Gallagher_Kevin

Kevin M. Gallagher

Gallagher_Kevin

Kevin M. Gallagher

Partner

Washington DC + 1 202 663 6417

Kevin Gallagher is a Partner in WilmerHale’s State Attorneys General, Government and Regulatory Litigation, and Appellate practice groups. The tenth Solicitor General of Virginia, Mr. Gallagher leverages his prior experience in both private practice and government to help clients successfully navigate complex and consequential disputes at the federal and state levels. He advises clients facing scrutiny from state attorneys general, complex regulatory issues that involve litigating against government entities, and appeals in federal and state courts.

In state government, Mr. Gallagher briefed over a hundred cases and argued more than a dozen appeals and dispositive motions in federal and state courts, achieving significant victories at each level. As Solicitor General of Virginia, he served as chief appellate litigator for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Attorney General Jason Miyares, and Governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin. He crafted Virginia’s litigation strategy in sensitive and high-profile cases throughout federal and state courts and directed Virginia’s multistate litigation and amicus practice across the country.

Prior to his service in state government, Mr. Gallagher spent over six years at WilmerHale, most recently as a Counsel in the Government and Regulatory Litigation practice group. He represented clients in a wide variety of litigation and regulatory matters, including antitrust, securities, False Claims Act, and congressional investigations. He also maintained an active pro bono practice, most notably representing five religious institutions in constitutional challenges to COVID-19 restrictions in Kentucky, Mississippi, and the District of Columbia.

Mr. Gallagher clerked for the Honorable Alice M. Batchelder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, attended the University of Virginia School of Law for law school, and completed undergraduate study at Grove City College with majors in political science and history and a minor in national security.

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Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 2014

      Order of the Coif, Managing Editor for Publication, Journal of Law & Politics

    • BA, Political Science and History, Grove City College, 2011

      summa cum laude

  • Admissions

    • Virginia

    • District of Columbia

  • Clerkships

    • The Hon. Alice M. Batchelder, US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2014 - 2015

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