ZACHARY Z. KINNEY, JD

Executive Vice President

and General Counsel,

Email: zackinney@hampdenpait.com 

Mr. Zachary Kinney, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Hampden Pait. His law practice entails: international trade, international economic development, international business law and international business transactions.  Mr. Kinney has drafted a number of international agreements, international legal documents, and correspondence which have successfully concluded a number of international business deals. He is also an expert in electronic commerce and intellectual property.

Prior to joining Hampden Pait, Mr. Kinney served as Law Professor and Associate Dean of Everest College – Arlington Campus. He also served as a JAG Officer, or military lawyer, in the United States Air Force for twenty years. As a JAG officer, Mr. Kinney held a number of high profile legal positions from In-House Counsel to General Counsel. He has successfully negotiated scores of business agreements for the U.S. Air Force and his litigation background is second to none. He has successfully litigated criminal, civil and business cases as a JAG Officer. Mr. Kinney has also represented the Air Force in Personal Injury cases and won several multimillion dollar cases for his clients.

Before joining the JAG Office, Mr. Kinney was an associate attorney with the Washington, DC commercial law firm of Shepard, Saite, and Hood. His legal briefs and legal research led to countless multimillion dollar victories for his clients. 

Mr. Kinney received his Bachelors of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Maryland (1978), and he received his Juris Doctorate (JD) from the University of Antioch School of Law in Yellow Springs, Ohio (1983).  Mr. Kinney is licensed to practice law before: the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and the U.S. Air Force Criminal Court of Appeals. Mr. Kinney served as Law Professor at Central Texas College teaching business law, legal research and writing to college and law students.

We are proud to have Mr. Kinney as our General Counsel with the breadth and depth of expertise he possesses in his legal practice. Mr. Kinney has published two law review articles and a book entitled, “The Bug Out Diary,” which explores the legal and commercial cost of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo volcano on Clark Air Base Republic of the Philippines.  He was also a General Attorney Advisor For the Air Force Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) AFOSI Agency. The Air Force JAG Office is one of the world's largest law firms with over 1800 lawyers and Mr. Kinney was an accomplished Air Force JAG Lawyer during the time he served with that organization.