Attorney Profiles

Brian McKeen began practicing in 1982. During his career he has become a powerful advocate for his clients and one of the foremost medical malpractice attorneys in Michigan. He currently sits on the executive boards of the Michigan Association of Justice (MAJ) and the American Association for Justice (AAJ). For AAJ, McKeen serves as the chair of the Professional Negligence Section and co-chair of the Birth Trauma Litigation Group. He is also a former cochair of the AAJ’s Medical Negligence Exchange Group.

Since 2001, McKeen & Associates has generated the year's top verdict in Michigan four times, including securing the state's largest medical malpractice verdict on record in 2001, when a jury rendered a verdict award of $55 million in the case of Hall v. Henry Ford Health System. McKeen & Associates also topped all Michigan verdict awards in 2002, with an award of $22.5 million in the case of Blazo vs. McLaren Regional Medical Center, et al; in 2006 with an award of $16 million in the case of Lowe, et al. v. Henry Ford Health System; and in 2007, with an award of 35 million in the case of Oppenheim vs. Aeneas C. Guiney.