O’Gorman, Kevin

Kevin O’Gorman is the Global Co-Head of International Arbitration. Kevin is lauded for his representation of clients in commercial, energy, treaty and project disputes. He handles disputes in the US courts and around the world under the major arbitration rules including AAA,CPR, DIAC, ICC, ICDR, ICSID, JAMS, LCIA, SIAC and UNCITRAL. In recognition of exemplary client work, BTI named Kevin a Client Service All-Star. Chambers US has awarded Kevin a nationwide ranking since 2007.

In addition to his counsel work, Kevin has served as an arbitrator in international and US cases for over fifteen years.

Kevin is a US delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and chairs the southern subcommittee of the USCIB/ICC USA arbitration committee. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration. Kevin also serves on the Boards of the Center for American and International Law and the New York International Arbitration Center. Kevin previously held senior leadership positions at the ABA International Law Section.

Earlier in his career, Kevin was based in Zurich as Team Leader and Senior Legal Secretary to the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland. The Tribunal resolved claims to Holocaust-era Swiss bank accounts. Kevin led a team of international lawyers at the Tribunal. After law school, Kevin clerked for the Honorable Howell Cobb, US District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas.