About
Randy M. Kennedy is a Bristol, Tennessee, lawyer who represents individuals, businesses, and families in a broad range of legal matters. His practice includes divorce and family law, real estate, business entities, wills and probate, and banking law. He helps clients address legal questions involving family transitions, business operations, property concerns, estate planning, and financial institution matters with practical guidance and direct attorney attention.
Kennedy earned a J.D. from Memphis State University’s law school program in 1979, where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi fraternity. He received a B.S. from East Tennessee State University in 1976 and was a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. His education supports a practice built on legal analysis, client counseling, negotiation, and preparation for family, business, estate, real estate, and banking matters.
Kennedy has practiced law since 1979 and is admitted in all Tennessee state courts and the US Federal District Courts for the Eastern District of Tennessee. His family law work includes contested and uncontested divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, parenting plans, visitation, adoption, domestic violence matters, and marital agreements. His business and banking work includes entity planning, contracts, commercial litigation, collections, loans, foreclosures, workouts, and lender representation.
Randy M. Kennedy was appointed by the Bristol, Tennessee, City Council as the City of Bristol Juvenile Judge in 2010 and later elected in 2011. He is a member of the Bristol and Tennessee Bar Associations and serves as board counsel for the Bristol Tennessee-Virginia Association of Realtors. He also chairs the Sullivan County Health, Educational and Housing Facilities Board, reflecting long service to clients, courts, and local institutions.
Law Office Affiliations
- Attorney, Randy M. Kennedy, Attorney and Counselor at Law
- Member, Tennessee Bar Association
- Board Counsel, Bristol Tennessee-Virginia Association of Realtors
- Chairman, Sullivan County Health, Educational and Housing Facilities Board
Licensed State
- Tennessee
Education
- University of Memphis – Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Juris Doctor (JD) - East Tennessee State University
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Awards & Badges

- Debt & Lending
- Banking & Finance
- Business Litigation
- Contracts & Agreements
- Corporate & Incorporation
- Financial Markets & Services
- Franchise, Dealership & Partnership
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Professional Liability
- Employee Benefits
- Employment Litigation
- Probate
- Trusts
- Wills & Living Wills
- Adoption
- Alimony
- Child Custody
- Child Support
- Divorce & Separation
- Domestic Violence
- Marriage & Prenuptial Agreements
- Paternity
- Commercial Real Estate
- Construction & Development
- Foreclosure
- Residential Real Estate
- Administrative
- Litigation




