Thomas F. Keane, Esq.
Founding Member

Thomas F. Keane is a member of the firm. He received his B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany in 1982 and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1985. Mr. Keane is admitted to practice in the State and Federal Courts of New York. 

Mr. Keane is an accomplished trial and appellate attorney with over 20 years of experience in handling a wide variety of insurance defense cases, primarily in the areas of automobile, premises, construction, product liability and personal injury defense litigation. He has argued appeals before the Court of Appeals (New York State's highest court), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Appellate Division, First and Second Departments. 

Mr. Keane is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. In addition, Mr. Keane has served as an instructor and guest lecturer for the Corporation Counsel’s Trial Advocacy Program at Fordham Law School, as well as for the St. John’s University School of Law.  He is a co-author of Advanced Trial Advocacy in New York.

A partial list of published appeals briefed and argued by Mr. Keane follows:

Carter v Full Serv., Inc., 2006 NY Slip Op 03626 (1st Dept. 2006); Pekelnaya v. Allyn, 25 A.D.3d 111, 802 N.Y.S.2d 669, (1st Dept. 2005); Blamer v. Singh, 20 A.D.3d 440, 797 N.Y.S.2d 777, (2nd Dept. 2005); Tamburello v. Bensonhurst Car & Limo Service, Inc., 305 A.D.2d 664, 759 N.Y.S.2d 690 (2nd Dept. 2003); Michel v. Gressier, (2nd Dept. 2002); Davis v. City of New York, (2nd Dept. 2002); Churyk v. Haner, (2nd Dept. 2000); Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Hartford Cas. Ins. Co., (2nd Dept. 2000); Fertik v. Fertik, (2nd Dept. 1999); Lagano v. Chrysler, (2nd Cir. 1998); Marinaccio v. New York Hospital, (2nd Dept. 1996); Wausau Underwriters Ins. Co. v. Continental Cas. Co., (1st Dept. 1996); Amusement Consultants, Ltd. v. Hartford Life Ins. Co., (1st Dept. 1995); Rivera v. Macaluso, (2nd Dept. 1994); Lyons v. National Union Fire Ins. Co., (2nd Dept. 1994); Krygier v. Airweld, Inc.(N.Y.Sup. 1987).

Thomas F. Keane, Esq.
Russo, Keane & Toner, LLP
26 Broadway, 28th Fl
New York, NY 10004
(212) 482-0001

email: tkeane@rktlaw.com