Brendan N. Keeley
Partner
Jacksonville Office
1200 Riverplace Boulevard
Suite 620
Jacksonville, Florida 32207
Phone: (904) 619-7129
Facsimile: (904) 374-8964
Quick Look
Brendan Keeley is a founding partner of Baumann, Gant & Keeley, P.A. and he serves as the managing partner of the Firm’s North Florida office located in Jacksonville, Florida.
Brendan’s primary areas of practice include wrongful death, transportation and trucking liability, premises liability, construction defect litigation and professional liability litigation.
Brendan is a member of the Florida Defense Lawyers Association (FDLA), The Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM), Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA), Themis Advocates Group, and The Jacksonville Claims Association. He is a Certified Litigation Management Professional (CLMP) obtained through the CLM Litigation Management Institute Program (LMI), and he serves as an instructor in the School of Transportation of the CLM Claims College program, which is held yearly.
Brendan is admitted to practice in all Florida State Courts and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida.
Brendan regularly presents accredited seminars on topics such as Florida transportation and trucking defense strategies, bad faith analysis and claims handling, and Florida claims adjuster ethics.
Brendan received his undergraduate degree from St. Thomas University (Miami, Florida) and his law degree from St. Thomas University School of Law (Miami, Florida). He served as an Articles Editor on the Law Review of the St. Thomas University School of Law.
Brendan currently resides in St. Johns, Florida with his wife and daughter.
Educational Seminars
- Instructor – CLM Claims College, School of Transportation – 2021 – present – Baltimore, MD
- Conference Chair – Themis Advocates Group Annual Conference – 2020 – Miami Beach, FL
- Panelist/Speaker – Attacking Unreasonable Medical Bills at Trial – Themis Advocates Group Annual Conference – 2020 – Miami Beach, FL
- Panelist/Speaker: How Do Professionals in the CD Industry Develop Talent Within and Outside Their Organizations – Perrin National Construction Defect Conference – 2019 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
- Speaker: Florida Bad Faith Statute: Update and Trends – Personal and Commercial Lines Auto Carrier – 2019 – Pennsylvania.
- Speaker: Florida Bad Faith Update – Personal and Commercial Lines Auto Carrier – 2018 – Pennsylvania.
- Panelist/Speaker: Early Claims Handling to Avoid Bad Faith Traps – West Coast Casualty Seminar (WCCS) 2018 – Anaheim, California.
- Speaker: Biomechanical Analysis of a Traumatic Brain Injury: CLM Insurance Fraud Committee National Webinar: 2017.
- Speaker: Rideshare Program Claims Handling Strategies – Personal Lines Auto Carrier – 2016 – Florida.
- Speaker: Florida Premises Liability Claims Handling and Strategies – Property and Casualty Insurance Carrier – 2015 – Florida
Areas of Practice
- Transportation and Trucking
- Premises Liability
- Wrongful Death
- Construction Defect Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Florida Bar, 2006
Court Admissions
- Florida State Courts
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Education
- St. Thomas University School of Law (J.D.)
- St. Thomas University (B.A.)
Memberships
- Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)
- Florida Defense Lawyers Association (FDLA)
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)
- Themis Advocates Group
- Jacksonville Claims Association
- Certified Litigation Management Professional (CLM/LMI)