Keegan, Sara Branch

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Sara Keegan's litigation and regulatory practice focuses primarily on SEC, CFTC, and FERC government investigations and related civil and criminal proceedings. She is particularly experienced in matters involving the regulation of energy commodities, securities and shareholder disputes, the Commodity Exchange Act, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and government regulations promulgated by the SEC, CFTC, and FERC.

Sara's practice involves a broad spectrum of complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts, including class action and other multidistrict litigation. She has participated in numerous government investigations and litigated cases in state and federal courts throughout the U.S., including appellate work in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits. She also has experience handling cases before the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Representative clients in matters since joining Jones Day include Atlas Energy, BP America, Chevron, Dell, Textron, Transworld Oil Limited, Verizon Communications, Wal-Mart, and Washington Group International. She also represented The Boeing Company, General Electric, General Motors, International Paper, and Lockheed Martin in substantial labor and employment matters before joining Jones Day.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• Energy
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Class Action Litigation
• Energy Regulatory
• Accounting & GAAP Issues
• Securities Fraud Class Actions
• Shareholder Derivative Actions

Representative Cases

• Children's policy issues get passed with new legislation regarding juveniles' due process and fair notice , (2009)
• Dell obtains dismissal of securities litigation , (2009)
• Firm donates 1,586 hours preparing disaster response best practices after Hurricane Katrina , (2006)
• Morrison Knudsen defends qui tam allegations related to remediation of the Tar Creek Superfund site
• UPM-Kymmene defends pressure-sensitive labelstock antitrust class action litigation
• Wal-Mart coordinates discovery in various wage and hour class actions nationwide
• Wal-Mart defeats class certification in statewide wage and hour action
• Wal-Mart defends against nationwide FLSA collective action in Georgia court involving alleged off-the-clock work and missed breaks

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Capital Markets, Class Actions, Commodities, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Foreign Investment, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Private Placements, Public Offerings, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Taxation Law, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Georgia
• Texas

Education

• Clemson University
• Cornell University

Address

717 Texas
Suite 3300
Houston, TX 77002-2712

Phones

1.832.239.3737 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.832.239.3600 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com