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Biographical Information on Mary T. Keating

Attorney for 23 years

Rated "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell.                                               

bullet Education
bullet Legal Experience
bullet Civic and professional organizations
bullet Bar Admissions
bullet Publications and speaking engagements

Education

  LEGAL EDUCATION

bulletBoalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
bulletJuris Doctor, 1984; Years Attended 1981-1984
bulletArticles Editor of Ecology Law Quarterly; part-time employment at Legal Aid Society of Alameda County, in impact litigation unit.

  UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

bulletUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
bulletBachelor of arts, 1979; Years Attended 1977-1979
bulletBachelor of Arts with High Distinction in field of anthropology with special concentration in nutrition. Honors Convocation 1978, 1979.
bulletSwarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Years Attended 1975-1977
bulletNational Merit Scholar, Presidential Scholar.

 

Legal Experience

Sole practitioner since December 1994.

bulletPractice focused on civil litigation and counseling, with concentration in contract, real estate and employment litigation, bankruptcy, and estate administration.
bulletRepresentation of parties, primarily plaintiffs, in federal civil rights cases arising out of employment disputes, including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Fair Labor Standards Act, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1991.
bulletRepresentation of parties in business disputes involving contractual or real estate issues, including lending disputes, foreclosures, disputes over the provision of professional services, business torts and the like. Representation of debtors and creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.
bulletWills, trusts, and other estate planning services.

 

Limited partner 1990-1994, associate 1985-1990, Weinberg and Green, Baltimore, Maryland.

bulletPractice with busy litigation department of large Baltimore law firm. Practice included civil litigation on behalf of large and small businesses and individuals, primarily in complex commercial litigation, business tort, contract, employment, and real estate areas.

Staff Attorney 1984-1985, Division of Credit Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission Washington, D.C.

bulletConcentration in Truth in Lending, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and consumer lending fraud cases.

 

Civic and professional organizations
bulletWomen’s Housing Coalition, Baltimore, Maryland, Board Member, 1990 to 1997; Treasurer 1991-1994.
bulletFrequent volunteer at the School of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.
bulletMaryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, Board Member, 2005 to present.
bulletPro Bono Resource Center, Board Member, 2007 to present.
bullet Bar Associations

Bar Association of Baltimore City

Member since 1985; Chair, Federal Practice Committee, 2006 to present.  Chair, Gender Issues Committee, 1993-1995; Chair, Solo and Small Firm Practitioners’ Committee, 1997-1998; Coordinator, Legal seminar project for Baltimore Detention Center inmates, 1995-96; coordinator, tri-state Lawyer Referral and Information Conference, 1999, Chair Lawyer Referral and Information Service Committee, 2000-2001; Co-Chair, Judicial Selections Committee, 2002-2003, Vice-Chair, 2003-2005; Member, Executive Council, 1995 to 1997; 1999-2000; 2004-2005; Homelessness Committee, 1995-96; Drug Court Committee, 1993-96;  member since 2000; Ethics Committee, 2003-2005; Technology Committee, 2004-2005

Maryland State Bar Association

Member since 1985; Member, Chair, Local and Specialty Bar Associations Committee, 2006 to present.  Special Committee on Development of Guidelines for the Prevention of Sexual Harassment, 1994-95; Chair, 1995-96,.

Women’s Bar Association, Baltimore Women's Bar Association

Member 1990 to present; Executive Board Member, Baltimore Women’s Bar Association, 1994 to 2005; Treasurer, 1997 to 2000; President, 2000-2001.

National Employment Lawyers Association, and Maryland affiliate; member 1995 to present.  Presenter, 2007 conference of Maryland Employment Lawyers Association.

Bar Admissions
bulletCalifornia State Bar, admitted 1984; currently inactive.
bulletCourt of Appeals of Maryland, admitted 1985.
bulletUnited States District Court for the District of Maryland, admitted 1985.
bulletUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia, admitted 1988.
bulletFourth Circuit Court of Appeals, admitted 1988.
bulletSupreme Court of the United States, admitted 1994.

 

Publications and speaking engagements

bulletAuthor, Interjurisdictional Depositions, Civil Discovery Practice in Maryland (1995).
bulletOccasional moderator and lecturer for Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL).
bulletSeminar Lecturer in September 1999, September 2000, November 2002, and November 2004:  Taking and Defending Effective Depositions in Maryland.
bulletSeminar Lecturer in Employment Law Seminar, April 2003, on Retaliation.
bulletSeminar Lecturer in MICPEL Employment Law Institute, May 2003, on FMLA and other leave issues.
bulletLecturer on Employment Issues for Solo and Small Firm Practitioners, November 15, 2003, at Maryland State Bar Association Seminar.
bulletMaryland Bar Journal article on new Fair Labor Standards Act regulations, 2004.

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