Bryan C. Keane

Bryan has extensive experience with, and regularly represents clients in, matters litigated in state and federal courts and various arbitration forums, including the AAA or FINRA.  He guides clients from case inception to conclusion, at all times focusing on the provision of strategic advice to his clients.

He represents owners and contractors in construction and design-related disputes, whether before the AAA or courts, or in pre-dispute resolution proceedings.  He is co-author of the Minnesota and South Dakota chapters of the State-by-State Guide to Design and Construction Contracts and Claims (Third Edition, 2023).  In addition to his construction-related advice and litigation practices, he represents clients in a wide variety of commercial litigation and related matters.  He represents clients against reinsurance broker-related claims and in connection with other reinsurance-related matters or disputes.  He has experience representing clients in the financial services industry in customer and industry disputes brought before FINRA arbitration panels.  Bryan also represents clients in other securities-related matters, including the representation of publicly-traded companies and their officers and/or directors in shareholder, class action lawsuits, at the district court and appellate levels. 

In addition to his focus on construction, reinsurance, and other commercial litigation matters, Bryan provides insurance coverage analysis and advice.  He has represented policyholders, insurers, retail insurance brokers, and reinsurance intermediaries-brokers.  His work for policyholder clients addresses numerous types of insurance lines, and ranges from assisting clients with assessing which policies may respond to a claim, tendering claims to insurers, reviewing and responding to insurer positions, negotiating with insurers over defense/reimbursement obligations and choice of counsel, coordinating coverage between different polices, and litigating coverage disputes. His work for insureds has included reviewing and evaluating coverage under a series of insurance lines (including general liability, property [and associated coverage for business income loss], builders’ risk, umbrella and excess liability, directors and officers liability, errors and omissions [and other professional liability], and employment practices liability policies).  He also has represented primary and excess insurers in coverage disputes with policyholders and other insurers.  He has represented clients in data breach-related litigation, and is an author of the Cyber Insurance chapter of the 2023 Minnesota Insurance Law Deskbook.