Wendy Kennedy Venoit

WENDY KENNEDY VENOIT is a partner with the law firm, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP (formerly Pepe & Hazard, LLP) in Hartford, Connecticut. Her practice is concentrated on construction litigation and dispute resolution. Ms. Venoit has litigated in state and federal forums throughout the country, and has mediated and arbitrated construction disputes both nationally and internationally. She also counsels clients with respect to claims that arise during the course of construction projects so as to avoid litigation and achieve resolutions that are optimal to the client. She also has extensive experience in both prosecuting and defending complex insurance coverage disputes. Ms. Venoit is heavily involved in the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, and is currently serving on the Governing Committee, the Publications Committee and the Membership Committee. She previously served as the Chair of the International Construction Division (Division 8), as co-chair of the 2009 Midwinter Meeting. She is a member of the Construction Panel of the American Arbitration Association, and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution. She served as the Treasurer of the Lawyers Collaborative on Diversity, on the board of the Amistad America Golf Classic and on the Advisory Committee of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration. Ms. Venoit is the Immediate Past President of the Connecticut Chapter of the Professional Women in Construction (PWC). Prior to becoming President of the Connecticut Chapter of PWC, Ms. Venoit served as a Director and as Secretary and General Counsel of the chapter. Ms. Venoit has lectured and authored articles on the topics of International Dispute Resolution, insurance coverage issues arising out of construction defects, E-Discovery, ethics, and legislation and issues affecting the construction industry. Ms. Venoit is the Executive Editor of "International Construction Law" published by the ABA Press in the Fall 2009, and co-authored a chapter on construction manager tort liability in the "Design Professional and Construction Law" handbook (ABA Press). Ms. Venoit was named by the Hartford Business Journal as one of its "40 under Forty" business professionals and by the National MS Society Connecticut Chapter as one of the “2008” Corporate Achievers”, and is a past recipient of the Connecticut Law Tribune's New Leaders of the Law Award. Ms. Venoit received a B.A. degree in economics and Spanish from the College of the Holy Cross, and a J.D. degree, magna cum laude, Valedictorian, from Pace University School of Law. While attending law school, Ms. Venoit was an editor on the Pace Law Review and authored multiple publications. Ms. Venoit is admitted to the State and Federal bars of Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey, as well as the Second and Third Circuit Courts of Appeals.