Kevin G. Walsh co-chairs the Government & Regulatory Affairs Group and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He was the 2020-2021 President of the Essex County Bar Association. Mr. Walsh’s practice of law includes business litigation, government affairs, and criminal defense, overseeing a wide range of legal matters that often implicate the intersection of business, law, and politics.
In addition to helping his clients navigate the channels of state government, Mr. Walsh handles a variety of matters ranging from business litigation to internal and government investigations, both criminal and regulatory. He regularly appears in state and federal courts in New York and New Jersey, and before New Jersey state agencies and government officials, as well as federal and state prosecutors. From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Walsh was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of New Jersey, Criminal Division. Mr. Walsh previously served as the Acting General Counsel of Seton Hall University, in addition to having represented Stevens Institute of Technology and Caldwell University in a variety of litigation matters over many years. In advising his higher education clients, Mr. Walsh has overseen complex Title IX investigations, FERPA and distance learning compliance matters, defense of employee discrimination claims, and board governance issues. Beginning in 2018, Gibbons P.C. was engaged as Special Counsel to Seton Hall University to oversee allegations of clergy sex abuse involving adult victims. During that engagement, Mr. Walsh interfaced with counsel and witnesses all around the world.
Mr. Walsh has advised clients as diverse as food preparation and delivery companies to institutions of higher education to critical infrastructure and construction companies on their workplace practices in light of COVID-19 and the corresponding stream of executive orders issued by northeast Governors.
Seton Hall University School of Law|Seton Hall University
J.D.|B.A., magna cum laude
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Law clerk to the Honorable Joel A. Pisano, United States Magistrate Judge, 1998-1999
Law clerk to the Honorable Deborah T. Poritz, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1999-2000
State of New Jersey|State of New York|District of Columbia|United States District Court for the District of New Jersey|United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
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Listed in Best Lawyers®, Commercial Litigation
Selected to the New Jersey Super Lawyers list, Business Litigation
Top 100 Attorney in New Jersey
Selected to the New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, Business Litigation, 2009-2013
Essex County Bar Association
President, 2020-2021
New Jersey State Bar Association
District Ethics Committee of the Supreme Court of NJ, District VC Essex County
Supreme Court (NJ) Committee on Model Criminal Jury Charges, 2010-2011 term
Seton Hall University School of Law
Board of Visitors Member, 2016-present
Alumni Council Member, 2000-2015
Annual Red Mass Committee Chair, 2008-present
Class of 1998 10-year Reunion Committee Member
New Jersey State Bar Association
Executive Board Member, Young Lawyers Division, 2001-2002
Gibbons Law Alert blog (www.gibbonslawalert.com)
Editorial Board
Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children, Newark, NJ
Board of Trustees
St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church, Westfield, NJ
Pastoral Council
ReLeSé Volunteer Attorney, Newark, NJ
Essex County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers for Justice
Pro Bono Attorney, 2000-2002
Town Council of Westfield, New Jersey
Ward 3 Representative, 2002-2003
