Denis Moloney, OBE LLD (Hon.) is a solicitor and notary public from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Born in Belfast in 1954, he was a member of the Council of State in the Republic of Ireland from 2004-2011. Moloney is a senior partner in the leading Belfast law firm of specialising in Criminal Law. He was educated at St Malachy's College and Queen's University, Belfast and was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Laws from the University of Ulster in 2010.