Kevin Conroy is a counsel in the firm's Administrative Law Department, where he maintains a regulatory and government investigations practice with a primary focus on the health care sector. Kevin has considerable experience with state investigations concerning false claims, consumer protection and wage and hour issues. He also has significant experience with the Massachusetts Gaming Act and it regulations and advises potential gaming applicants regarding the activities of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.
Kevin most recently served as the Massachusetts Deputy Attorney General. In that capacity, he assisted Attorney General Martha Coakley in the overall management of the Attorney General’s Office and supervised nearly all civil matters in the office including employment, labor, non-profit, consumer enforcement, insurance, financial services, civil rights, health care and energy. Before this appointment, Kevin served as the Chief of the Attorney General’s Business and Labor Bureau, overseeing divisions including Business, Technology and Economic Development, Energy, Fair Labor, Medicaid Fraud and Non-Profit/Public Charities.
At the Attorney General’s Office, Kevin helped direct the Attorney General’s health care activities, including overseeing the for-profit conversions of a number of large hospitals, the review of the activities of a variety of large providers and insurers, and Medicaid fraud investigations. He also helped to author the Attorney General’s 2008 Advisory on the Independent Contractor Law and oversaw numerous Attorney General wage and hour law investigations.
Prior to his tenure at the Attorney General’s Office, Kevin was the Chief of Staff and General Counsel of the New England Council, a business trade organization focused on economic development in New England. In this role, he advocated for the Council’s priorities in health care, energy and financial services before the New England congressional delegation and Governors.
Kevin began his legal career at Foley Hoag before joining the New England Council in 2005. He returned to the firm in 2012.