Brian Keester is an experienced litigator who practices in the areas of commercial and insurance defense. He has significant experience in personal injury, construction defect, premises liability, wrongful death, auto/motor vehicle and construction dispute litigation.
Highlights of Brian's career include:
- Successfully won dismissal and won on appeal at the Supreme Court for a landlord client when its tenant’s employees allegedly committed an assault.
- Authored and argued multiple successful summary judgment motions on slip and fall premises cases.
- Successfully defended nursing homes in abuse and neglect cases.
- Successfully defended contractors and subcontractors in construction defect cases.
- Successfully defended an insulation subcontractor in a pipe burst case.
- Obtained dismissal for a moving company on a property damage case.
- Obtained Summary Judgment for a client on punitive damages.
- Represented numerous trucking companies and their drivers.
- Successfully represented insureds in motor-vehicle accidents.
Education & Admissions
Education
- University of Arkansas School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2017)
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University of Oklahoma (B.A. in Political Science, with special academic distinction, 2014)
- Minor in History
Admissions
- Oklahoma
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Experience
- 2025-Present Hall Estill
- 2022-2025 Doerner Saunders Daniel & Anderson
- 2017-2022 Rhodes Hieronymus Jones Tucker & Gable
Honors & Awards
- Recognized as a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law and Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Recognized as a Super Lawyer Rising Star in Construction Litigation and Personal Injury General: Defense
- TIPS/ABOTA National Trial Academy, Recipient of the Janet Hummons Award, 2021
Community & Professional Involvement
- Member, Trucking Industry Defense Association
- Member, Tulsa County Bar Foundation, Golf Tournament Committee, Co-Chair, 2021-Present
- Member, Tulsa County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
- Member, Oklahoma Bar Association