Philip Adrian Kealey

The practice area is headed by Philip Adrian Kealey. A native of Dungiven, County Derry, Philip Adrian was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in Northern Ireland in 1984 having served his apprenticeship with the late B.W. McCloskey Solicitor. He holds a Masters Degree in Political Science (Irish Political Studies) from Queens University Belfast (and was a Research Fellow of the Universities of Durban and Cape Town, South Africa). He was appointed Notary Public in 2002. He is a past Chairman of the Northern Ireland Benzodiazepine Solicitors Group and Member of The Law Society of Northern Ireland International Relations Committee. He was a participant in the 1990 Russian / Irish Lawyers Exchange Programme in Tver, Russia. He is presently Honorary Solicitor for the following organisations: the Hellenic Association of Northern Ireland, Hands That Talk (deaf community organisation) and the Rainbow Rehoming Centre (animal charity).

Contact:         
pa.kealey@caldwellrobinson.com

Mari O’Donovan

After finishing her secondary education in County Galway Mari began studying law at University College Dublin. In 1987 she joined the Department of Social and Family Affairs in the Irish Civil Service. During her career in the Department she gained wide experience in administering social welfare law, representing the Department at Appeal Tribunals, management and policy making. Mari resumed legal studies at the University of Ulster where she obtained an L.L.B. (First Class Honours) in 2006. In the following year she obtained an L.L.M. (Distinction) at Queen’s University, Belfast and was awarded the prestigious Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Prize for Best Dissertation at a ceremony attended by the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland. She worked on a voluntary basis at the Law Centre (NI) in its Social Security and Immigration Law departments for a year before joining Caldwell & Robinson in 2008 as a trainee solicitor.

Contact:
m.odonovan@caldwellrobinson.com