Brian Keester is an experienced commercial and insurance defense litigator, specializing in personal injury litigation and construction defect litigation. He has significant experience in premises liability litigation, wrongful death litigation, auto/motor vehicle litigation and construction dispute litigation.
- Successfully won dismissal and won on appeal at the Supreme Court for a landlord client when its tenant’s employees allegedly committed an assault.
- Authored and argued multiple successful summary judgment motions on slip and fall premises cases.
- Successfully defended nursing homes in abuse and neglect cases.
- Successfully defended contractors and subcontractors in construction defect cases.
- Successfully defended an insulation subcontractor in a pipe burst case.
- Obtained dismissal for a moving company on a property damage case.
- Obtained Summary Judgment for a client on punitive damages.
- Represented numerous trucking companies and their drivers.
- Successfully represented insureds in motor-vehicle accidents.
- Best Lawyers®: Ones To Watch, Tulsa, Litigation – Construction, 2023-2024
- Super Lawyers®, Rising Star, Construction Litigation, 2022-2023
- TIPS/ABOTA National Trial Academy, Recipient of the Janet Hummons Award, 2021
- Tulsa County Bar Foundation, Golf Tournament Committee, Co-chair, 2021 – Present
- Tulsa Young Lawyers Division, Member
- Oklahoma Bar Association, Member
- "Doerner offers a large variety of different practice areas, each having an extremely skilled practitioner to learn from. The firm offers its associates a great opportunity to learn, grow and become a part of the team. The approach at Doerner is truly a team approach. I’m thankful to be a part of a firm that offers its professionals great opportunities."
