Profile
Kevin G. Walsh represents clients in commercial business litigation and criminal defense. He advises on a wide range of legal matters at the intersection of business, law, and politics.
Kevin represents clients before state and federal courts in both New York and New Jersey, as well as in administrative matters before New Jersey state agencies. Calling on his experience as a former federal prosecutor, he regularly assists corporations, individuals, and higher education institutions in responding to grand jury subpoenas received from the Department of Justice and various federal and state investigators, such as the Federal Trade Commission and various Congressional Committees. He has also represented individuals in a wide range of federal and state criminal inquiries and has often convinced prosecutors not to file charges. When necessary, Kevin has tried civil and criminal matters to verdict.
Kevin’s higher education experience includes representations in Title IX investigations, defense of employee discrimination claims, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and a variety of compliance and board governance issues.
Kevin previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of New Jersey's Criminal Division, and the Acting General Counsel of Seton Hall University.
Concentrations
- Tax evasion and various federal tax laws
- Health care laws, such as the federal Anti-Kickback Statute
- Defense against wire and mail fraud charges
- Criminal anti-trust laws
- Federal prescription drug laws
- Campaign finance laws prohibiting straw donors
- Federal criminal intellectual property laws
- Laws regulating online internet gambling
- State assault, drug, and narcotics laws
- Defense of attorney ethics investigations
- Securities regulatory and enforcement matters
- Real estate litigation
The attorney is providing legal services through and affiliated with Greenberg Traurig, LLP, a New York Limited Liability Partnership. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Capabilities
Experience
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, Criminal Division, Commercial Crimes Unit, 2003-2008
- Acting General Counsel, Seton Hall University
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America
- Commercial Litigation, 2012-2024
- Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2024
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2014-2024
- Top 100 Attorney in New Jersey, 2022
- Rising Stars, 2009-2013
- Team Member, Benchmark Litigation’s “New Jersey Law Firm of the Year,” Shortlisted, 2024
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- Member, Essex County Bar Association
- President, 2020-2021
- Trustee, 2010-2016
- Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
- Member, District Ethics Committee of the Supreme Court of NJ, District VC Essex County, 2010-2013
- Member, Supreme Court (NJ) Committee on Model Criminal Jury Charges, 2010-2011
- Board of Visitors Member, Seton Hall University School of Law, 2016-Present
- Alumni Council Member, 2000-2015
- Annual Red Mass Committee Chair, 2008-Present
- Member, Class of 1998 10-year Reunion Committee
- Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
- Executive Board Member, Young Lawyers Division, 2001-2002
- Board of Trustees, Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children, Newark, NJ
- Pastoral Council, St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church, Westfield, NJ
- Volunteer Attorney, ReLeSé, Newark, NJ
- Pro Bono Attorney, Essex County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers for Justice, 2000-2002
- Ward 3 Representative, Town Council of Westfield, NJ, 2002-2003
Credentials
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J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law, 1998
- Editor-in-Chief, Seton Hall Law Review
- B.A., magna cum laude, Seton Hall University, 1995
- Hon. Deborah T. Poritz, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1999-2000
- Hon. Joel A. Pisano, United States Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1998-1999
- New Jersey
- New York
- District of Columbia