section_path: Legal career/Manhattan DA's office
section_name: Manhattan DA's office
paragraph_text: Manhattan DA's office
  
  In 1982, Kennedy was sworn in as an assistant district attorney for Manhattan. After failing the New York bar exam, he resigned in July 1983.
  
  In 1982, Kennedy was sworn in as an assistant district attorney for Manhattan. After failing the New York bar exam, he resigned in July 1983.