
Biography
Kevin Mahoney attended college at Duke University where he was a four-year letterman on the varsity lacrosse team. He was chosen to the Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll during each of his four years of college. In 1991 he graduated cum laude from Duke with a double major in history and political science. He then attended Duke University School of Law, which is one of the top ten law schools in the country. He was a member of the law review at Duke and received the Note of the Year Award during his second year of law school. In 1995, Kevin graduated with honors from Duke Law School and joined the Mahoney Law Firm that same year. He is admitted to practice in the Colorado and Wyoming state courts, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Colorado Trial Lawyers' Association, and the Wyoming Trial Lawyers' Association.
Kevin enjoys spending time with his wife and 4 young children. His hobbies include skiing and coaching youth lacrosse.
***Selected as a Super Lawyers® for 15 consecutive years (2009-2023). Kevin was selected to Super Lawyers in the Plaintiff Medical Malpractice category in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. He was chosen to Super Lawyers in the Class Action/Mass Torts category in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
In 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 Kevin was chosen by 5280 Magazine as one of only 12 attorneys in the state of Colorado as a Top Lawyer in the field of plaintiffs' medical malpractice. Less than 3% of the attorneys in the state were chosen as Top Lawyers.
He is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which is limited to attorneys who, while acting as lead counsel, have achieved awards or settlements in excess of $2,000,000 for an individual client.
In October 2018, he was selected among America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators. Selection to America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® is by invitation only and is reserved to identify the nation's most exceptional trial attorneys in high value, high stakes legal matters.
To be considered for selection, an attorney must have litigated (for either plaintiff or defendant) a matter (1) with at least $2,000,000 in alleged damages at stake or (2) with the fate of a business worth at least $2,000,000 at stake. These minimum qualifications are required for initial consideration. Thereafter, candidates are carefully screened through comprehensive Qualitative Comparative Analysis based on a broad array of criteria, including the candidate's professional experience, litigation experience, significant case results, representative high stakes matters, peer reputation, and community impact in order to rank the candidates throughout the state.
Only the top 100 qualifying attorneys in each state will receive this honor and be selected for membership among America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators®. With these extremely high standards for selection to America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators®, less than one-half percent (0.5%) of active attorneys in the United States will receive this honor - truly the most exclusive and elite level of attorneys in the community.
Community Service:
- Volunteer, VOA Family Motel (provide food, gifts and donate time for parties for under-privileged families)
- Lacrosse Coach, Denver Lacrosse Club (7th grade girls team 8th grade girls team)
- Lacrosse Coach, 3d Colorado Lacrosse (7th grade girls team and 8th grade girls team)
- United States Tennis Association, Volunteer Tennis Instructor, Lake Middle School
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Amicus Brief Writer
Practice Areas
- Medical Malpractice
- Auto Accidents
Bar Admissions
- Colorado, 1995
- Wyoming, 2001
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1995
- U.S. District Court District of Wyoming, 2001
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1998
Professional Associations
- Colorado Trial Lawyer's Association, Member, 1995 to Present
- American Association for Justice, Member, 1995 to Present
- American Bar Association, Member, 1995 to Present
- Colorado Bar Association, Member, 1995 to Present
- American Mensa, Member, 2000 to Present
- Wyoming Bar Association, 2001 to Present
- Wyoming Trial Lawyers' Association, 2001 to Present
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Life Member
Education
- Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina
- J.D. - 1995
- Honors: Moot Court Competition, 1993
- Honors: Note of the Year Award - Alaska Law Review, 1994
- Honors: With Honors
- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
- B.A. - 1991
- Honors: Cum Laude
- Honors: Dean's List
- Honors: Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll, 1987-1991
- Honors: Letterman, NCAA Division I Lacrosse, 1987-1991
- Major: History
- Major: Political Science
Fraternities or Sororities
- Delta Tau Delta
Languages
- French
Published Works
- Alaska's Cap on Non-Economic Damages: Unfair, Unwise and Unconstitutional, Alaska Law Review, Vol. XI, Number 1, 67-95, June, 1994
- Post-Trial Wrangling: Hanging on to Large Non-Economic Damages Awards in Wrongful Death/Medical Malpractice Cases, Trial Talk, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, December, 2000
Honors
- Selected to Super Lawyers® (Class Action/Mass Torts), 2015-2023
- 5280 Top Lawyer, 2015-2023
- America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® for 2018
- Selected to Super Lawyers® (Plaintiff Medical Malpractice), 2009-2014
Past Positions
- Walkup, Melodia, Kelly, Echeverria & Link, San Francisco, California, Summer Associate, 1994
- Colorado Court of Appeals, Denver, Colorado; The Hon. Leonard Plank, Summer Clerk, 1993