First Admitted: 1982, Michigan

Professional Webpage: https://www.mckeenassociates.com/attorney/brian-j-mckeen/

Bar/Professional Activity:

American Judicature Society
The Inner Circle of Advocates
Federal Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan
U.S. Supreme Court, 1985
Oakland County Bar Association
State Bar Appellate Court
Detroit Bar Association
Detroit Barristers Association
Incorporated Society of Irish/American Lawyers
Member, Board of Governors, American Association for Justice
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1982
Member, American Bar Association
Member, State Bar of Michigan, Negligence Law, Arts, Communications, Entertainment and Sports Sections
Metropolitan Detroit Bar Association
Detroit Bar Association, Public Speakers Bureau, Board of Directors
International Society of Primerus Law Firms
Melvin M. Belli Society
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1982
Board of Directors, Michigan Association for Justice (Executive Board)
Board of Directors, American Prepaid Legal Services Institute, 1983 - 1985
Wolverine Bar Association
Oakland County Bar Association, Medical Legal Committee

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

$1,350,000.00 - Learning disabilities, decreased IQ and global neurological injury caused by failure to perform a ceesarean section in response to repetitive deep variable decelerations on fetal heart monitor.
$22,000,000.00 - Birth Trauma
$3,360,000.00 - Internal medicine doctors, nurses, and neurosurgical staff failed to take the proper steps to allow performance of an MRI to confirm a suspected spinal epidural abscess (SEA) in a young man with a history of injection drug use. Due to the delay in performing the MRI there was a delay in performance of surgery once the patient developed signs and symptoms of spinal cord compression. The delay in performing surgery resulted in the patient developing permanent paraplegia from the level of C-7 down. The patient now requires 24 hour, round-the-clock care.
$55,000,000.00 - Infant respiratory arrest
$15,800,000.00 - Cord compression resulting in severe hypoxic ischemic injury
$3,500,000.00 - Failure to operate on subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and hemorrhagic stroke causing persistent vegetative state.
$11,000,000.00 - Postpartum hemorrhage resulting in arrest causing quadripareses and cortical blindness
$1,800,000 - Failure to respond to victim of car accident's hyponatremia after traumatic brain injury (TBI) causing cerebral edema, brainstem herniation, Duret hemorrhage and death.
$8,500,000.00 - Perforation of spinal cord during surgery resulting in quadriplegia
$1,375,000 - Permanent paralysis caused by inappropriate surgical positioning for tracheal resection procedure in terminally ill cancer patient.
$35,000,000.00 - Hypoxic Ischemic brain damage suffered at detox clinic
$6,000,000.00 - Pediatricians and pediatric nurses failed to correctly monitor a newborn’s blood sugar and allowed the baby to be discharged before it was proven that the baby could maintain adequate blood sugar levels on oral feedings alone. As a result of the failure to keep the baby and continue to monitor the baby developed severe hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) while at home. The hypoglycemia resulted in permanent brain injury and developmental delays.
$19,800,000.00 - Delay in delivery causing meconium aspiration syndrome
$1,800,000.00 - Emergency medicine and obstetric staff failed to promptly evaluate the status of an unborn baby following a motor vehicle accident involving the baby’s mother. The accident contributed to the development of a placental abruption which, over time, deprived the baby of blood and oxygen. The delay in evaluating the baby resulted in a delay in recognition of fetal distress and delivery by c-section. The delay in delivery caused permanent brain injury, cerebral palsy, and developmental delays.
$4,000,000.00 - Failure to diagnose and treat subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), causing life-long paralysis and other brain damage.
$11,000,000 - Delay in diagnosing fetal distress
$2,600,000 - Failure to give mother options as to screening for Group Beta Streptococcus (GBS) combined with negligent uterine hyperstimulation during labor, causing catastrophic brain damage and cerebral palsy (CP).
$8,500,000.00 - Airway obstruction, anoxic brain damage
$1,650,000 - Failure to perform cesarean section given signs and symptoms of placental abruption and nonreassuring signs of fetal distress on fetal heart monitor, causing spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (CP).
$6,000,000.00 - An obstetrician and obstetrical nurse failed to recognize that use of Pitocin was causing too frequent uterine contractions which in turn caused the fetus to be less able to tolerate the stress of labor. Rather than perform a c-section (which the mother consented to) the doctor and nurse continued to administer Pitocin until the baby developed severe bradycardia (low heart beat) which caused permanent brain injury, cerebral palsy, and developmental delays.
$22,000,000.00 - Preterm Labor
$2,600,000.00 - An obstetrician and obstetric nurses failed to recognize the need for delivery by c-section based on abnormal fetal monitor tracings and possible infection. Due to the delay in delivery the child experienced lack of blood and oxygen prior to birth which caused injury to the brain. Following delivery, neonatologists failed to properly resuscitate the child and failed to control seizure activity which contributed to the child’s brain injury. The child has permanent brain injury, cerebral palsy, and developmental delays as a result of the improper care.
$4,875,000.00 - Brain damage and cerebral palsy (CP) caused by failure to diagnose and treat twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS)
$12,000,000.00 - Traumatic vacuum delivery
$2,750,000 - Failure to suspect or rule out active labor in high risk mother expecting twins, causing cord compression and cerebral palsy (CP) in one twin.
$9,000,000.00 - Failure to timely diagnose and treat a splenic artery bleed
$1,750,000 - Failure to diagnose hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) which resulted in atypical global neurological deficits in the absence of cerebral palsy.

