Partner
Chicago, IL
Patrick Keating focuses his practice on general civil litigation and regulatory, with a specialization in Commercial and Transportation Litigation, including Trucking, Aviation, Aerospace, Maritime, and Cargo Litigation. Many of his cases involve advanced technologies, multiple failure modes, or intricate business transactions, and he specializes in guiding judges, arbitrators and jurors through these complexities to achieve his client’s goal. He is also well-versed in product liability and employment cases, and CME and Futures Arbitrations. Patrick has argued appeals in the Illinois Supreme and Appellate courts, and in four U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals (2nd, 3rd, 7th and 9th). He serves as local counsel for other law firms and for large companies which are sued in Chicago, often as counsel for foreign manufacturers and airlines. Patrick handles constitutional cases, class action and the prosecution of complex business disputes, sometimes on a contingency fee basis. He regularly represents his clients not only in courtrooms, but before federal, state and local government bodies and regulatory agencies.
When he is not working to dismantle his clients’ opponents in court, he can be found cleaning, repairing, or restoring old things: cars, cameras, tools, and furniture.
“…but who will watch the watchmen?”
R is for Rocket by Ray Bradbury
No Cars Go by Arcade Fire
Spain
Kobe Tenderloin and a Napa Cabernet
If I didn’t work for a law firm, I’d teach and write on law and political philosophy.
Patrick Keating focuses his practice on general civil litigation and regulatory, with a specialization in Commercial and Transportation Litigation, including Trucking, Aviation, Aerospace, Maritime, and Cargo Litigation. Many of his cases involve advanced technologies, multiple failure modes, or intricate business transactions, and he specializes in guiding judges, arbitrators and jurors through these complexities to achieve his client’s goal. He is also well-versed in product liability and employment cases, and CME and Futures Arbitrations. Patrick has argued appeals in the Illinois Supreme and Appellate courts, and in four U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals (2nd, 3rd, 7th and 9th). He serves as local counsel for other law firms and for large companies which are sued in Chicago, often as counsel for foreign manufacturers and airlines. Patrick handles constitutional cases, class action and the prosecution of complex business disputes, sometimes on a contingency fee basis. He regularly represents his clients not only in courtrooms, but before federal, state and local government bodies and regulatory agencies.
When he is not working to dismantle his clients’ opponents in court, he can be found cleaning, repairing, or restoring old things: cars, cameras, tools, and furniture.
Prior to joining Practus, Patrick served as partner and practice group chairperson at several law firms in Chicago, where he first learned from learned from and then in turn mentored a generation of the top lawyers in Illinois in business litigation, transportation law, aviation litigation and complex class action practice. He has also operated his own firm Keating Law Group LLC, learning first-hand the challenges and rewards of small business entrepreneurship,
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