John Keefe

John E. Keefe, Jr., a Certified Trial Attorney, has devoted much of his time to civil trial practice throughout the state, specializing in negligence and product liability as well as class action and complex mass tort litigation. John was admitted to the bar in 1990. Having founded Keefe Law Firm in 1996, John leads our plaintiffs’ personal injury, mass tort litigation and complex litigation department. He has tried numerous matters to verdict and prosecuted hundreds of cases on behalf of victims of catastrophic loss. He has been appointed by the Superior Court as plaintiffs liaison counsel in an historic consumer fraud national class action, Talalai v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (Docket No.: MID-L-8830-00-MT ) the settlement of which is valued at between one billion ($1,000,000,000) and three billion ($3,000,000,000) dollars to consumers. John was lead counsel on behalf of plaintiffs in one of the largest pollution cases in New Jersey, Janes v. Ciba Geigy Corporation (Docket No.: MID-L-1669-01-MT). Recently, John settled against New Jersey Transit Corporation for wrongful death caused by electrocution and severe burns (Clemente v. New Jersey Transit Corporation, ESX-L-8977-08) for ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00). AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, John earned his B.A. degree from Gettysburg College in 1987 and his Juris Doctor degree at Seton Hall University School of Law in 1990. He is admitted to the Bar of the State of New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, and Washington D.C.