Kevin S. Mahoney

Kevin S. Mahoney

Super Lawyers®

Mahoney Law, LLC

Estate and Trust Litigation Lawyers in Denver, CO in Denver, CO

Denver, CO720-477-1081
Estate and Trust LitigationBusiness LitigationPersonal Counsel to ProfessionalsTort Litigation

About Kevin S. Mahoney

Kevin Mahoney specializes in estate and trust litigation. He has tried cases to judges, juries, and arbitrators, and he has taken and defended more than 1,000 depositions, the vast majority of which were medical or economic experts. He spent several years as a partner at a Denver law firm where he handled medical malpractice and mass tort cases. He obtained several multi-million dollar verdicts against physicians and dentists, including the largest verdict against a dentist in Colorado history [Dosien v. Dorsey]. Kevin now serves as personal counsel to physicians who are defendants in litigation. He has been practicing since 1995 and is licensed in both Colorado and Wyoming. He has been selected as a Colorado Super Lawyer every year since 2009 and has been named as a 5280 Top Lawyer every year since 2015. Kevin 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 magna 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 in 1994. In 1995, Kevin graduated in the top ten percent of his law school class. Kevin has been a youth lacrosse coach for fifteen years. He was the head coach for all four of his children’s teams – two sons and two daughters. Kevin has coached dozens of players at the youth and high school level who went on to play Division I lacrosse in college, including more than 20 girls in the high school class of 2024. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Kevin S. Mahoney included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Selected to Super Lawyers® (Estate and Trust Litigation), 2025-2026 Selected to Super Lawyers® (Class Action/Mass Torts), 2015-2024 5280 Top Lawyer, 2015-2024 America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® for 2018 Selected to Super Lawyers® (Plaintiff Medical Malpractice), 2009-2014 Other Sources of Feedback About Kevin S. Mahoney Included on the 2026Colorado Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2024 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2023 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2022 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2021 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2020 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2019 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2018 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2017 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2016 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2015 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2014 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2013 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2012 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2011 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2010 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2009 Colorado Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education

  • Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, 1995
  • J.D.
  • Honors: Moot Court Competition, 1993
  • Honors: Note of the Year Award - Alaska Law Review, 1994
  • Honors: With Honors
  • Law Review: Alaska Law Review, 1993 - 1995

Non Legal Education

  • Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1991
  • B.A.
  • Honors: Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll, 1987-1991
  • Honors: Dean's List
  • Honors: Letterman, NCAA Division I Lacrosse, 1987-1991
  • Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  • Major: History
  • Major: Political Science

Past Positions

  • The Mahoney Law Firm, P.C. (1995-2023), Partner
  • Walkup, Melodia, Kelly, Echeverria & Link, San Francisco, California, Summer Associate, - 1994
  • Colorado Court of Appeals, Denver, Colorado; The Hon. Leonard Plank, Summer Clerk, - 1993
  • Languages
  • French

Representative Cases

  • Wallbank v. Rothenberg, 74 P. 3d 413 (Colo. App. 2003)
  • Goodwin v. Morris, 159 P.2d 669 (Colo. App. 2006)
  • Morris v. Goodwin, 185 P.3d 777 (Colo. 2008)
  • Bankruptcy Estate of Morris v. COPIC Insurance Company, 192 P. 3d 519 (Colo. App. 2008)

Published Works

Articles

  • 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

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

Other Affiliations

  • Trust and Estate Section, Colorado Bar Association
  • Colorado Trial Lawyer's Association, 1995 - Present (Member)
  • American Association for Justice, 1995 - Present (Member)
  • American Bar Association, 1995 - Present (Member)
  • Colorado Bar Association, 1995 - Present (Member)
  • American Mensa, 2000 - Present (Member)
  • Wyoming Bar Association, 2001 - Present
  • Wyoming Trial Lawyers' Association, 2001 - Present
  • Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Life Member)
  • Fraternities and Sororities
  • Delta Tau Delta

Attorney Details

Full NameKevin S. Mahoney
FirmMahoney Law, LLC
Address650 South Cherry Street, Suite 100, Denver, CO 80246
Phone720-477-1081
Websitewww.mahoneylaw.com
Websitewww.mahoneylaw.com/blog
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