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BACKGROUND: Mr. Keiner is a shareholder of GrayRobinson. He is originally from St. Louis, and grew up in Marion, Indiana. He earned his undergraduate degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1968. From 1968 to 1971, he served as a communications officer of the deck and qualified on U.S. Navy destroyer, USS Ault. After leaving the Navy, he went to law school, obtaining his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1974, and began practicing law with Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson in Orlando. Ten years later, he became a founding partner with Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Keiner, Wack & Dickson, P.A. In June of 1995, he joined GrayRobinson as head of the Firm's litigation department as a specialist in complex commercial, construction, professional liability, environmental and intellectual property litigation, arbitration and mediation. EXPERIENCE: Jeff's extensive trial experience began in 1974 and includes personal injury, wrongful death, complex commercial litigation and professional malpractice. Jeff specializes in commercial, construction, professional and environmental claims including Endangered Species Act, RCRA, CERCLA, power plant siting, USFWS and DEP permitting, and administrative proceedings before the water management districts; construction, architect and engineer, land use and real estate litigation: water, wastewater and storm water management law, computer software licensing, legal medical and accounting malpractice, intellectual property and ADA/Fairhousing Act litigation. Jeff is a Florida Supreme Court certified mediator and member of the American Arbitration Association Commercial Arbitration Panel. Jeff's jury trial and appellate practice encompasses all Florida state and federal courts and U.S. Supreme Court, and has included matters in excess of $85 million. Significant reported cases include: Loggerhead Turtle v. County Council of Volusia County, Case No. 97-2083, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 148 F.3d 1231 (1998) - Environmental Litigation Ecodyne Cooling Div. of Ecodyne Corp. v. City of Lakeland, Case No. 88-3761, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 893 F.2d 297 (1990) - Lakeland Power Plant Commercial Litigation American Historic Racing Motorcycle Ass'n, Ltd. v. Team Obsolete Promotions, Case No. 97-1263-CIV-ORL-18B, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, 33 F. Supp. 2d 1000 (1998) - Trademark Litigation Loggerhead Turtle v. Cty. Council, Case No. 95-587-CIV-ORL-22, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, 896 F. Supp. 1170 (1995) - Endangered Species Act Litigation Florian Greenhouse, Inc. v. Kok Constr., Inc., Case No. 94-769-CIV-T-17A, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division (1995) - Construction Litigation In re Monroe Cty. Hous. Corp., Case No. 81-01901-BKC-SMW, Adv. No. 81-0516-BKC-SMW-A, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, 26 B.R. 686 (1983) - HUD Section 8 Housing Litigation In re Rules of Civ. Procedure, Case No. 58986, Supreme Court of Florida, 391 So.2d 165 (1980) Zolla v. DiGaetano, Case No. 99-210, Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District (1999) - Commercial Contract Litigation DeLeuw, Cather & Co. v. Grogis, Case No. 94-1658, Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District, 664 So.2d 989 (1995) - Engineering Construction Litigation Black & Veatch v. Boothe, Case No. 85-484, District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District, 479 So.2d 881 (1985) - Electrical Engineering Litigation Mechanical Plant Services, Inc. v. Westinghouse Electric Company, Case No. 99-00076-CV-ORL, 31A, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 00-15291 (2001) PortionPac Chemical Corp. v. Sanitech Systems, Inc., Case No. 8:01-CF-1297-T-17MAP, Middle District of Florida, U.S. District (2002) EDUCATION: Miami University, Ohio, A.B., (with honors, 1968) University of Michigan, J.D., (1974) Harvard Law School Federal Rules of Evidence Workshop, 1988 Harvard Law School Advanced Mediation Workshop, 1989 University of Michigan Teaching Fellow, Appellate Advocacy and Legal Writing, 1973 [Lt. U.S. Navy, USS AULT, DD-698, 1968-1971] PROFESSIONAL: Florida Supreme Court; State and Federal Courts Admitted, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit Admitted, U.S. District Court, Northern District Oklahoma Admitted, Supreme Court of the United States of America Member, Orange County Bar Association Member, The Florida Bar (Trial Lawyers, Environmental and Land Use Law, and Sports and Entertainment Law Sections) Member, American Bar Association (Construction Industry, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, Dispute Resolution, and Litigation Sections) Who's Who in American Law Society of Automotive Engineers American Arbitration Association, Commercial and Complex Case Arbitration Panel Member Member, Ninth Judicial Circuit Fee Arbitration Committee Certified Mediator, United States District Court, Middle District of Florida Panelist, American Arbitration Association, Large Complex Case Panel for Construction, August, 1999 Associate, The American Institute of Architects Senior Counsel Member, American College of Barristers Federal Bar Association Certified Mediator, American Arbitration Association Orange County Bar Association Federal Judicial Relations Committee Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum Selected as Florida's Legal Elite by Florida Trend Magazine -2005 & 2007 Selected in Best Lawyers in America ? 2006 and 2007 Selected as top attorney by Super Lawyers 2006 Selected to Florida Super Lawyers Top 100 List - 2007 CIVIC: Member, Orlando Leadership Council, 1978 Leadership Central Florida, 1997 Leadership Orlando 1978 LECTURES: American Society of Civil Engineers, Young Engineer's Section, "Field Change Procedures" 1989 American Society of Civil Engineers, "Recent Developments in Stormwater Management" 1991 American Bar Association, Business Law Section Spring Meeting "Mediation of Commercial Disputes" 1992 American Society of Civil Engineers, "Overview of Permitting Procedures for Construction in Florida," September 1991 VOSCO/NSPE Meeting of Invited Attorneys, 1993 Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, "Professionalism," 1995 Design Professionals Insurance Company "Contracts Negotiation and Drafting" 1995 American Institute of Architects Fall Meeting "Drafting of Construction Contracts" November 1996 Florida Discovery Skills for Paralegals "Determining What Information is Discoverable" January 1998 DPIC Insurance Companies, Meeting of Invited Attorneys, Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, April 1998 Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, Practicing Law in the Year 2000, August 1998 Five Ways the Millennium Bug Might Bite, and Five Ways to Keep it from Biting You!, Law Engineering, November 1998 Designing in the New Millennium: The 1999 Design Professional Legal Seminar, October 1999 CNA - Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, panel speaker, "Mold & Mildew Litigation," April 2003 Mixed-Use Condominium Projects: Cautionary Tales - published in Lorman Construction Newsletter, March 2007. |
