Company Performance Metrics
- John Keker: Founder
- William Brockett: Founder
Keker & Van Nest is a trial-practice litigation firm dedicated to complex civil and criminal litigation practices. The firm’s practices are focused on intellectual property, professional liability, class actions, general contract and commercial litigation, antitrust, white collar, and appellate.
Keker & Van Nest represents plaintiffs and
defendants in patent, copyright, trademark and trade secrets matters. It also represents law firms and accounting firms. It deals with class actions related to RICO, antitrust, consumer, false advertising, unfair business practices, and securities cases.
The firm’s clients include companies in the fields of semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, biotech, software, networking, the internet, and consumer goods. Electronic Arts Inc.; Genentech, Inc.; Comcast Cable Communications, LLC; HTC; Intel Corp.; Medtronic, Inc., McKesson Corporation; and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company are some of its popular clients.
Keker & Van Nest was co-founded by John Keker and William Brockett in 1978 and is based in San Francisco, California.