Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna

Known for his ardent advocacy in complex, high-stakes cases, Keith McKenna represents corporate policyholders in courts nationwide seeking damages and other relief against insurers. His clients span industries including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, product manufacturing, sports and entertainment, aviation, banking, government services, real estate, online retail and telecommunications.

Keith routinely litigates cases involving tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. Some of Keith’s notable work includes securing a landmark ruling for Warren Pumps that entitled it to access hundreds of millions in coverage for asbestos-related liabilities and changed the law on how loss may be allocated among insurance policies. He represents Walmart in its suit against nearly 40 insurers over their refusal to cover defense and indemnity costs incurred in approximately 2,400 underlying actions related to dispensing and distribution of opioids, already securing a ruling that insurers must pay Walmart’s defense against those lawsuits.

In another groundbreaking case, Keith achieved the rarest of victories: a ruling setting aside a jury verdict against his client, Conduent State Healthcare—the first jury verdict that Delaware Superior Court Judge Mary Johnston had reversed in nearly 20 years on the bench. That decision was upheld by the Delaware Supreme Court. Keith also won a first-of-its-kind ruling in Delaware that Conduent was entitled to defense costs incurred in responding to a Civil Investigation Demand under its professional liability policy.

Before founding Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna, Keith practiced at McKool Smith, Kasowitz, Dickstein Shapiro, and Sullivan & Cromwell.

Keith is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Eighth Circuits, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the District of Colorado, the District of New Jersey, and the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

Keith received his B.A. from Rutgers University in 1993 and his J.D. from Rutgers School of Law in 1997.