Keker & Van Nest

Keker & Van Nest LLP
Headquarters San Francisco, California
No. of offices 1
No. of attorneys 85
Major practice areas Litigation
Key people Steven Taylor, Managing Partner
Date founded 1978
Founder John W. Keker and William A. Brockett, Jr.
Company type Limited liability partnership
Website
www.kvn.com

Keker & Van Nest LLP is a premier litigation boutique located in San Francisco, California. For more than thirty years, Keker & Van Nest has tried and litigated complex, high-stakes civil and criminal cases throughout the nation. Areas of practice include intellectual property, professional liability, class actions, wrongful termination defense, general contract and commercial litigation, antitrust, white collar crime, and appellate.[1]

History

The firm was founded in 1978 by Yale Law School colleagues John Keker and William A. Brockett, Jr. The firm was renamed Keker & Van Nest in 1994, reflecting the addition of Robert Van Nest to the firm's leadership.

Recognition and Rankings

Noteworthy Cases

Pro Bono Work

References

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  3. American College of Trial Lawyers. , 2012.
  4. Chambers USA Guide Profile. , 2010.
  5. Legal 500 Rankings. .
  6. Karabin, Sherry. , "Keker Team Won a $1 Billion Bet for McKesson", National Law Journal, August 12, 2013.
  7. Sembi, Kamaldeep. , "Oracle v. Google: Judge Alsup Sets The Record Straight", MBM's Canadian Intellectual Property Law Blog, June 5, 2012.
  8. Proffitt, Brian. , "What's at stake in Oracle v. Google", IT World, May 3, 2012.
  9. Mullin, Joe. , "Google wins crucial API Ruling, Oracle's case decimated", ars technica, May 31, 2012.
  10. Honig, Zach. , "Jury issues verdict in Android suit, finds that Google doesn't infringe Oracle patents", Endgadget, May 23, 2012.
  11. Tibken, Shara. , "Intel To Pay $6.5 Mln In Settlement As NY Ends Antitrust Suit", The Wall Street Journal, February 9, 2012.
  12. Van Voris, Bob and Emily Grannis. , "SEC Loses Lawsuit Against Ex-Citigroup Official Stoker", Bloomberg News, August 1, 2012.
  13. Barnett, Griffin. , "Twitter Prevails in ‘Virtual Community’ Patent Lawsuit", American University Washington College of Law Intellectual Property Brief, November 1, 2011.
  14. Decker, Susan. , "Twitter Wins Patent Trial Over Virtual Internet Community", Bloomberg, October 31, 2011.
  15. Elinson, Zusha. , "Keker Wins Trade Secret Theft Case", The Recorder, November 5, 2009.
  16. Elinson, Zusha. , "Semiconductor Trade Secrets Case Settles for $200 Million", The Recorder, November 10, 2009.
  17. LaRoe, Ginny. , "Steroids in Baseball: 9th Circuit Backtracks on Electronic Search Rules", The Recorder, September 14, 2010.
  18. Mueller, Florian. , "Apple wins ITC ruling of narrow technical scope against HTC: a limited victory but just the beginning", Foss Patents, December 19, 2011.
  19. Davis, Ryan. , "Apple, HTC Strike Deal To End Smartphone Patent Suits", Law360, November 13, 2012.
  20. Ferenstein, Gregory. , "Apple And HTC Settle Remaining Lawsuits", TechCrunch, November 10, 2012.
  21. Levine, Dan. , "Apple and HTC settle global patent battle", Reuters, November 10, 2012.
  22. Rosenfeld, Seth. , "After 13 years, its beautiful to be free again. Exonerated inmate couldn't believe he was getting out", San Francisco Chronicle, September 3, 2003.
  23. Ryan, Joan. , "Innocent man freed with luck, good lawyers", San Francisco Chronicle, May 2, 2004.
  24. Van Derbeken, Jaxon. , "S.F. man pay freed man $4.5 million settlement", San Francisco Chronicle, June 4, 2009.
  25. Hawkinson, John. , "Swartz gets high-powered attorneys", The Tech, November 2, 2012.
  26. Egelko, Bob. , "Settlement could mean earlier paroles for some", San Francisco Chronicle, December 17, 2013.
  27. California Lawyer. , “California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year”, March 2013.
  28. Bulwa, Demian. , "Innocent Man is freed after 7 years", San Francisco Chronicle, February 23, 2013.
  29. California Lawyer. , "2012 California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year", March 2010.
  30. Cote, John. , "Wrongfully convicted S.F. man poised to get $3.5 million", San Francisco Chronicle, July 13, 2014.
  31. Van Derbeken, Jaxon. , "Man wrongfully convicted of SF killings to go free", San Francisco Chronicle, January 12, 2011.
  32. Berton, Justin. , "S.F.: Man wrongfully convicted of 2 murders freed", San Francisco Chronicle, January 13, 2011.

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