Lawyers / Professionals

 
Kathleen H. Dooley       
Partner
201 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-2146
T: 704.343.2347
F: 704.444.8755
kdooley@mcguirewoods.com
 

Ms. Dooley is a courtroom litigator and counselor and co-chair of the firm's life sciences industry group. For more than 20 years, she has represented diverse business entities such as pharmaceutical and medical device companies, consumer finance and financial services providers, life/health insurers, marketing companies and entertainment facilities involved in complex disputes.

Her experience includes, but has not been limited to, litigating business and consumer credit disputes, class actions, civil RICO, pharmaceutical/medical device/consumer product diversion, unfair and deceptive trade practices, bad faith, intellectual property, products liability, and labor and employment matters. Clients frequently call on her to handle matters pending in jurisdictions where juries are hostile to corporate defendants, and so she has represented clients in Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida, North Carolina, Kentucky, Nebraska, New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.

In connection with her Life Sciences focus, Ms. Dooley has been certified as a Healthcare Compliance professional.


Practices & Industries
Firm Management
  • Co-Chair, Life Sciences Industry Group

Previous Experience
  • Member, Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP (formerly Shanley & Fisher, P.C.), Florham Park, New Jersey
  • Law Clerk, the Hon. Melvin P. Antell, P.J.A.D., Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division

Publications
  • "Reallocation and Settlement Credits for Non-settling Insurers in 'All Sums' Jurisdictions - What Happens after the Insured Spins the Wheel of Indemnity???" 2005

Speaking Engagements
Certifications
  • Healthcare Compliance Certified, 2010

Professional Affiliations
  • Mecklenburg County Bar
  • North Carolina Bar Association
  • North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys
  • North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
  • American Bar Association
  • International Association of Defense Counsel

Civic Affiliations
  • Parishioner and Finance Committee Member, All Saints Catholic Church
 

EDUCATION

Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, J.D., cum laude, 1988

  • Articles Editor, Seton Hall Law Review

Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, B.A.

 
 

ADMITTED

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit 2012

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina 2011

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 2010

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit 2010

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina 2004

U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina 2002

North Carolina Supreme Court 2002

U.S. District Court for the District of Michigan 2000

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York 1999

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York 1998

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York 1998

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit 1996

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey 1988

New Jersey Supreme Court

Pennsylvania Supreme Court