JOHN A. KEHOE, a partner of the firm, received his B.A. from DePaul University and M.P.A., with high honors, from the University of Vermont. He earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law, where he was Associate Editor of the Syracuse Law Review, Associate Member of the Moot Court Board, and Alternate Member on the National Appellate Team.

Mr. Kehoe has litigated many high profile securities and antitrust actions in state and federal courts, including Ohio Public Employees Retirement System et al. v. Freddie Mac et al., 03-CV-4261 (S.D.N.Y.) (resulting in a $410 million combined class and derivative settlement); In re Bristol-Myers Squibb Sec. Litig., 02-CV-22 51 (S.D.N.Y.) (resulting in a $300 million class settlement); In re Adelphia Communications Corp.Sec. & Der. Litig., No. 03 MD 1529 (S.D.N.Y.) (resulting in a $460 million class settlement); and In re Vitamins Antitrust Litig., MDL No. 1285 (D.D.C.) (resulting in more than $2 billion in federal and state class and direct action settlements). Mr. Kehoe is currently among the lead trial attorneys representing individual and institutional investors in 309 separate class actions that have been consolidated for pretrial purposes in In re Initial Public Offering Sec. Litig., No. 21 MC 92 (S.D.N.Y.).

Prior to joining Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, Mr. Kehoe spent six years as a litigation associate with Clifford Chance LLP, where he represented Fortune 100 corporations and their officers and directors in complex commercial litigation and criminal or civil actions brought by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission. From 1986 to 1994, he served as a police officer in the State of Vermont, where he was a member of the Special Reaction Team and Major Accident Investigation Team.

Mr. Kehoe is currently admitted to practice before the courts of New York State and Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

John Kehoe
Main: (610) 667.7706
Direct: (484) 270-1498
Fax: (610) 667.7056
jkehoe@btkmc.com
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