Kevin E. O’Malley

Kevin O’Malley is a shareholder, member of the Gallagher & Kennedy board of directors, and head of the firm’s litigation and public bidding and procurement departments. He is keenly attuned to the needs of his clients, developing strategy and implementing solutions that are singularly focused on their goals. Over his 30-year career, his litigation skills have been honed to a razor’s edge, and his civil litigation experience is extensive and far reaching, both in and out of the courtroom. Kevin has managed many high profile and complex matters, including securities, commercial, environmental, governmental, construction, professional liability and insurance litigation cases. He has significant class action and appellate experience.

Kevin has vast experience representing public and private companies across a wide range of industries. His career is deeply rooted in Arizona, but he is routinely engaged to manage multi-million dollar cases throughout the United States. Honors include recognition in 2013 & 2017 by Best Lawyers in America as “Phoenix Litigation Municipal Lawyer of the Year,” named a Chambers USA Leading Lawyer for 15 consecutive years, and recognised from 2007 to the present by Southwest Super Lawyers.

Kevin is widely known within the local and national legal communities for his depth and breadth of experience and consistent track record of success. His key clients include: SSP America Inc., Henry Schein, Inc., State of Arizona, Starwest Associates, and Ace Parking. Among his clients, he is known to be attentive and responsive from start to conclusion of any legal matter. He has successfully represented clients in cases ranging from trade secret and securities fraud claims, to large-scale environmental compliance matters. He has led his clients to success in technology matters, construction and insurance disputes, government affairs and other business disputes, litigating aggressively when necessary and pursuing settlement when deemed to be the superior course for his clients.

As head of our litigation practice group, Kevin O’Malley would be the point of contact for international trade disputes for Gallagher & Kennedy. Gallagher & Kennedy is a proud member firm of Lawyers Associated Worldwide (LAW). LAW is a global association of 100 independent law firms located in more than 50 countries. With access to more than 4,000 lawyers worldwide, membership in LAW allows member firms to service the legal needs of clients that are expanding their operations and relationships into new domestic and foreign markets. At Gallagher & Kennedy we find that in today’s globalised world, our clients have family, property or business interests outside Arizona and the United States, hence our LAW membership means we have direct access to a global resource of lawyers for problems outside of Arizona’s borders. Additionally, Arizona continues to attract international investment and serves as a corporate location for foreign companies expanding into the US. As stated, Kevin O’Malley would be the point of contact for international trade disputes for the stateside needs of international companies.