Michael J. Keane
111 Great Neck Road
Sixth Floor
Great Neck, NY 11021
411 Hackensack Avenue
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Phone 516-393-2263
Fax 516-466-5964
mkeane@garfunkelwild.com |
Practice
Groups
Appellate
Litigation
Corporate
Reorganization & Bankruptcy
Health Care
Information and Technology
Litigation & Arbitration (Co-Chair)
Year Joined
1992
Education
University of Virginia School of Law
(J.D., 1987)
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
(B.S., with honors, 1983
Marine
Engineering Systems)
Bar Admissions
New Jersey, 1987
New York, 1988
Court Admissions
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
New Jersey Supreme Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District
of New
York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District
of New York
U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of New
York
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Bar Affiliations
New York State Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
Nassau County Bar Association
Bergen County Bar Association
Other Affiliations
American Health Lawyers Association
Maritime Law Association |
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Biography
Michael Keane is a Partner/Director of Garfunkel Wild,
P.C., which he joined in 1992. He is a Co-Chair
of the firm’s Litigation and Arbitration Group and a
member of the firm’s Corporate Reorganization and
Bankruptcy, and Health Care Information and Technology Practice Groups. Mr. Keane
primarily handles clients’ pre-dispute, litigation, and
alternate dispute resolution needs.
Mr. Keane’s practice includes a wide variety of
commercial matters. He has arbitrated and tried contract
and corporate disputes, real estate and construction
matters, civil rights cases, antitrust cases, insurance
disputes, and maritime actions. In addition, Mr. Keane
handles a large volume of healthcare industry disputes.
In fact, Mr. Keane is a trained arbitrator and mediator
who serves as a dispute resolver with the American
Health Lawyers Association.
Recent trials include Mr. Keane serving as
lead defense counsel in a case arising from the break-up
of a large surgical practice involving issues of medical
competency, hospital surgical coverage, and
interpretation and enforcement of restrictive covenants.
Not only did the jury return a defense verdict, but also
awarded the firm's client significant damages on its
counterclaim. He also successfully handled the trial and
appeal of a dispute between two hospitals over
reimbursement for pediatric residents, and, in another
recent case, tried a dispute between a large
multi-specialty practice and one of its former partners.
Mr. Keane has also been lead
defense counsel in two highly publicized healthcare
antitrust trials involving cutting edge managed care
issues. The first of these jury cases went to trial in
November 2009 in the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York, and the second was
commenced in November 2010 in the Eastern District of
New York. In addition, in the healthcare reimbursement
arena, Mr. Keane has arbitrated and litigated many claim
denial disputes. In these reimbursement cases, he has
represented both providers and payors, and the subject
matters have ranged from claim by claim analyses to
allegations of vast inappropriate payment methodologies.
Trained as a mechanical engineer, his technical
background proves particularly useful in construction,
software, and mechanical/power system cases.
Before beginning his legal career, Mr. Keane worked as a
civilian Mechanical Engineer for the Department of the
Navy, where he wrote ship repair specifications and,
after a bid was awarded, supervised construction and
repair in shipyards throughout the United States. Mr.
Keane possessed a United States Coast Guard license as a
Third Assistant Engineer for steam and motor vessels of
unlimited horsepower.
Prior to joining
Garfunkel Wild, P.C., he was
an associate at Thacher, Proffitt & Wood, where he was a
member of the litigation department.
Mr. Keane is admitted to the New York and New Jersey
Bars, as well as federal courts for the Eastern District
of New York, Southern District of New York, Northern
District of New York, District of New Jersey and Second
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. Keane received his B.S. (with honors) from the U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy in 1983 and his J.D. from
University of Virginia, School of Law, in 1987.
Presentations
Living with Your Managed Care Plan Contract, 2008 HFMA
Joseph A. Levi 49th Annual Institute, February 28, 2007
Honors
New York Super Lawyers - Metro Edition (2009, 2010,
2011, 2012) |
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