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Kennedy joins Forchelli Deegan Terrana as associate in land use & zoning practice

Brian Kennedy, 
Forchelli Deegan Terrana

Uniondale, NY According to Jeffrey Forchelli, managing partner of Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP,  Brian Kennedy joined the firm as an associate in the land use & zoning practice group.

Before joining the firm, he served as an assistant district attorney at the Queens County district attorney’s office. Most recently, he served in the Organized Crimes & Rackets Bureau at the Queens County district attorney’s office, where he conducted investigations utilizing long term eavesdropping warrants. Prior to that, he was assistant district attorney at the Queens County district attorney’s office supreme court. 

Before the district attorney’s office, Kennedy served as a legal assistant for a Suffolk County based law firm where he prepared legal memoranda on issues including constructive trusts, and easement and zoning issues.

He is a graduate of State University of New York College at Geneseo and received his J.D. from Pace University School of Law.

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