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Darla L. Keen
Darla L. Keen specializes in the areas of medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, personal injury and wrongful death litigation. Throughout her career, she has also represented numerous clients who have suffered a serious injury or death as a result of taking prescription medications such as Vioxx, Celebrex and/or Bextra.
Darla attended the University of Kentucky College of Law and while in school, served as an associate editor of the Kentucky Law Journal. She has been published in the Kentucky Law Journal as well as in the National Insurance Law Review. Before joining the firm in 2004, Darla spent many years as a defense attorney representing hospitals, nursing homes and physicians in medical malpractice cases. She now represents the injured victims in the same types of cases. Her defense experience is a tremendous benefit to her injured clients when negotiating settlements and trying cases on their behalf.
Education:
- J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law, 1996
- B.S., University of Southern Indiana, 1991
Areas of Practice:
- Drug and Medical Device Litigation
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home Negligence
- Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
Bar Admissions:
- Kentucky, 1996
- Florida, 1998
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1998
- U.S. District Court of Western District of Kentucky, 1998
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1998
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2005
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 2005
Published Works:
- The Entitlement Exclusion in the Personal Auto Policy: The Road to Reducing Litigation in Permissive Use Cases or Dead End?, Kentucky Law Journal, 1996
- The Entitlement Exclusion in the Personal Auto Policy: The Road to Reducing Litigation in Permissive Use Cases or Dead End?, Republished National Insurance Law Journal – Vol. 8, No. 3, 1997
Professional Associations and Leadership Activities:
- Member: American Association for Justice
- Member: Kentucky Bar Association
- Member: Florida Justice Association
- Member: Palm Beach Bar Association
- Member: Palm Beach County Justice Association
- Member: The Florida Bar Association
ATTORNEYS
- Marci Fuentes Ball
- Margaret M. Bichler
- Todd Fronrath
- Farrah C. Fugett-Mullen
- Matthew E. Haynes
- Lance C. Ivey
- Darla L. Keen
- Christopher J. Keller
- Lake H. "Trey" Lytal, III
- Lake Lytal, Jr.
- Joseph J. Reiter
- Ellen D. Roberts
- Kevin C. Smith
- Scott B. Smith
- William S. Williams
- Yvette M. Trelles
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR
PARALEGALS
- Vicki Brown
- Robert Bradshaw
- Lawrence Gordon
- Mindie Fusca
- W. James Keeley
- Teresa Krellner
- Steven Sanchez
- Kathryn C. Waddell
- James E. Williams
