Kevin O'Gorman

Practice Areas

International arbitration, litigation and energy.

Career

Kevin O'Gorman is the US Head of Arbitration and serves as Partner-in-Charge of the Houston office. Kevin is recognized globally as a leader in international arbitration, domestic arbitration and international litigation. Kevin has particular experience with commercial, energy, sovereign, treaty and project disputes. He has handled cases under the major arbitral rules including AAA, CPR, DIAC, ICC, ICDR, ICSID, JAMS, LCIA, and SIAC, as well as disputes under the UNCITRAL arbitration rules. He has also appeared in numerous US courts. In recognition of exemplary client work, BTI has named Kevin a Client Service All-Star.

Kevin has served as an arbitrator in domestic and international cases for over a decade.

Professional Memberships

Kevin is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and chairs the southern subcommittee of the USCIB/ICC USA arbitration committee. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration. Kevin serves on the Boards of the Greater Houston Partnership, the Center for American and International Law and the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston. Kevin previously held senior leadership positions on the ABA International Law Section and the State Bar of Texas Section of International Law. Kevin served as a U.S. member of the ICC Taskforce on Resolving Climate Change Related Disputes in Arbitration

Personal

JD, cum laude, University of Michigan Law School; University of Bonn; BA, magna cum laude, University of Houston. Kevin led a team of lawyers at the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Zurich, Switzerland. Kevin is admitted to practice law in Texas, New York and England and Wales(Solicitor).