigation at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, a plaintiff-side national law firm that engages in complex litigation nationwide. Mr. Byrd also represents whistleblowers in litigation to stop fraud and the misuse of taxpayer funds.
In recent years, Mr. Byrd has been a leading attorney among firms working in concert on national opioid litigation – helping reclaim millions in taxpayer funds for the city of Nashville and other Tennessee governments for localized response to the national opioids crisis; as well as recovery of funds from a massive retirement embezzlement scheme defrauding thousands of pastors in Tennessee and across the nation.
Mr. Byrd received the Tennessee Association for Justice’s 2015 Paladin Award for his successful litigation against cigarette manufacturers R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA Inc., and Lorillard Tobacco Company in Florida federal courts. The Paladin Award is TAJ’s highest honor and is given to the state’s top trial lawyer each year. Mr. Byrd’s successful work on these cases included several multi-million dollar jury verdicts that were upheld on appeal.
Mr. Byrd is an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University School of Law and a member of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association’s Board of Governors. Mr. Byrd has been cited in various media outlets regarding his expertise in successful jury trials against Big Tobacco and he speaks regularly at conferences nationwide about complex litigation. Mr. Byrd, a product of Nashville public schools himself, was active in Historic Edgefield Neighborhood Association for many years and has given his time to local organizations that support strong and equitable public schools.
