Kevin O’Higgins OC’75

Kevin O’Higgins has been a solicitor in private practice in Dublin. He spent his early years in Arthur Cox and thereafter in a smaller commercial firm before opening up his own practice in the suburbs some 35 years ago. He has become one of faces of the solicitors profession in Dublin, particularly from his deep involvement with the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association of which he was the Honorary Secretary for 6 years before becoming it’s President in 2009. In parallel with this activity Kevin has been deeply involved in the Law Society and was an elected member of it’s Council since 1998 and served as President in 2014... In practice he advises many politicians and has acted for the Fine Gael party over the 28 years. His family have a deep relationship with Clongowes over the last century and beyond His Grand Uncle was Kevin O’Higgins, the first Minister for Justice, and later assassinated, who attended the school at the turn of the last century . His father was T.F.O ’Higgins, a prominent Fine Gael politician , who narrowly lost out to Eamon Devalera for the Presidency of Ireland and later served as Chief Justice.