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Daniel Keenan

A law firm called Keenan Law, LLC, offers clients in Maine and New Hampshire specialised legal services and answers.

The firm specialises in business law, immigration, criminal defence, and civil litigation.

Attorney Keenan is authorised to represent clients in Maine and New Hampshire state and federal courts.

Education

Daniel graduated from the University of Maine School of Law in 2016, magna cum laude. While attending Maine Law, he was a member of the Maine Law Review, the Trial Team, and a student attorney at the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic.

Prior to attending Maine Law, he received his B.A. from Loyola University Maryland, summa cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa (2010). Following Loyola University, Daniel lived in Leuven, Belgium, for several years, where he attended graduate school at the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven, receiving his master’s degree in public policy (2011). He then worked in Brussels in the public policy arena, with a focus on privacy and data security matters for various American business interests. As a result of his time in Belgium, Daniel speaks Dutch (the Flemish dialect).

Civic Involvement and Accolades

Daniel is a member of the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project’s pro bono panel of attorneys, where he provides representation to individuals seeking asylum in the United States. In 2019, ILAP awarded him its Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award. Daniel received the Maine Justice Foundation’s 2020 New Lawyer Award in recognition of his contributions to the legal profession through his pro bono services to Maine’s immigrant community. Daniel has been included in the Maine Supreme Judicial Court’s Katahdin Counsel Recognition Programme for the past five years, which recognises Maine attorneys who provide 50 hours or more of pro bono services per year.

Currently, Daniel is a corporator at the Boys & Girls Club of Southern Maine, where he is a member of the programming committee and was a judge for the organisation’s Youth of the Year competition in 2020. Daniel is also active with Rippleffect in Portland, Maine, as a member of the Young Professionals Committee, which organises the annual Ripple Across Portland event.

Personal

In his free time, Daniel enjoys travelling and experiencing the amazing food culture and natural beauty of New England. He also holds dual citizenship in Ireland, the birthplace of his maternal grandparents.

Daniel resides in South Portland with his girlfriend, Tasha, and border terrier, Hatch.

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