Don Keenan
Painting a subject without their knowing it, a surprise portrait, is always fraught with danger… and in the case of Don Keenan, doubly so. A larger than life character, electrifying, the trial lawyer community with his “Reptile Theory” of practice, a TV personality, renowned children’s advocate, often to be found unshaved wearing shorts, T-shirt, and always those sunglasses. An ex-marine of Irish blood and creator of the Kids Foundation and Bono aficionado. All this and more went into this painting. It was with relief that I saw it was warmly and enthusiastically received at its unveiling in Houston. Kudos to the courage of the man brave enough to commission this painting!
Painting a subject without their knowing it, a surprise portrait, is always fraught with danger… and in the case of Don Keenan, doubly so. A larger than life character, electrifying, the trial lawyer community with his “Reptile Theory” of practice, a TV personality, renowned children’s advocate, often to be found unshaved wearing shorts, T-shirt, and always those sunglasses. An ex-marine of Irish blood and creator of the Kids Foundation and Bono aficionado. All this and more went into this painting. It was with relief that I saw it was warmly and enthusiastically received at its unveiling in Houston. Kudos to the courage of the man brave enough to commission this painting!
Don Keenan
Keenan, Don. 16" x 20". 2015. Collection of Keenan Law Firm. Atlanta, GA. Portrait on canvas. Commissioned by HMR Funding, Dean Chase.
Keenan, Don. 16" x 20". 2015. Collection of Keenan Law Firm. Atlanta, GA. Portrait on canvas. Commissioned by HMR Funding, Dean Chase.
Barry J. Nace.
Barry Nace graduated from Dickinson College in 1965 with a B.S. in chemistry continuing on to study at Dickinson School of Law where he eventually earned an honorary doctor of laws degree in 1994. For nearly 40 years, Barry J. Nace has worked to protect the rights of victims of medical malpractice and other personal injuries, gaining his clients' confidence and great success through invaluable experience, relentless hard work, exceptional trial skills, and an unwavering dedication to justice producing multiple verdicts and settlements in the six and seven figure range.Barry Nace is admitted to practice in more than a dozen Bars, including the U.S. Supreme Court and has tried and developed scores of groundbreaking cases throughout the country. One of hisSupreme Court cases, Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has generated more than 100 articles, newsletters, and websites devoted to an ongoing discussion of this landmark decision.Repeatedly recognized as one of the best trial attorneys in the greater Washington, D.C.area he was namedAttorney of the Year by the D.C. Trial Lawyers Association and has been a finalist several times for Attorney of the Year by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice of which he is a founding member and past president. Also past president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), the largest and most prestigious trial bar in the world he has been elected as a member of theInternational Academy of
Barry J Nace. Original painting 2019. Collection of the artist.
Trial Lawyers, the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification and the prestigious American Law Institute.He holds the highest rank ofAdvocate with the American Board of Trial Advocates and lectures frequently on trial advocacy, medical malpractice, and product liability at Bar and other professional associations and law schools around the country.