Background
Keith, Darrell L. was born on November 12, 1945 in San Diego, California, United States.
Keith, Darrell L. was born on November 12, 1945 in San Diego, California, United States.
Baylor University (Bachelor of Arts, 1968. Juris Doctor, 1970). Phi Delta Phi. Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Moot Court Team.
Assistant Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1969-1970.
Worked at Law Firm of, Darrell Keith, Professional Corporation (Fort Worth, Texas) specializing in Medical and Professional Liability Law and Litigation: Medical Malpractice, Hospital Liability, Legal Malpractice and Drug and Medical Products Liability. Admitted to the bar, 1970, Texas. 1973, United States. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas.
1981, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Moot Court Team, State Bar of Texas Competition.
Assistant Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1969-1970.
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of medical malpractice and legal malpractice. Author: Professional Papers and Presentations: "Plaintiff"s Attorneys Perspective in Medical Malpractice Cases," Medical Malpractice Conference, Texas Technical University Law School, Lubbock, 1979.
"Texas Statutory Limitations and the Texas Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Acting," Medical Malpractice Institute, State Bar of Texas, Dallas, 1982. "Texas Medical Liability ActingRevisited," Medical Malpractice Performance Enhancement Course, State Bar of Texas, Houston, 1984.
"Liability of Pharmacists," University of Texas School of Pharmacy, Austin, 1986.
"Medical Malpractice," State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, Houston, 1987. "Proving Medical Negligence and Causation," Law and Medicine Course, Baylor University School of Law, Waco, 1988. "Medical Malpractice Law in Texas," State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, Austin, 1988.
"Orthopedic Malpractice," Saint Mary"s and Texas Technical University Schools of Law Medical Malpractice Conference, San Antonio, 1989.
"The Standard of Care in Texas Medical Malpractice Cases," State Bar of Texas, Medical Malpractice Institute for Lawyers and Legal Assistants, Houston, 1989. "Medical Malpractice Law in Texas," State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, Fort Worth, 1989.
"Medical Expert Testimony in Texas Medical Malpractice Cases," Second Annual Baylor Litigation Institute, Waco 1989. "Proving the Medical Standard of Care in Medical Malpractice Cases," Law and Medicine Course, Baylor University School of Law, Waco, 1989.
"Medical Malpractice from the Plaintiff"s Perspective," Fort Worth Legal Secretaries Association, Fort Worth, 1989.
"Liability of Hospital and Community Pharmacists," University of Texas School of Pharmacy, Austin, 1990. "Anesthesia Malpractice," Saint Mary"s and Texas Technical University Schools of Law Medical Malpractice Conference, San Antonio, 1990. "Medical Malpractice Crisis: Myth or Reality?" Texas Business Association, Fort Worth, 1990.
"Medical Malpractice Law in Texas," State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, Dallas, 1990: "Corporate Hospital Liability," Fort Worth-Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association, Fort Worth, 1990.
"The Texas Medical Liability Acting Revisited1990," Medical Malpractice Conference, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Houston, 1990. "Cross Examining Defendants" Medical Experts at Trial," Advanced Medical Malpractice Litigation Conference, University of Houston Law Center, Dallas, 1990.
"Evaluating and Prosecuting Medical Malpractice Actions," Law and Medicine Course, Baylor University School of Law, Waco, 1990. "Critique and Comment on How to Examine and Cross-Examine an Expert Witness," Third Annual Medicine for Lawyers Conference, University of Texas School of Law, Panelist, Dallas, 1991.
"Pharmacy Malpractice," Saint Mary"s and Texas Technical University School of Law Medical Malpractice Conference, San Antonio, 1991.
"Liability for Impaired Physicians: Impaired Physician Liability and Hospital Liability for Wrongful Credentialing," Torts and Insurance Practice Section, Committee on Law and Medicine, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991. "Unanswered Questions Under Texas Law: Ex Parte Physician-Defense Counsel Discussions, Confidentiality and Actions for Breach, After Attending Physician"s Duty to Testify, Access to National Practitioners Data Bank and Other Issues," Medical Malpractice Conference, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 1991. "Hospital Liability for Wrongful Credentialing of Medical Staff Physicians," Law and Medicine Course, Baylor University School of Law, Waco, 1991.
"Loss of Chance: Plaintiff"s Perspective," Personal Injury Damages Institute, State Bar of Texas, San Antonio, 1992.
"Neurosurgical Malpractice," Medical Malpractice Conference, Saint Mary"s and Texas Technical University Schools of Law, San Antonio, 1992. "Pharmacy Malpractice," Option II, Pharmacy Management Course, University of Texas School of Pharmacy, Austin, 1992.
"Jury Arguments in Personal Injury Cases," Baylor Litigation Institute, Waco, 1992. "Unanswered Questions in Texas Medical Malpractice Law," Medical Malpractice Conference, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Houston, 1992.
