Kevin Fredrick O'Leary QC (19 February 1920 – 3 August 2015) was the second Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.
[1] Chief Justice O'Leary was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and attended the Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham.
After the war ended, he returned to studying and eventually graduated with Honours in 1948 and was admitted to practice the following year.
He was called to the Bar in 1957 and relocated to the Australian Capital Territory, where he served with distinction.
He has held many important roles during his career: Chief Justice O'Leary was appointed as an Acting Judge of the National Court of Papua New Guinea in 1976 and as an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in 1982.