Keith A. McKenna concentrates his practice in the trial of complex business and commercial cases in Federal and State Courts in New York and New Jersey as well as matters involving business disputes among partners, owners and members of closely held business entities and, when necessary, seeking relief from the billings of prior counsel. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the Eastern District of New York and the Second and Third Circuit Court of Appeals and is a member of the Essex County, New Jersey, and American Bar Associations and American Trial Lawyer Associations. He graduated Seton Hall University in 1986 and Law School in 1989 and was admitted in 1989 to New Jersey U.S. District Court and District of New Jersey; in 1990 to New York; in 1998 to U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; in 2004 to U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Firm founder, James McKiernan, is a San Luis Obispo personal injury attorney with over 35 years of legal experience. The results he has obtained for his clients has merited his inclusion in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. This is a prestigious group of trial lawyers who have won million-dollar settlements and verdicts for their clients. Less than one percent of all lawyers in the U.S. belong to this organization; this demonstrates the difficulty of achieving such a high level of results for personal injury victims.

Cullen McKinney is an experienced and aggressive trial attorney who has successfully tried numerous cases throughout Michigan. He routinely manages multiple high-profile cases and is consulted on high exposure claims, and serves as national counsel and consultant for health care providers throughout the country. Cullen McKinney is often asked to lecture on a variety of professional liability issues and he has been published in the New York Monthly Digest of Tax Articles addressing physician’s home offices. He has been recognized by multiple national defense trial counsel organizations, including the American Institute of Trial Lawyers, Leading Lawyers, the American Law Society, and the American Institute of Legal Advocates.

Represents Whistle Blower Vincent “Vince” McKnight, Jr., is the Managing Partner of Sanford Heisler Sharp’s Washington, D.C., office and Co-Chair of the firm’s Whistleblower Practice. He also represents clients in employment discrimination and wrongful discharge cases. Vince represents whistleblowers in sealed and unsealed False Claims Act/qui tam suits under investigation by the United States and other governmental stakeholders. He has achieved significant success in such cases, including the representation of whistleblowers in a series of actions alleging that office products companies (Staples, Office Depot) were illegally selling products from non-compliant countries such as China to the U.S. government in violation of the Trade Agreements Act and General Services Administration (GSA) policies.

James T. McLaren has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for nearly two decades. He is listed in the S.C. Super Lawyers publication under the Family Law designation. He and his firm have received the highest rating ("AV"), afforded lawyers for legal ability and ethics, in the Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory. His statewide practice primarily involves complex matrimonial litigation and trial work in addition to dispute resolution including mediation and arbitration as an American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Certified Mediator and Arbitrator. He has held numerous positions affiliated with Family Law including admission as a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, where he is currently serving as National President and on various committees. He is a Fellow in the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He has served as President of the South Carolina Chapter of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms since 2007. He has served as President of the South Carolina Chapter and National Delegate. He is a Diplomate in the American College of Family Trial Lawyers. He has served as chair of the Family Law Sections of the South Carolina Bar, the South Carolina Trial Lawyer’s Association (now the American Association for Justice), and the Richland County Bar Association. He is a longstanding member of the Family Law Sections of the American Bar Association, the American Association For Justice, the South Carolina Bar, the South Carolina Association For Justice, and the Richland County Bar Association. Mr. McLaren has authored numerous articles and has been a speaker in over 95 Family Law Continuing Legal Education Seminars, including state and national Judicial Conferences and New Family Court Judges Schools. He also co-authored important Legislation that impacts Family Law in South Carolina.