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Luke J. Kealy is a partner of the firm in its Litigation Department and a member of the Real Estate Brokerage Practice Group. Mr. Kealy’s practice focuses on the litigation and resolution of complex commercial matters, including real estate, professional malpractice, insurance, and environmental litigation. He also counsels clients in matters involving contract, real estate, insurance, environmental, partnership and franchise law. Mr. Kealy joined the firm after graduating from New York University School of Law in 1992. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey (1992), New York (1993) and Colorado (1994), as well as the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He is a member of the New Jersey and Middlesex County Bar Associations, and the Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey. As an undergraduate, Mr. Kealy majored in Engineering at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Upon graduation, he received a regular commission in the United States Air Force, attended flight training and served as an instructor pilot and squadron executive officer both overseas and in the United States. While serving on active military duty, he earned a Master of Science in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. Mr. Kealy, a resident of Holmdel, New Jersey, is a member of the Board of Trustees of Bayshore Community Hospital and is the immediate past chair of the Board of Trustees of the Holmdel Foundation for Educational Excellence. He is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserve serving as a Flight Commander and instructor pilot with the 913th Airlift Wing, Willow Grove Naval Air Station, Pennsylvania. He was deployed to the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm and more recently during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. He has flown combat missions into Kuwait City, Afghanistan and Iraq. He is a graduate of the Air War College and has been awarded the Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Combat Readiness Medal, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, and the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal. He also volunteers as an admissions liaison officer to the United States Air Force Academy. | 