Richard Keenan is a lawyer, with broad experience in complex commercial litigation and mediation, and from 1993 to 2108 was actively involved in the wine business – as an investor, grape grower and winery owner.

Richard received a B.B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame in 1974, where he majored in accounting. Richard received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1977. He then served as a law clerk for the late Judge William W Schwarzer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

In 2008, Richard retired from 31 years of active trial practice in San Francisco. He began there with Morrison & Foerster and in 1981 joined the law firm of Folger Levin & Kahn. He represented plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters and has been admitted to appear before courts in California and many other jurisdictions.

In addition to his degree in accounting and almost 30 years of work as a trial lawyer in San Francisco (with several out of state trials), Richard started three wine related businesses. For clients and for his own businesses, Richard has drafted or advised on a wide variety of legal agreements. He has also used or evaluated a wide variety of technology services and apps for both law and the wine business.

Richard now is a pro bono attorney with Catholic Charities San Francisco’s Immigration Services and also with Kids In Need of Defense. Richard also continues to serve as a mediator, particularly for the wine industry, and he is on the Mediation Panel of the U.S. District Court or the N.D. of California.

Richard received a B.B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame in 1974, where he majored in accounting. Richard received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1977. He then served as a law clerk for the late Judge William W Schwarzer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Richard was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up in Virginia. He has lived in San Francisco, California, since 1977. Richard married his wife, Kathy, in 1982. He is an active sailor, swimmer and runner. He completed three Ironman 70.3 events in recent years.