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Senior partner Archibald B. Kenyon, Jr., who has long received the highest ratings for legal skills and ethics by his fellow attorneys in the Martindale Hubbell survey, was born in South Kingstown, worked as a johnnycake mill and farm hand while attending South Kingstown High School. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island (Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society), and received his law degree from Georgetown University (Delta Theta Phi). He was admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1953 and the Rhode Island bar in the following year.

After practicing for seventeen years in Providence, Mr. Kenyon opened his own firm in South Kingstown in 1971. In 1975 he brought James V. Aukerman on board to form the firm of Kenyon and Aukerman, which in 2005 became Kenyon & McLeod, LLP. In 1964, Mr. Kenyon joined with fellow South Kingstown attorney Woodrow Tucker to form the South Country Real Estate Title Company. SCRETIC and its affiliate, Priority Title Company, have examined and insured thousands of properties in South County.

Mr. Kenyon has argued successfully in many courts and has established legal precedence with cases brought before the United States Court of Appeals First Circuit and the Rhode Island Supreme Court. He has represented numerous homeowners and developers before the Coastal Resources Management Council, the Department of Environmental Management and various municipal planning and zoning boards.

Mr. Kenyon served as the Town Solicitor for the Town of Richmond for fifteen years and held the same position in South Kingstown for six years. He was the First Probate Judge in Richmond in the early 1970s, served as Chairman of the first South Kingstown Charter Commission and has been South Kingstown's Town Moderator from 1992 through 2004. Mr. Kenyon is a member of the Washington County, Rhode Island and American Bar Associations.

An active member of the community, Mr. Kenyon has been the chairman of a number of local charitable drives, including the March of Dimes and Heart Fund. He has been the Commodore of the Point Judith Yacht Club and the Exalted Ruler of the South Kingstown Elks Lodge #1899. Mr. Kenyon is a member of Christ the King Church, the Dunes Club, and the Point Judith Country Club. He enjoys tennis, golfing, and boating.

Mr. Kenyon practices primarily in the areas of real estate, zoning, planning and land use, business law, trusts and estates and civil litigation.

Mr. Kenyon can be reached by email at abk@kdmllp.com.

Stephen B. Kenyon graduated from South Kingstown High School in 1975 and Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Management in 1979. He received his law degree from Western New England College in 1984 and was admitted to the Rhode Island bar the same year. Mr. Kenyon began work at Kenyon & McLeod in 1984 and became a partner in 1991. In addition to serving as president of South County Real Estate Title Company and Chief Legal Counsel to Priority Title Company, Mr. Kenyon is an agent and approved attorney for Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company,

Mr. Kenyon has been very active in the Lion's Club, serving both as co-chairman of the annual Seafood Heritage Festival and as president of the club. He is a member of the South Kingstown Chamber of Commerce and the Rhode Island Mortgage Bankers' Association. He is a member of the Washington County and Rhode Island Bar Associations. Mr. Kenyon together with his wife, Laura, and their two daughters, Caitlin and Kelly, are avid skiers and golfers.

Steve Kenyon concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate, commercial real estate, mortgage and secured transactions, commercial leases and leasing.

Steve Kenyon may be reached by e-mail at sbk@kdmllp.com.

John F. Kenyon graduated from South Kingstown High School in 1983, received his bachelor's degree in business from the University of New Hampshire in 1987 and graduated from law school at the University of San Diego in 1990. After admission to the Rhode Island bar, John Kenyon began work as an associate at Kenyon & McLeod in 1990 and became a partner in 1998. John Kenyon is an approved title attorney for most major Rhode Island lenders. He serves on the Board of Directors of the South County YMCA. He is a member of the Washington County and Rhode Island Bar Associations.

John Kenyon focuses his practice in the areas of zoning, planning and land use, administrative law, collections, contracts, criminal law, and civil litigation.

John may be reached by e-mail at jfk@kdmllp.com.

Mary McLeod, a native of Swansea, Massachusetts, attended Wellesley College before receiving her Bachelor of Arts in music from Brown University in 1984. As a student at the Northeastern University School of Law, Ms. McLeod completed a program of cooperative studies with the Honorable Ernest C. Torres of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, with the Office of Legal Aid in Canberra, Australia, and with the Rhode Island law firm of Licht & Semonoff. After receiving her juris doctorate from Northeastern University in 1993, Ms. McLeod continued work as an associate at Licht & Semonoff. In 1996, Ms. McLeod joined Kenyon & McLeod. Since 1998, she has continued litigation practice as partner in that firm.

Ms. McLeod is a member of the Washington Bar Association and the Rhode Island Bar Association where she serves as a member of the Environmental Law Committee. She also holds membership in the Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Attorney McLeod serves on the Board of Directors for the Courthouse Center for the Arts in West Kingston, Rhode Island and is an active member of that organization's Executive and Performance Committees as well.

At Kenyon & McLeod, Ms. McLeod provides legal services in the areas of civil litigation, environmental law, construction law, family law and appellate practice.

Mary McLeod may be reached by e-mail at mm@kdmllp.com.