CHARITY KENYON

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Awarded the American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Ninth Circuit in 2007 and named Sacramento County Bar Association's Distinguished Attorney 2003, Charity Kenyon’s emphasis on First Amendment law has involved representation of local, state, and national news media before state and federal trial and appellate courts for more than 25 years, as reflected in numerous published decisions.

Ms. Kenyon is included in The Best Lawyers in America, First Amendment Law and Appellate Law. An elected member of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers currently serving as its President, Ms. Kenyon's related emphasis is on appellate advocacy, with primary or sole responsibility for more than 130 appeals and writs, including more than thirty published decisions. She is the lawyer member of the Third Appellate District's Mediation Committee, and member of the Third Appellate District's appellate mediation panel.

Ms. Kenyon also represents individuals and entities in prosecuting and defending protests of state and local public contract awards and other public contract disputes in administrative proceedings, before the California trial courts, and in the courts of appeal.

In 1997 UC Davis Law School named Ms. Kenyon its Outstanding Alumnus, class of 1977 and the UC Davis Alumni Association awarded her the Citation for Excellence. Also in 1997 Women Lawyers of Sacramento & the Sacramento County Bar Association awarded her their Frances Newell Carr Achievement Award for Professional Excellence

The Sacramento County Bar Association recognized Ms. Kenyon's efforts on behalf of the community with its Humanitarian of the Year Award in 1996.

Ms. Kenyon earned her BA degree in Community Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz, graduating with College Honors in 1974. She was awarded her JD from the University of California Davis School of Law in 1977, where she served as Managing Editor of the Law Review.