Sidley’s Colleen Kenney Honored With 2026 Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards “Lifetime Achievement” Award

Sidley partner Colleen Kenney has been honored with a “Lifetime Achievement” award at the 2026 Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards. The award recognizes “the unrivaled career achievements of individuals at law firms who have played pivotal roles in paving the way and building the foundation for the legal innovation taking place today.”

Colleen, founder and head of Sidley’s eDiscovery and Data Analytics group, is a trial lawyer and one of the country’s preeminent authorities on eDiscovery. She has more than 30 years of experience representing clients as first chair in complex mass tort, products liability, financial, securities, and antitrust class action litigation. As an experienced litigator who has litigated cases across many disparate industries, Colleen combines her extensive experience and knowledge to craft efficient and creative solutions for her clients. Colleen has successfully argued a significant number of motions at all stages of litigation, including complex Daubert motions, class certification, and discovery motion practice. Her trial experience includes fact and expert witnesses. She excels at having a practical and inclusive approach at all stages of a case, ensuring that strategic decisions regarding discovery are considered and resolved in light of the substantive issues in the litigation from the very start of the case.