John Keating is a highly regarded trial lawyer with over 35 years of experience representing plaintiffs and defendants. He has represented clients in the courts of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas and the District of Columbia; in NASD and AAA arbitration proceedings; and in numerous Federal courts. He has obtained awards and settlements which collectively total in the tens of millions of dollars.

Mr. Keating played a principal role in prosecuting several shareholder class actions wherein substantial benefits were conferred upon plaintiffs, including:

• In re Sprint Corporation Shareholders Litigation, Case No. CV 0401714 (Johnson County, Kansas) ($59 million settlement of shareholder class action against board of directors involving recombination of tracking stocks).
  
  
• In re Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, Case No. 06 CV 3577 (Sedgwick County, Kansas) ($4.5 million increase in merger consideration and other therapeutic benefits for shareholder class).

Mr. Keating also played a key role in the successful defense of two consumer class actions, namely:

• In re: HORIZON Cruises Litigation (United States District Court for the Southern District of New York) (favorable settlement of class action claim against cruise line for ‘loss of vacation’ resulting from outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease aboard ship).
  
  
• Domblakly v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc. (United States District Court for the Southern District of New York) (dismissal of class action claim against cruise line involving damages allegedly caused by rogue wave).