Kevin S. Mahoney
Top rated Estate & Trust Litigation attorney in Denver, Colorado
Olsen & Mahoney, LLP
Practice Areas: Estate & Trust Litigation; view more
Licensed in Colorado since: 1995
Education: Duke University School of Law
Languages Spoken: English, French
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2025 Call today:
303-329-4670
Olsen & Mahoney, LLP
650 South Cherry StreetSuite 100
Denver, CO 80246 Visit website
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Kevin Mahoney specializes in estate and trust litigation. He also serves as personal counsel to physicians who are defendants in litigation. He spent several years as a partner at a Denver law firm where he handled medical malpractice and mass tort cases. 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.
Mr. Mahoney 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.
Mr. Mahoney 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.
For his many contributions, he has been acknowledged as one of America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators for obtaining mammoth compensation for his clients, including a $4.5 million settlement in a birth injury case, a $3 million insurance bad faith settlement and a $3.2 million jury verdict for the victim of medical malpractice, among many others.
Within his legal community, Mr. Mahoney maintains close affiliations with many prominent legal organizations such as the Colorado Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Wyoming State Bar, the American Association for Justice, the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association and the Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association. He is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming and the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.
Practice areas
Estate & Trust LitigationFocus areas
Will Contests
- 100% Estate & Trust Litigation
First Admitted: 1995, Colorado
Professional Webpage: https://www.mkolsenlaw.com/attorney/kevin-s-mahoney/
- American Mensa, Member, 2000 - Present
- American Association for Justice, Member, 1995 to Present
- Colorado Trial Lawyer's Association, Member, 1995 to Present
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1998
- U.S. District Court District of Wyoming, 2001
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1995
- Wyoming, 2001
- Colorado, 1995
- Member, Wyoming Trial Lawyers' Association, 2001 - Present
- Member, American Bar Association, 1995 - Present
- Member, American Association for Justice, Professional Negligence Section, 1995 - Present
- Member, Colorado Bar Association, 1995 - Present
- Member, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Medical Malpractice Committee
- Member, Wyoming Bar Association, 2001 - Present
- 2.2 million dollar birth injury settlement on behalf of the parents of a Cheyenne, Wyoming baby, Kevin Mahoney obtained a $2.2 million settlement from an obstetrician and a hospital. The mother had delivered her first child by Cesarean section, and, upon the advice of her obstetrician, was attempting a vaginal birth for her second child (VBAC). The fetal monitor strip showed signs of fetal distress, which went unnoticed by the labor and delivery nurse and the obstetrician. The mother's uterus eventually ruptured, extruding the baby into the abdomen. Going without oxygen for several minutes, the baby suffered permanent brain damage.
- 1.5 million dollar wrongful death settlement Kevin Mahoney obtained a 1.5 million dollar settlement on behalf of a man whose 38 year-old wife died after hysterectomy surgery. The woman showed signs of hypovolemic shock, but her surgeon did not take her back to the operating room to find the source of bleeding before she died., 2009
- 3.4 million dollar birth injury settlement. The Mahoney Law Firm, P.C. secured a $3.4 million settlement on behalf of a six year-old Denver boy who suffered a brain injury at birth. There was an unreasonable delay in performing an emergency cesarean section. As a result, the baby suffered a brain injury from lack of oxygen. The child now suffers from cerebral palsy and cortical visual impairment. Our firm obtained settlements from three nurses and an anesthesiologist.
- 1.8 million dollar medical malpractice settlement after winning at arbitration. A Boulder woman received a 1.8 million dollar settlement from her family practice doctor after sustaining a serious injury which damaged her lungs and left her oxygen-dependant. The defendant-doctor refused to make any offer to settle the case so Kevin Mahoney arbitrated the case and won the case in front of the arbitrator., 2009
- 2 million dollar dental malpractice verdict. In 2017, The Mahoney Law Firm obtained the largest jury verdict in a dental malpractice case in the history of Colorado. The insurance company for the defendant-dentist never made any offer to settle the case. The jury returned an award of 2 million dollars, which was the entire amount claimed by our client.
- 1.75 million dollar Wyoming wrongful death settlement. Our firm obtained a 1.75 million dollar settlement for the widower of a 30 year-old woman who died from a pulmonary embolism. The decedent had undergone arthroscopic knee surgery and shortly thereafter developed chest pain and shortness of breath. None of the physicians that she saw for her complaints ever ordered a ventilation/perfusion scan or any other diagnostic test to rule out deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary emboli. The woman died two weeks later as a result of multiple pulmonary emboli.
- 4.5 million dollar birth injury settlement Kevin Mahoney obtained a four and a half million dollar settlement on behalf of a three year-old boy who suffers from cerebral palsy due to lack of oxygen at birth. The child's mother called her doctor's office the day before her son was born and told the nurse that she was experiencing decreased fetal movement. The nurse did not instruct the patient to come to the office or to the hospital to be evaluated. Twenty-four hours later, the mother's water broke and her son was delivered by emergency cesarean section. The child sustained catastrophic brain injuries., 2010
- 2 million dollar birth injury settlement Kevin Mahoney obtained a 2 million dollar settlement for the family of a ten year old girl who was injured at birth due to lack of oxygen. The child's mother was induced and the nurses failed to recognize signs of fetal distress.
- 3 million dollar insurance bad faith settlement. Our firm represented a former all-pro N.F.L. football player who suffered a career-ending injury. His disability insurer denied the football player's claim for disability benefits. After filing a lawsuit, our firm was able to obtain a 3 million dollar settlement on behalf of our client.
- Youth lacrosse coach for 3d Lacrosse in Denver, Colorado.
- Head Lacrosse Coach, Denver Lacrosse Club
- Volunteer, VOA Family Motel (provide food, gifts and donate time for birthday parties for under-privileged families)
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Amicus Brief Writer
- Selected to Super Lawyers® (Class Action/Mass Torts), 2015-2025
- Selected to Super Lawyers® (Plaintiff Medical Malpractice), 2009-2014
- America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® for 2018
- Note of the Year Award, Alaska Law Review, 1994
- 5280 Top Lawyer, 2015-2024
- The Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum is one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Fewer than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members., Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Graduated in top 10% of law school class, Duke University School of Law, 1995
- 5280 Top Lawyer in the area of medical malpractice, 2016
- Moot Court Competition, Duke University School of Law, 1994
- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, B.A., Honors: Cum Laude, Honors: Dean’s List, Honors: Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll, 1987-1991, Honors: Letterman, NCAA Division I Lacrosse, 1987-1991, Major: History, Major: Political Science – 1991, 1987-1991
- Duke University School of Law, with honors, graduated in top ten percent of class, 1992-1995
- Kent Denver High School, 1984-1987
- Author, Post-Trial Wrangling: Hanging on to Large Non-Economic Damages Awards in Wrongful Death/Medical Malpractice Cases, Trial Talk, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association
- Author, Alaska's Cap on Non-Economic Damages: Unfair, Unwise and Unconstitutional, Alaska Law Review, Vol. XI, Number 1, 67-95, June, 1994
- Four Year Letterman, Duke University Varsity Lacrosse Team
- Member, American Mensa
- Golden Key National Honor Society
- Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll
Office location for Kevin S. Mahoney
650 South Cherry Street
Suite 100
Denver, CO 80246
Phone: 303-329-4670
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2025
