Brian McKeen
Founding and Managing Partner | McKeen & Associates, PC
Brian McKeen is a medical malpractice, birth trauma and personal injury trial lawyer and founding and managing partner at McKeen & Associates, PC in Detroit, Michigan. Admitted in Michigan; J.D., Thomas M. Cooley Law School (1982).
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Detroit, Michigan 48226
"The advice to 'treat people the way you want to be treated' has been the cornerstone of my career in medical negligence."
Brian J. McKeen is the founding and managing partner of McKeen & Associates, PC, a Detroit, Michigan law firm that represents plaintiffs in medical malpractice, birth trauma, drug product liability, catastrophic spinal cord injury and other personal injury cases. He began practicing law in 1982 and has tried cases throughout the United States.
According to his firm bio, McKeen & Associates has produced the year’s top verdict in Michigan four times since 2001, including a $55 million medical malpractice verdict in 2001 that the firm describes as the largest on record in the state. McKeen sits on the executive boards of the Michigan Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice. He previously chaired the AAJ Professional Negligence Section, the Medical Negligence Exchange Group and the Birth Trauma Litigation Group.
He is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates and has been selected to Michigan Super Lawyers every year from 2006 through 2025, including the Top 10 list from 2017 through 2025. McKeen earned a B.S. from Central Michigan University in 1978 and a J.D. from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1982. He is admitted to practice in Michigan, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Central Michigan University, B.S. in Business Administration and Political Science (1978)
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D. (1982)
- Admitted to the State Bar of Michigan (1982)
- Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (1982)
- Admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1982)
- Admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court (1985)
Practice Areas
- Inner Circle of Advocates
- American Association for Justice (Board of Governors; Executive Board; Past Chair, Professional Negligence Section, 2006-2008)
- American Association for Justice, Birth Trauma Litigation Group (Co-Chair)
- American Association for Justice, Medical Negligence Exchange Group (Co-Chair, 2005-2007)
- Michigan Association for Justice (Executive Board)
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Michigan
- Federal Bar Association
- Oakland County Bar Association (Medical Legal Committee)
- Detroit Bar Association (Public Speakers Bureau, Board of Directors)
- Detroit Barristers Association
- Wolverine Bar Association
- Michigan Super Lawyers (2006-2025)
- Top 10 Michigan Super Lawyers (2017-2025)
- Top 100 Michigan Super Lawyers (2007-2008, 2011-2025)
- Top 5 Michigan Consumer Super Lawyers (2014, 2017-2018)
- Top 50 Michigan Consumer Super Lawyers (2014-2018)
- Top 5 Consumer Michigan Super Lawyers (2013)
- Top 50 Consumer Michigan Super Lawyers (2013)
- Top Attorneys in Michigan, The New York Times (September 2012)
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