Sean Gallagher is Chair of the firm's Administrative & Regulatory department. His experience includes serving as an advisor, advocate, counselor, and strategist, with particular focus on highly regulated areas of law, including energy regulation and procurement matters involving industrial and other businesses, hazardous materials pipeline regulation, telecommunications, cannabis and industrial hemp, and municipal public employee pension funds.

Sean has assisted in protecting the interests of public pension participants, retirees, and their beneficiaries in both investment and benefits-side related litigation and advising on governmental transparency and statutory report regulatory compliance matters, serving as legal counsel to the Retirement Systems of the City of Detroit before, during, and after the City of Detroit’s Chapter 9 bankruptcy proceedings.

Prior to joining the firm, Sean spent nearly a decade with a multinational law firm before operating his own independent practice focused on value delivery and client outcomes in highly regulated fields. Beyond his practice, Sean enjoys spending time with his wife and four of Michigan's most vocal young citizens, volunteering with various professional and educational organizations, coaching youth baseball, basketball, and football, jogging, and canoeing Michigan rivers.