Background
- Keely has spent seven years practicing environmental law
- She focuses her practice on environmental compliance counseling, remediation, environmental cost recovery and toxic tort litigation
Areas of Experience and Focus
- Prosecution and defense of CERCLA contribution actions
- Defense of federal, state and local enforcement actions
- Brownfields redevelopment
- Defense of toxic tort lawsuits
- Counseling on federal, state and local compliance and permitting requirements
- Due diligence and strategic planning for environmental issues in corporate and real estate transactions
Achievements/Honors
- Listed as a "Rising Star" in Environmental Law by Law and Politics, 2005
Professional Involvement
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Environmental Law Committee
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Three R's Volunteer Tutor 2009-2010
- MedWish International Special Event Committee, 2005-present
Publications and Presentations
- Co-Author (with Heidi Goldstein), "Toxic Mold Grows as Cause for Complaints," Crains Cleveland Business, October 8, 2001
- "Mold Moves from the Kitchen to the Courtroom: How to Determine a Viable Case Theory;" "Mold/Mildew and Sick Building Litigation Issue;" NBI Seminar, October, 2003
- "Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions," NBI Advanced Commercial Real Estate Seminar, July, 2003
- "Mold Moves from the Kitchen to the Courtroom; How to Defend a Toxic Mold claim;" Lorman Seminar, June 27, 2003
