Kevin Conboy
Kevin Conboy is a dual citizen of the United States and the Republic of Ireland, and president of the Atlanta chapter of the Ireland Chamber of Commerce.
In that capacity, he led a trade mission to Ireland and Northern Ireland in June 2007 with Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue. He works with a number of Irish clients, as well as U.S. clients doing business in Ireland.
A senior partner in the international law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walter LLP, Kevin began his career as a law clerk for Marvin H. Shoob, U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
He was born in Amityville, New York, the oldest of seven, and attended Catholic schools in the New York area including Regis High School in New York City.
He received his B.A. in religious studies with a minor in philosophy from LeMoyne College in 1974 and received his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1979. In law school, he was active in the International Law Society (spending a summer in Brussels at a European Economic Community seminar and at the Hague Academy of International Law), and with the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, where he served as lead Notes Editor and published two Notes of his own.
He also served as a research assistant to Gabriel Wilner, Kirbo Professor of International Law, and to the Rusk Center for International and Comparative Law.
He is a member of the Atlanta and International Bar Associations and was admitted to the bar in the State of Georgia.
Kevin also served for two years as deputy headmaster and teacher at a secondary school in rural Kenya, East Africa.
He is actively involved in various community service organizations, and serves as a trustee for Southern Catholic College. He is on the advisory board for the Dean Rusk Center for International Law at the University of Georgia's Lumpkin School of Law, and is active with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Kevin lives in Georgia with his wife of 32 years, Maureen, who he met during orientation week at LeMoyne College. They have three daughters, Meghan, Allison, and Colleen.
He is the interim president as well as serving on the board and as general counsel for the Atlanta St. Patrick's Foundation, a nonprofit group that works with the Atlanta St. Patrick's Day Parade and raises funds for children's charities.
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