Law Office of John C Kenny

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My Ex tried to take my daughter from me by calling me an Alcoholic in court and I had to find help. I was given John's name by a colleague and I can't thank him enough. He squashed those ridiculous claims like a grape!

John knows what's going to happen before it happens. Couldn't have been more pleased with the outcome of my divorce because it was grueling until I hired John.

Awesome attorney! He got my child support reduced from $1200 to $250 per month and got my visitation increased at the same time. This man can get things done and lays everything out for you beforehand. I hired and fired 3 attorney's before finding John. Saved me $180,000 in child support so he was well worth hiring!

I was involved in a long, drawn-out custody battle with my ex-wife. It took 10 months to get to trial, and then even after the judge's decision there were more legal issues, over and over. John is a very friendly person, and it is impossible not to like him when you meet him, and he also talks in a very confident way, so, if you don't know better, you end up believing he is a good lawyer. My wife and I spent the 10 months before trial providing him with all sorts of information, keeping him posted on what was going on with the kids and my ex, and generally staying in close contact. He constantly assured us everything was fine. The court ordered a parenting evaluator to examine everything, and she basically said that the kids were doing fine and that any problems they had were caused by my ex and that the existing arrangement should be continued, with the kids spending alternating weeks with me and my ex in a 50/50 joint custody. With this parenting evaluation, the case should have been a slam dunk. Only a truly incompetent lawyer could have lost the case. Unfortunately for me, my ex had hired a reasonably competent attorney who paraded a number of witnesses at the trial who didn't really have much to say but who gave the appearance that perhaps the kids weren't doing well and that it was my fault. One witness in particular lied and said he had talked to the children's teachers and that they said the kids were struggling in school. I had talked to the teachers myself, and everyone of them said they had seen no problems with the kids and no differences from before. My wife and I begged John to put the teachers on the stand to testify that the kids were fine, but he didn't want to. He said all we needed was the parenting evaluator's report, but I think it was basically because he is lazy -- he didn't want to take the time to prepare the teachers to testify. So we had no witnesses for us, and my ex had a bunch of witnesses for her, none of whom John even bothered to cross-examine, even when I told him how they had gotten things wrong. The few times John did any sort of cross-examination it was extremely ineffective. He is a terrible trial lawyer -- not very quick on his feet, not particularly knowledgeable about the law, and, quite frankly, just not very bright in general. Bottom line: The judge, having heard from all these witnesses speaking for my ex and none for me, completely ignored the report of the parenting evaluator -- who was a licensed psychologist and had spent several months interviewing everyone involved, including the kids -- and decided to take away significant parenting time from me and give my ex final say over decisions involving the children. It got worse, though. My ex did not want me having any time with the children, and over the summer, without any notice, she moved the children to Ohio. John did nothing. He said the judge didn't want to intervene and that the soonest we could get a hearing was three months away. I have since discovered that this is totally ridiculous. In that situation the law is clear -- the judge must order the children returned, and any attorney who knew anything about family law would know that. Either John was incompetent and ignorant about the law, or he was lazy and just didn't want to deal with it, maybe both. My big mistake was that I stupidly trusted him too long, believing that he knew what he was doing. The result is that my kids now live more than 700 miles away from me and I can see them only on some holidays and during the summer instead of living here in Tallahassee and being with me 50/50, every other week. And the cost to me of losing my kids in this way: about $150,000. It's no wonder that John can afford to dress in such nice clothes. But the real wonder is how he manages to keep getting c...

I have given him well over $10,000 and ended up getting screwed because he would not put in the work needed for my divorce. I do not recommend him at all!!! Not worth the money! Now I have to find a new lawyer and take it back to court!

Attorney Kenny is a horrible attorney who can easily be bested by a first year law student. He took my case and took me being right 95% to my ex-wife becoming a hero for withholding visitation. He refused to review evidence, allowed last minute witnesses, could not cross-examine, and rolled over on his back and died...all for about $5,000. Do not hire this attorney!!!