Richard T Marooney Jr.

Richard Marooney is a partner in King & Spalding’s Business Litigation Group.  He is an experienced trial lawyer who has tried cases before juries, judges and arbitration panels.  His practice focuses on securities, general commercial and international disputes in the financial services and energy industries.

Mr. Marooney was selected by his peers as a New York Super Lawyer in 2011.  He serves as a member of the Firm’s Policy Committee (management committee).  Mr. Marooney was a member of the Firm’s Associate Evaluation Committee from 2007-2009 and the Hiring Partner in the New York office from 2004-2006.  He is on the Chartis Panel Counsel list for securities litigation.  Mr. Marooney also serves as a mediator for the Southern District of New York’s civil litigation mediation program.

Mr. Marooney’s publications and professional appearances include:

• Trio of Second Circuit Decisions Clarify FINRA Arbitrability, BNA Securities Regulation Law Report, February 20, 2012.
  
  
• Not So Fast:  Mid-trial Juror Disqualification in Civil Cases Requires Careful Assessment, New York Law Journal, January 18, 2011.
  
  
• Perspective:  Stop the Class Action Merry-Go-Round, New York Law Journal, May 17, 2010.
  
  
• Panelist at King & Spalding’s March 2008 e-Learn seminar, “Current Developments in the Subprime and Capital Markets.”
  
  
• Panelist at November 2006 E-Seminar by Andrews Publications, “Scheme Liability Under Federal Securities Law.”
  
  
• Corporate Liability Under the Alien Tort Claims Act: United States Court Jurisdiction over International Torts, New York State Bar Association International Law Practicum, Spring 2004.
  
  
• Panelist at November 2003 meeting of the American College of Investment Counsel, “Drafting Deal Documents: A Litigation Perspective.”
  
  
• U.S. Liability for Overseas Business Activities:  The Expanding Role of U.S. Courts Under The Alien Tort Claims Act, co-authored with George Branch and published at the Fifty-Third Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law, 2002.

Mr. Marooney graduated with distinction from Hofstra Law School in 1994 where he was an associate editor on the Hofstra Law Review.  He received his Bachelor of Science in finance, cum laude, in 1991 from the Carroll School of Management Honors Program at Boston College. 

Mr. Marooney is admitted to practice in Federal and New York State courts.  He is a member of the Federal Bar Council.