"The Medical Malpractice Problem in America," Law and Medicine Course, Baylor University School of Law, Waco, 1992.
"Liability for Cardiac Invasive Procedures," Texas Technical University and Saint Mary"s University Schools of Law Medical Malpractice Conference, San Antonio, 1993. "Evidentiary Objections in Texas Civil Litigation," Evidence at Trial Seminar, National Education Network, Dallas, 1993. Health Care Litigation Seminar, Baylor University School of Law, Waco, 1993.
"Court"s Charge in Texas Medical Malpractice Cases," Medical Malpractice Conference, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Houston, 1993.
"Liability on Medicine"s Cutting EdgeInvestigational and Experimental Procedures," State Bar of Texas Professional Development Advanced Course: Medical Malpractice, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Device Litigation, Santa Fe, 1994. "Medical Malpractice Under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Acting," Saint Mary"s and Texas Technical Schools of Law Medical Malpractice Conference, San Antonio, 1994.
"Trends in Medicine and Litigation at the Medical Forefront," South Texas College of Law Advanced Medical Malpractice Litigation Continuing Legal Education Course, Houston, 1994. "The Court"s Charge: Charging the Jury in Texas Medical Malpractice Cases," Texas Trial Lawyers Association Fifth Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, Houston, 1994.
"Expert Testimony on Medical Negligence, Causation and Scientific Evidence," State Bar of Texas Advanced Medical Malpractice Course, Santa Fe, 1995.
"Proving Medical Negligence and Causation Under Rules 702, 703, and 704," Saint Mary"s and Texas Technical Schools of Law Medical Malpractice Conference, San Antonio, 1995. "Legislative Changes1995," State Bar of Texas 18th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course, Houston/Dallas/Austin, 1995. "Texas Medical Malpractice Reform Legislation 1995" and "Federal Legal Reform Legislation 1995," Eighth Annual Baylor Litigation Institute, Baylor University School of Law, Waco, 1995.
"Texas Legislative Update1995," Judicial Section Annual Conference, Texas Center for the Judiciary, Incorporated.
San Antonio, 1995; "Junk Science, Junk Law, Junk Issues and Junk Junk," Sixth Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Houston, 1995. Company-Author: "Umbrella PoliciesIs There Money on the Table?" Insurance Law Seminar, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, 1995.
Author, Legal Publications: "The Texas Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Acting: A Survey and Analysis of Its History, Construction and Constitutionality," 36 Baylor Law Review 234, 1984. Practice Note, "Proving the Standard of Care in a Medical Malpractice Action," in Texas Torts and Remedies, Edgar & Sales, Relations.
5-9/90; "Medical Expert Testimony in Texas Medical Malpractice Cases," 43 Baylor Law Review 1-138, 1991.
"Hospital, Medical Staff Leadership Liable for Negligent CredentialingRounsaville v. Fort Worth Osteopathic Medical Center, 4 Anesthesia Malpractice Protector 86-90 (American Health Consultants, August, 1992). "Loss of Chance: A Modern Proportional Approach in Damages in Texas," 44 Baylor Law Review 301, 1992.
Course Director, Fifth Annual State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, Fort Worth, Texas, 1989.
Member: Tarrant County and American (Member, Litigation. Tort and Insurance Practice Sections.
Vice Chairman, Medicine and Law Committee, 1982-1984) Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas (Member: Health Law and Litigation Sections).
Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association.
Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Chairman, Patient Rights and Safety Sub-Committee, 1987-1988). Association of Trial Lawyers of America. American Board of Trial Advocates.
American Society of Law and Medicine.
Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow). Baylor Law Review Association.
Established in 1980, the Law Firm of Darrell Keith, Professional Corporation is a professional corporation of attorneys emphasizing a trial and appellate practice in the areas of professional liability law and litigation, including medical malpractice, hospital liability, legal malpractice, and drug and medical products liability. The law firm selectively represents plaintiffs in courts throughout the state of Texas, and in other jurisdictions on a case-by-case basis in association with attorneys licensed in such jurisdictions.
Additionally, the firm has achieved some of the most significant medical malpractice verdicts, judgments and settlements in Texas and nationally, including numerous verdicts, judgments and settlements in excess of one million dollars, and several exceeding ten million dollars.
Tarrant County and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation. Tort and Insurance Practice. Vice Chairman, Medicine and Law Committee, 1982-1984) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas (Member: Health Law Section.
Planning Committee for Medical Malpractice Institute, 1981-1982. 2nd Medical Malpractice Performance Inhancement Course, 1983-1984).
American Society of Law and Medicine. Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Chairman, Patient Rights and Patient Safety Sub-Committee, 1987-1988).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
American Board of Trial Advocates.
