Michael E. Keyes / Retired
Former Areas of Practice: Business Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Professional Liability, Securities Litigation
Michael E. Keyes / Biography
Prior to his retirement, Mike Keyes was an experienced commercial litigator who focused in the areas of professional liability, securities fraud and complex business litigation. He represented partnerships, corporations and individuals throughout the United States in accountant liability, securities fraud class actions, shareholder disputes, contract disputes, and insurance coverage. He was responsible for all phases of the litigation process including first chair of jury trials, arbitration, mediation, appeals, work budgeting and investigation of claims.
Mike represented numerous clients in class actions alleging securities fraud and represented clients in business disputes in the manufacturing, technology, real estate, grocery, gaming, and financial industries. He delivered CLEs regarding deepening insolvency and also developed a comprehensive approach to the defense of securities fraud class actions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Mike has been committed to pro bono work through representation of asylum applicants, 9-11 victims, Katrina victims, the public defender’s appellate project and through the Children’s Law Center.
Education
- Arizona State University, B.Mus., magna cum laude, 1980
- University of Missouri, M.A. 1986
- University of Kansas, J.D., Order of the Coif, 1988
News + Articles
John Crawford and Kay Nord Hunt Contribute to Minnesota Insurance Law Deskbook
Lommen Abdo litigator John Crawford is the editor of the Minnesota Insurance Law Deskbook that was updated this year with its publisher, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education. John and Kay Nord Hunt also updated Chapter 15, Select Commercial General Liability Policy...
Four Things to Consider About Do-it-Yourself Estate Planning Software
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Professionalism & Ethics: Downloading Technology in Legal Practice; Amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct
Bryan Feldhaus presented a Hennepin County Bar Association seminar on Professionalism & Ethics: Downloading Technology in Legal Practice; Amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct on September 8, 2017. Legal professionals are under increasing attack by...
Legal Storytellers: Kay Nord Hunt and Barry O’Neil
The ability to make the complex simple and clearly understood is a valuable trait for a litigator. That ability is one of the reasons why Kay Nord Hunt has been selected as Best Lawyers® 2018 Minneapolis "Lawyer of the Year" for her appellate practice and why Barry...
Homeowner associations must comply with new requirements
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Minnesota’s “New” LLC Statute
Way back “in the day” -- 1992 -- the Minnesota Legislature rolled the dice, betting on the long-term success of a limited liability company statute modeled on Minnesota’s existing corporation statute with a few flexible “partnership” type features. The statute worked...