Keker & Van Nest LLP is a Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers firm. The firm was founded in 1978 and specializes in business litigation and complex criminal cases. All of our partners and many of our associates are trial lawyers. We litigate and try cases for corporate and individual clients in state and federal courts throughout California and the nation. In January 2005, The American Lawyer named Keker & Van Nest as the "Litigation Boutique of the Year," singling out the firm for national recognition as a result of its successes in high stakes civil and criminal litigation.

Practice areas consist of trial and appellate work in both state and federal courts, including intellectual property (representing plaintiffs and defendants in patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secrets matters), antitrust, professional liability (representing major law firms and accounting firms), class actions (including RICO, consumer, false advertising, unfair business practices and securities cases), general contract and commercial litigation, employment, and white-collar crime.

Business Litigation, including complex Commercial Disputes, Trade Secrets, Patent, Copyright and Trademark, Professional Liability, Securities Fraud, Directors' and Officers' Liability, Class Actions, Consumer Claims, Antitrust, Real Estate, Employment, Insurance Coverage, Bad Faith, Media Defense. Complex Criminal Defense.