Mr. Kearney is a partner at Smith | Campbell | Clifford | Kearney | Gore, specializing in business litigation and transactions, contract disputes and negotiations, business structuring and formation, ownership and shareholder disputes, public and private construction and development disputes, employment, real estate, network marketing disputes, and intellectual property.
Mr. Kearney obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Justice Studies, with a Minor in Business Administration, from Arizona State University in 1999. While there, he served as a legislative intern for the State Bar of Arizona. Mr. Kearney received a Juris Doctorate degree from California Western School of Law in 2002, and was the recipient of the Award for Academic Excellence in Constitutional Law II. Mr. Kearney was admitted to the California Bar in 2002, and is admitted to practice law before all state and federal courts in California, as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. Kearney has represented various corporate clients, including software companies, private works and public works contractors, advertising companies, restaurants, nutritional supplement companies, payroll companies, network marketing distributors, factoring companies, and commercial lenders.
Some of Mr. Kearney's professional successes include: (1) obtaining successful settlement of over $1,000,000 representing a subcontractor on a large public works project against the general contractor and surety for amounts owed for extra work performed (Alliance Streetworks, Inc. v. SJB Group, Inc., Safeco Ins. Co. of America, et. al.); (2) achieving successful settlement representing founders and owners of software company in ownership and employment dispute, and obtaining discovery sanctions against large law firm in excess of $7,000; (3) successfully defending a general contractor at arbitration against a multi-million dollar construction defect claim while prevailing on a counter-claim for money owed for work performed and recovering attorneys' fees and costs (Community of Christ Church v. Austin Jones Corp.); and (4) successfully defending at trial the owners of a multi-million dollar pharmaceutical company against ownership claims by a former owner and manager (Quadri v. Alkayali (Orange County Superior Court)). Mr. Kearney was named a top young lawyer in Southern California by Los Angeles Magazine in 2008.