Practice areas: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice
Licensed in Georgia since: 1975
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2004 - 2023 Practicing personal injury law since 1975, Don C. Keenan leads The Keenan Law Firm in Atlanta, Georgia. He devotes his practice to high-stakes litigation, representing victims across a wide range of complex legal areas. His work encompasses automobile, train and aircraft accidents, as well as medical malpractice, birth injuries and shoulder dystocia. Additionally, he fights for clients in premises and products liability, nursing home neglect, Health Maintenance Organization medical negligence, mobile home lawsuits and dedicated child injury cases.
Offering a unique case consult service, Mr. Keenan receives 90% of his total caseload directly from other attorneys and law firms while continuing to accept individual clients. Assisting attorneys in complex litigation, he performs all standard co-counsel litigation work behind the scenes, excluding actual court appearances, presence at mediation and trial representation. Serving strictly as a consultant, he maintains no formal attorney-client relationship with the clients he serves as a case consultant for.
Mr. Keenan brings personalized attention to every injury and wrongful death case, focusing on medical negligence, products liability and premises liability to help make society safer. Having handled litigation across 47 states and three continents, he has built an extraordinary track record of success. To date, he has secured over 378 verdicts and settlements exceeding $1,000,000, including 14 over $10,000,000 and a landmark recovery surpassing $100,000,000 for his clients.
Beyond litigation, Mr. Keenan shapes trial practice nationally by leading educational workshops and seminars. In 1992, as the youngest national president of the American Board of Trial Advocates, he produced the first historic civil trials in Russia and Czechoslovakia. He later served as national president of the Inner Circle of Advocates in 1997. Recognized for unmatched integrity, he received Georgia’s prestigious Chief Justice Award for Civility and Professionalism in 1999, reflecting a deep commitment to legal excellence.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff- 80% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 20% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1975, Georgia
Professional Webpage: https://www.keenanlawfirm.com/don-keenan/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Immediate Past-President of the Inner Circle of Advocates
- National President of the Inner Circle of Advocates, 1997
- Youngest National President of the American Board of Trial Advocates, 1992
- President of the American Board of Trial Advocates, 1992
- Georgia
Honors
- 1992 Masters in Trial Award
- Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1990 and 1992
- Prestigious Chief Justice Award for Civility and Professionalism
- 2008 Tradition of Excellence Award – State Bar of Georgia
- 2007 Ellis Island Medal of Honor (only 100 awarded each year)
- Seven time recipient of “Top 100 Irish Americans” presented by Irish America Magazine
- “A famous advocate for children”,Business Chronicle
- “Internationally renowned child advocacy lawyer” by Points North Magazine
- Called “The Voice of the Voiceless” by The Atlanta Globe
- Named by the National Law Journal as one of the top three medical malpractice lawyers in the United States
- Emory University bestowed the “Career Achievement Award for Public Policy and Child Advocacy”
- Selected by Oprah Winfrey as one of the “People Who Have Courage” noting that Don has been fighting for the rights of abused children for 25 years
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2004 - 2023
