Same as it ever was...he was Hunter before Hunter.
"In 1982, Kennedy was sworn in as an assistant district attorney for Manhattan.[14] After failing his bar exam, he resigned in July 1983.[31] That September, he was charged with heroin possession,[31] and pleaded guilty in February 1984, when he received to two years' probation and community service.[32][33] Following his arrest he entered a drug treatment center and during his probation volunteered for the Natural Resources Defense Council. His probation ended a year early.[34] In 1984, Kennedy joined Riverkeeper as an investigator, and was promoted to senior attorney[35] when he was admitted to the New York bar in 1985.[34]
Kennedy is an environmental law specialist and partner in the law firms of Morgan & Morgan and of Kennedy & Madonna, LLP,[36] and is an advocate for environmental justice.[citation needed]
Through litigation, lobbying, teaching, and public campaigns and activism, Kennedy has advocated for the protection of waterways, indigenous rights, and renewable energy.[37]
In 2018, the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 recognized two law firms for winning a $289 million jury verdict in Johnson v. Monsanto Co.. As co-counsel at one of the firms, Kennedy was also a member of the team."
