Thomas Keefe Jr.

Thomas Q. Keefe Jr. is a plaintiff’s trial lawyer with Keefe, Keefe & Unsell, P.C., in Belleville, Illinois. His practice covers medical malpractice, wrongful death, defective products and medical devices, construction injuries, trucking and auto cases.

According to his firm biography, Keefe has handled high-stakes complex lawsuits on behalf of plaintiffs for nearly 40 years. He has recorded more than 200 verdicts, judgments and settlements above $1 million, more than 20 of them above $10 million, and his clients have recovered more than three-quarters of a billion dollars.

Keefe was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1979. A 2015 article on the firm’s website says he earned his undergraduate degree at Boston College and his law degree at Saint Louis University in 1978, opened a solo office in Belleville and became a partner at Cook, Shevlin and Keefe in 1982. He returned to solo practice in 1992 and was joined by his son in 2007. The same article says he has been a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association since 1996.

He is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates and has been named a Super Lawyer every year since 2007. His honors include the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award, the Richard Hudlin Memorial Award and the Madison County Record Person of the Year.