Summary Resume Of Attorney General Paul Gallagher SC

Date and Place of Birth

• 20 March 1955, Tralee, Co. Kerry

Education

• Primary Education: Tralee CBS
• Secondary Education: Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin 15.

Married

• Bláthna Ruane SC

Children

• Three

Appointment as Attorney General

• 14th June 2007

Reappointment as Attorney General

• 6th May 2008

1. Educational Background

• 1975 - Bachelor of Civil Law Degree, National University of Ireland (University College Dublin).
• 1976 - Barrister at Law Degree, King's Inns, Dublin.
• 1978 - Bachelor of Arts (History and Economics) Degree, National University of Ireland (University College Dublin).
• 1979 - LLM Degree from the University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall).

2. Practice as Barrister: Professional Career

• 1979 - Admitted to practice at the Bar of Ireland (Junior Counsel).
• 1991 - Admitted to practice at the Inner Bar of Ireland (Senior Counsel).
• 1995-1996 - Vice Chairman of the Bar Council (Governing Body of the Irish Barristers Profession). Chairman of the Bar Council's European Law Sub-Committee.
• 2005 - Bencher of the King's Inns.
• 1997-2007 - Irish nominee to the Arbitration and Conciliation Panels of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
• 2004-2007 - Chairman of the Irish Sports Council Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel.
• 2007-2008 - Observer representative (as Attorney General) of the UK, Cyprus, Malta and Ireland on the High-Level Advisory Group on the Future of EU Justice Policy.
• 2009 to date - Adjunct Professor of Law, University College Dublin.
• 2010 - Inducted as a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.

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