Detroit, Michigan
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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.
- Bar Admissions:
- Michigan, 1982
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1985
- Education:
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan,
January, 1982
Juris Doctor
Honors: Moot Court Competition
Honors: Society of Barristers
Law Journal: Michigan Bar Journal, Current Law Notes Staff
Law Review: Pillar, Cooley Law School Newspaper, Contributor - Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan,
1978
Bachelor of Science
Major: Business Administration and Political Science
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Association for Justice - Criminal Law, Tort Law, Commercial Litigation and Young Lawyers Sections
- Michigan Trial Lawyers Association
- Board of Directors
- American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Division
- American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Division
- American Bar Association, Litigation and Young Lawyers Division
- American Bar Association, 1983 - 1985
- Committee on Prepaid Legal Services
- American Prepaid Legal Services Institute, 1983 - 1985
- Board of Directors
- State Bar of Michigan, Arts, Communications, Entertainment and Sports Sections
- State Bar of Michigan, Criminal Law, General Practice, Negligence Law and Young Lawyers Sections
- State Bar Appellate Court Administration Committee
- Federal Bar Association
- Oakland County Bar Association
- Medical Legal Committee
- Oakland County Bar Association
- Detroit Bar Association
- Public Speakers Bureau, Board of Directors
- Detroit Barristers Association
- American Judicature Society
- Past Employment Positions:
- Bleakley & McKeen, P.C., 1983 - 1998
- Hon. Dorothy Comstock Riley, Michigan Supreme Court, Law Clerk, 1982 - 1983
- Hon. Dorothy Comstock Riley, Michigan Court of Appeals, Law Clerk, 1982
- Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, Summer Intern, 1981
- Hon. Robert C. Anderson, Oakland County Circuit Court, Pontiac, Michigan, Law Clerk, 1980 - 1981



