Edward L. KEELEY

Background

Keeley, Edward L. was born on February 26, 1953 in Great Bend, Kansas, United States.

Education

Washburn University of Topeka (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1975). Arizona State University (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1978). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Arizona State University Law Review, 1976-1978.

Career

Worked at Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, L.C. (Wichita, Kansas) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trials and Appeals in State and Federal Courts. Administrative, Banking, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights, Business Transactions and Litigation, Corporate, Domestic, Employee Benefits, Employment, Environmental, Estate Planning, Insurance Defense Litigation, Oil and Gas, Probate, Real Estate, Federal and State Taxation, Trusts and Wills.

Admitted to the bar, 1978, Arizona.

1979, Kansas and United States. District Court, District of Kansas.

1981, United States. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit.

Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Arizona State University Law Review, 1976-1978. Author: "Denying Contribution Between Tortfeasors in Arizona: A Call for Change," Arizona State Law Journal 673, 1977.

Member, Sedgwick County Mental Health Governing Board, 1985-1986. Member: Wichita and Kansas Bar Associations.

Kansas Association of Defense Counsel.

Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth was founded in 1936 by A. West. Hershberger, a prominent oil and gas lawyer, and J. B. Patterson, who had a successful insurance defense practice. The firm grew over the years in both its oil and gas and insurance law practices and expanded into other areas, including probate, workers compensation, business and taxation, real estate, and energy law. The firm practices throughout the state and is actively engaged in litigation in state and federal courts.

Achievements

• EDWARD KEELEY has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Wichita and Kansas Bar Associations. Kansas Association of Defense Counsel. Civil Rights, Personal Injury and Local Government Law.