David Keenan is a litigator with extensive trial and appellate experience at both the federal and state level. While his practice focuses on legal issues related to private and public construction projects, he also has experience handling commercial landlord/tenant, toxic tort litigation, truck accident and personal injury defense.
BEFORE BOWDITCH
David previously worked for another law firm, as well as the City of Boston. Prior to his legal career, he spent time as a merchant mariner and a geospatial intelligence analyst. David also served in the United States Coast Guard, where he was the noncommissioned officer-in-charge of search and rescue crews.
BESIDES WORK
David is an avid sailor and competes in many local and regional regattas. He is an active member of his community and volunteers as a judge for high school, undergraduate, and law school mock trial competitions.
Affiliations
- Bar Association of Norfolk County
- American Bar Association
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts
- United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Education
- J.D., Suffolk University Law School
- American College of Trial Lawyers Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Medal for Excellence in Advocacy at the National Moot Court Competition
- B.S., Massachusetts Maritime Academy
- Boston Shipping Association Award for Academic Excellence
- Former condominium Trustee in a claim of breach of fiduciary duty with contentious litigation lasting more than 10 years, including various interlocutory appeals and a jury trial that resulted in a defense verdict for our client, while other defendants were held liable for construction related defects
- Fabricator and installer of metals working for a tenant at the New Boston Garden when the tenant filed for bankruptcy protection brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. The litigation was the subject of an interlocutory appeal based upon the Prompt Pay Act and resulted in a favorable settlement for our client.
- Property owners in dispute with neighbor when the neighbor had a number of mature trees cut down and removed but the trees were on the neighboring property. The case resulted in a significant settlement for our client.
- Various “big box” stores for their premises liability and product liability cases
- National trucking companies in various accident litigation claims
- International franchise operation including in their commercial eviction matters
- Manufacturer of boilers and crushing machines in product liability matters
- Bid Protests on public projects before the Attorney General’s Bid Protest Unit
- Appeared before administrative law judges in prevailing wage cases
- Defenses on behalf of Contractors and Sureties in Union Wage disputes under ERISA
- Assisted in developing affordable housing in the City of Boston including the financing for the various projects
- Appeared before various Conservation Commissions, Planning Boards and Boards of Appeal in relation to the development of real property