Grant Keating

Mr. Keating www.dworkenlaw.com/attorneys/associates/grant-keating/ joined Dworken & Bernstein in 2007 and primarily practices in the firm's business and commercial litigation department. He received his Juris Doctorate with a concentration in litigation from Case Western Reserve University in 2005.  His undergraduate education was completed in 2001 at Ithaca College where he received a Bachelor of the Arts degree in Psychology, and co-authored and presented studies on juror member decision-making to the American Psychological Association.

Over 90% of Mr. Keating's practice is devoted to civil litigation. During his career, he has successfully represented clients in the areas of corporate formation and dissolution, director and officer liability, shareholder rights, general breach of contract, lease disputes, construction disputes, e-commerce, employment disputes, enforcement of intellectual property rights, enforcement of real property rights, defense of easements and rights-of-way, corporate collections, professional negligence, stock fraud, defamation, personal injury defense and prosecution, claims under the Ohio CSPA, estate planning, and claims under the Uniform Commercial Code.

Mr. Keating is licensed to practice in the state of Ohio and the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio. He is a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and the Lake County Bar Association. He is also an associate member of the William K. Thomas Inn of Court.

Dworken & Bernstein www.dworkenlaw.com offers a full range of legal services for businesses, individuals, and families in litigation and transactions with offices in Painesville and downtown Cleveland. Dworken & Bernstein is the largest law firm in the Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula County area.

Ohio Lawyers Give Back www.ohiolawyersgiveback.org was founded by Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A. to promote the use of cy pres in class action settlements. When a class action is settled, plaintiff and defendant agree to a fund amount to pay all class members. Since many class members have moved, passed-away, or can't be found, millions of settlement dollars go unclaimed. That settlement money is intended to benefit the class—rather than revert to the wrongdoing defendant—so the ancient doctrine is now being used to distribute the unclaimed money to charities and non profits.

Over $22 million dollars has already been distributed, just by the sponsors, a single law firm. If cy pres were used more broadly, hundreds of millions of dollars each year would be available to help charities, non-profits, and the communities where we live. This website is dedicated to advancing the use of cy pres in all class action settlements where a large pool of unclaimed settlement funds is expected.