Ms. Keenan represents companies before the Consumer Product Safety Commission in connection with product recalls and reporting activities, and has successfully negotiated with the CPSC to narrow the scope of several voluntary recalls involving a wide range of products. Ms. Keenan has also advised clients on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, ASTM F963 and the Flammable Fabrics Act, and has become a leading expert on the CPSC’s consumer safety complaint database—www.SaferProducts.gov. Ms. Keenan is the editor of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot, a monthly newsletter that provides an overview of CPSC recalls and civil penalties. She has also advised clients on the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act (“TREAD Act”) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regulations and also advises product manufacturers on warning, labeling and warranty issues.
Ms. Keenan also represents manufacturers of consumer goods, pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, automobiles and asbestos-containing automotive parts in class actions and individual cases throughout the country. In her toxic tort practice, Ms. Keenan has defended an international chemical company in multiple plaintiff actions and coordinated the administration of class action settlements.
- Conducted recalls involving a wide-range of products, including toys, pool and spa products, children’s clothing, sporting goods, housewares, sports equipment and other products.
- Advised clients on complaints submitted to the CPSC’s SaferProducts.gov database and submitted objections and responses to complaints.
- Lead counsel for the world’s largest beverage company on its Reports to the Federal Trade Commission on 2006 and 2009 Marketing to Children and Adolescents.
- National discovery coordinator for an automotive parts company in asbestos litigation.
- Obtained dismissal and summary judgment with prejudice in pharmaceutical wrongful death cases filed in state court in Texas.
- Primary drafter and chief strategist of the venue mandamus petition and reply brief on behalf of all defendants in consolidated toxic tort cases involving 1,675 plaintiffs. The defendants’ victory at the Alabama Supreme Court ultimately resulted in the transfer of all 1,675 plaintiffs from Bessemer to Tuscaloosa more than five years after the cases had been filed.
- Primary drafter of briefing that resulted in a significant Daubert victory and summary judgment for a medical device manufacturer in Milam, et al. v. Synthes North America, Inc., et al., Civil Action File No. 4:02-CV-0092-HLM (M.D. Ga. 3/8/04).
- Lead lawyer for one of the nation’s largest REITs in 50-plus mold class action mediations related to claims involving over $3 million in personal injury and property claims.
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February 9, 2011
In The Press
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April 18, 2012
Publications
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March 20, 2012
Advisories
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February 16, 2012
Advisories
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January 2012
Advisories
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December 2011
Advisories
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“In The Crosshairs: CPSC Consumer Complaint Database,” Law360, November 18, 2011.
November 18, 2011
Publications
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November 2011
Advisories
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October 2011
Publications
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"Challenging the Adequacy of Warnings to Physicians: An Improper Attempt to Circumvent the Learned Intermediary Doctrine," Product Liability Law & Strategy, August 2005.
August 2005
Past Events
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March 20, 2012
Seminar
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November 30, 2011
Seminar
- Member, Atlanta Bar Association
- Member, Georgia Bar
- Member, Defense Research Institute
- Marketing Liaison, Consumer Goods Section of the Defense Research Institute’s Products Liability Committee
- Secretary, City of Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Unit F