Videos:

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Honors/Awards:

dBusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit, 2015
Leaders in the Law, 2014
Best Law Firms (U.S. News), 2015
Named in Top 100 Lawyers in State of Michigan
Society of Barristers, Thomas M. Cooley Law School
dBusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit, 2013
Weidman & Wysocki Award, 2010
Best Lawyers in America, 2014
Dedicated Service and Outstanding Leadership for the Personal Injury Institute at the 2015 Primerus Global Conference, Primerus, 2015
The Inner Circle of Advocates
Michigan Lawyers Weekly "2006 Lawyers of the Year"
dBusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit, 2014
Dan Cullen Memorial Award, 2013
Best Lawyers in America, 2015
Moot Court Competition, Thomas M. Cooley Law School
dBusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit, 2012

Educational Background:

Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, B.S. in Business Administration and Political Science, 1978

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

3rd Annual Seminar in the Snow - Moderator - The Myth of Junk Science, MTLA, 1993
12th Annual Seminar in the Snow - Speaker - Medical Malpractice Update, MTLA, 2002
MAJ - New Ways to Succeed Speaker - Techniques to Maximize Economic and Non-Economic Damages, MAJ, 2003
13th Annual Seminar in the Snow - Speaker - Medical Malpractice Update, MTLA, 2003
14th Annual Seminar in the Snow - Speaker - Medical Malpractice Update, MTLA, 2004
AAJ Litigating Medical Negligence and Injured Infant Cases Seminar - Speaker The Infant Life Care Plan - Providing for the Life Long Needs of a Child, AAJ, 2010
AAJ Trial Institute - Faculty, 2010
Pan European Organization of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL) - Theories of Hospital Liability in U.S. Courts, Pan European Organization Of Personal Injury Lawyers, 2010
Litigating Medical Negligence and Injured Infants Case Seminar, AAJ
Lecturer on Hospital Liability, Medical Negligence Information Exchange Group, 2010
MAJ Winning Strategies for Your Med Mal Cases - Speaker - Closing Argument (An Actual Live Presentation of a Closing Argument), MAJ, 2010
21st Annual Seminar in the Snow - Speaker - Using the Rules of the Road When Taking Depositions, MAJ, 2011
AAJ Litigating Medical Negligence and Injured Infant Cases Seminar - Speaker - Effective Techniques in Depositions, AAJ, 2011
66th Annual Rapid Fire Seminar - Speaker - Cross Examination of Doctors - Rules of the Road , MAJ, 2011
Law Journal: Michigan Bar Journal, Current Law Notes Staff
Law Review: Pillar, Cooley Law School Newspaper, Contributor
Storytelling to Engage the Jury's Imagination - Moderator, MAJ, 2013
Voir Dire Seminar - The Importance of Attorney Conducted Voir Dire, Motions in Limine and Preserving the Record, MAJ, 2013
8th Annual Bench & Bar Seminar - Moderator, MAJ, 2015
Nuts & Bolts for a Successful Mediation - Evening Forum Moderator, MAJ, 2015
Medical Malpractice Seminar, Establishing/Formatting Rules of the Road for your Case, MAJ, 2014
70th Annual Rapid Fire Seminar - Modern Voir Dire, MAJ, 2015
69th Annual Rapid Fire Seminar - Hard Hitting Closing Arguments, MAJ, 2014
11th Annual Seminar in the Snow - Litigation Strategies and Techniques Speaker - Evaluating and Preparing Medical Malpractice Claims, MTLA, 2001
68th Annual Rapid Fire Seminar - Reptile Theory and Counter Inoculation, MAJ, 2013
Meadowlands Seminar. Speaker - Effective Opening Statements, New Jersey Association For Justice, 2009
Seminar Moderator, MAJ, 2012
Lecturer on Medical/Obstetrics and the Law, Boston University School Of Medicine And The Center For Human Genetics, 2007
MAJ - Seeking Recovery for Medical Malpractice in Michigan: Is there Light at the End of the Tunnel? Speaker - Cross-Examination, Michigan Association For Justice, 2009
Trial Institute - Keys to Success, MAJ, 2012
2009 IAJ Annual Convention - Speaker - It Can Happen in Iowa: Identifying Jurors Who Will Think Big, Iowa Association For Justice, 2009
New Lawyers Workshop - Taking Expert Deps as Cross Exam, MAJ, 2011
2005 ATLA Annual Convention, Toronto, Ontario - Speaker - Chain of Command, ATLA - Professional Negligence Section, 2005
Deposing the Defense Medical Examiner/Trial Deposition of Expert, AAJ, 2015
15th Annual Seminar in the Snow - Speaker - The Winning Edge in Medical Malpractice Litigation, MTLA, 2005
71st Annual Convention - Cross Examination, MAJ, 2016
MAJ - It's All About the Jury. Speaker - Juror Persuasion, Michigan Association For Justice, 2007
9th Annual Bench & Bar Seminar - Co-Host/Moderator, MAJ, 2016
MTLA 62nd Annual Convention - Speaker - Trial Techniques to Maximize Non-Economic Damages, MTLA, 2007
Decision Making and Errors in the Emergency Room - Faculty, AAJ, 2015
MAJ - The Nuts & Bolts of Personal Injury Practice Speaker - Medical Malpractice, MTLA, 1998
Advanced Medical Trial Skills College - Faculty, AAJ, 2016

Brian J. McKeen