James F. Keegan
EXPERIENCED ATTORNEYS. MEANINGFUL RESULTS.
James F. Keegan
Of Counsel
About
Email: jfkeegan@benditweinstock.com
Biography:
Mr. Keegan joined the firm in 1980 and became a partner in 1982. His practice is concentrated in the area of business and general litigation, and includes all manner of complex commercial litigation. He represents clients in securities industry arbitrations as well as complex family law and environmental matters. His practice also includes the representation of professionals, including attorneys, accountants and physicians, in connection with business disputes and dissolutions.
Education and Professional Experience:
- Rutgers University School of Law
- 1973, Juris Doctor
- Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1972 – 1973
- Hobart College
- 1970, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, cum laude
- Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions:
- New Jersey State Bar
- United States District Court, District of New Jersey
- United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Practice Areas:
- Administrative Law
- Bankruptcy
- Business and Commercial Litigation
- Corporate
- Estate Litigation
- Family Law & Divorce
- General Litigation
- Real Estate
Appointments and Memberships:
- Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Ethics Committee, District V-B, 1998 – 2000; Panel Chairperson 2001 – 2002
- Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, Part B, 1986 – 2001
- Member and Panel Chairperson, New Jersey Supreme Court Fee Arbitration Committee, District V-B, 1995 – 1997
- Chairperson, New Jersey Supreme Court Fee Arbitration Committee, District V-B, 1997 – 1998
- Member-Panelist, Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County Chancery Division Early Settlement Program, 1994 – present
- Appointed Member, Board of Directors, MacGregor Sporting Goods, Inc., 1981 – 1989 (Court Appointment)
- Trustee, Essex County Bar Association, 1992 – 1997
- Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Development of Tax Court Rules, 1979