KENNETH
D. BYNUM
PRINCIPAL
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EDUCATION:
Howard U. Sch. of Law, 1983
Howard Law Review, Business Manager
COURTS:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Virginia Supreme Court and all inferior courts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals and all inferior courts
Kenneth D. Bynum, a
native of Goffstown, New Hampshire, is a graduate of the George Williams
College in Downers Grove, Illinois. Mr. Bynum earned a Bachelors
of Science in both Applied Behavioral Science and Leisure and Environmental
Resources Administration at the George Williams College in 1978. In
1995 he received the Alumni of the Year Award, the College’s highest
honor. He received his Juris Doctor from Howard School of Law
in 1983. While in law school Mr. Bynum was selected as a member of the
Howard Law Journal. While on the Law Journal he published
two articles and served as the Business Manager. He also received the
Am Jur Award in Family Law.
Upon graduation, he served as Law Clerk to the Chief Judge of the Superior
Court for the District of Columbia the Honorable H. Carl Moultrie, I.
After the successful completion of his clerkship, Mr. Bynum joined the
United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia as
an Assistant United States Attorney. As a prosecutor he gained valuable
experience in the area of criminal law.
Prior to the formation of Bynum &
Jenkins, PLLC, Mr. Bynum was a partner at the Washington,
D.C. based law firm of Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot,
LLP, where his practice areas included serious personal injury litigation
involving toxic torts, asbestos, products liability, and negligence.
During his career, Mr. Bynum has obtained several million dollar verdicts
and settlements in serious personal injury cases.
Mr. Bynum is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., chairman
of the Northern Virginia Urban League and a member of the Board of Trustees
of Aurora University. He is also a member of Alfred Street Baptist Church
located in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.