Cynthia T. Kennedy graduated from the University of Colorado in 1976 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and Theatre, attended the Marshal-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, for two years before transferring to obtain her J.D. from the University of Colorado in 1981. She began her legal career as a clerk to the Honorable Fred M. Winner, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Colorado, followed by two years with Rothergerber, Appel & Powers, in Denver, CO. Kennedy Law Firm, P.C. was created in 1991.