John Sheehy is a partner in our Dublin office.

In 2009, he qualified as a solicitor and joined DAC Beachcroft in 2013. He specialises in litigation and dispute resolution and in particular in the area of defence personal injury litigation.

He has extensive experience acting for a range of international and domestic insurers, along with self-insured parties in the defence of personal injuries claims from inception through to completion. 

John deals with a wide variety of claims to include employer's liability, public liability, products liability, defamation, road traffic accidents and fatal injury claims.   

Prior to training as a solicitor, John worked in the insurance industry as a personal injuries claims handler. He trained as a solicitor with a commercial law firm where he worked primarily in the areas of litigation and contentious employment. Having qualified as a solicitor, and before joining the Dublin Office, John gained a number of years' experience with another Dublin practice where he acted for a multi-national insurer defending a portfolio of insurance claims in all Courts in Ireland.

John has experience in handling high value complex cases and in representing clients in alternative dispute resolution fora.