Kenneth Ralston
VerifiedAbout Kenneth Ralston
Kenneth N. Ralston is a Shareholder at Gallagher & Kennedy in Phoenix, elected to shareholder effective January 1, 2024. He is a seasoned litigator handling complex commercial litigation, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, and environmental and natural resources matters. With Kevin D. Neal, he represented the State of Arizona and the Arizona Attorney General's Office in obtaining an $85 million settlement against Google for deceptive and unfair practices involving user location data under the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act, the largest per-capita privacy settlement of its kind. He also obtained a major victory before the U.S. Supreme Court in Olhausen v. Arriva Medical for whistleblowers.
Notable case results
Gallagher & Kennedy's Kevin Neal and Kenneth Ralston served as Arizona's outside counsel and secured an $85 million settlement from Google over the deceptive collection of smartphone users' location data.
State of Arizona v. Google - $85M consumer fraud settlement (largest per-capita privacy settlement)
Olhausen v. Arriva Medical, LLC - U.S. Supreme Court whistleblower victory
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
