Richard J Keshian

Practice Areas

Complex Commercial Litigation

Product Liability

Class Action Defense

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Business & Finance

Catastrophic Injury

Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law

Career

Rich Keshian has extensive experience in civil litigation, concentrating in product liability and business litigation. He has tried more than 80 jury trials to verdict in federal and state courts, including class actions, trade secret, breach of contract, product liability, personal injury and wrongful death, property tax appeals, and eminent domain (condemnation) cases.

Mr. Keshian is a certified mediator and arbitrator. He has represented numerous clients in the automotive, trucking, and furniture industries and other manufacturing industries regarding product liability issues. Mr. Keshian is also an adjunct professor at Wake Forest School of Law.

Mr. Keshian has consistently been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation, Product Liability, Eminent Domain, and Mass Tort/Class Actions. He was also named "Lawyer of the Year" in the area of Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, "Lawyer of the Year" for Eminent Domain, and "Lawyer of the Year" for Mass Tort/Class Actions - Defendants by The Best Lawyers in America®. Mr. Keshian has also repeatedly been named a North Carolina "Super Lawyer" in Business Litigation by Super Lawyers magazine, and top rated lawyer in Litigation by Corporate Counsel, American Lawyer and the National Law Journal. He has also consistently been voted by North Carolina attorneys as a member of "Legal Elite," one of the best litigation attorneys in North Carolina in North Carolina Business magazine. Mr. Keshian is consistently listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of General Commercial Litigation.

Personal

Education:

• Vanderbilt University, J.D. (1982)

• Duke University, B.A., with honors (1979)

Professional & Community Activities:

• Mediator certified by the N.C. Dispute Resolution Commission for N.C. Superior Courts and the U.S. District Court, M.D.N.C.

• Member, large complex case panel of Arbitrators and Neutrals for the American Arbitration Association

• American Bar Association, Tort Insurance Practice Section, Property Insurance Section, Chairman of Publications

• Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, Member

• The Defense Research Institute, Member

• Home Owners Annotations Publication, Regional Editor

• North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, Member

• North Carolina Bar Association, Administration of Justice Study Committee, Member

• River Run International Film Festival - Board of Directors

• Tort Insurance Practice Section Annual Survey, Property Law Survey, Editor and Author

• Vanderbilt Law Review Editorial Board, Member

• Wake Forest Law School Moot Court Board Judge

• Winston-Salem Davis Cup Organizing Committee, Member

• Winston-Salem Open Tennis Tournament, Board of Directors and Legal Counsel