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Larry Keefe

Practice Areas:

  • Business Disputes
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Employment Law
  • Insurance Coverage Disputes
  • Labor Law
  • Personal Injury

Education:

  • University of Florida, J.D., 1986
  • University of Florida,
    B.S., with honors, 1983

Professional Associations & Achievements:

  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Florida Super Lawyer
  • 2007, 2008, and 2009 Florida Trend “Florida Legal Elite”
  • Gubernatorial appointee to the Judicial Nominating Commission, First Judicial Circuit of Florida
  • Appointed Special Counsel to the Florida Senate Select Committee on Property Insurance Accountability
  • University of Florida Law School’s Board of Trustees
  • University of Florida Law Alumni Council Executive Committee
  • Fort Walton Beach Boxing Club Coach
  • Catholic Charities Regional Board for the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
  • President of the Catholic Charities of North West Florida
  • Florida Blue Key, University of Florida Leadership Honorary Society
  • Editorial Board, Florida Bar Journal (1988-1991)
  • Author of “Business Litigation in Florida: Service of Process and Discovery in Transnational Litigation,” Florida Bar Press, 1989
  • Author of “A Trial Lawyer’s Guide to Impeachment of a Witness,” Vol. LXIII, Florida Bar Journal 1989
  • Author of “Toxic Exposure Litigation Under the Jones Act and the Longshore Harborworkers’ Compensation Act,” Vol. XXIV, Tort & Insurance Law Journal 691, 1989
  • Author of “Fraud Actions in Florida,” Florida Bar Press, 1990
  • University of Florida College of Law Book Award sponsor for “Psychology and the Law” course

Bar Memberships & Court Admissions:

  • U. S. Supreme Court
  • U. S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
  • All federal and state courts in Florida



lkeefe@kagmlaw.com »
850.863.1974

Like many in the Destin/Fort Walton Beach community, Larry (b. 1961 Ft. Dix, New Jersey) came to the Emerald Coast with his military family in the late 1960’s. Larry’s father retired from the United States Air Force (WWII fighter pilot) and planted roots here in the local community in 1968.

The focus of Larry’s trial practice is upon business and commercial litigation, insurance claim and coverage litigation, real estate litigation, construction litigation, employment law litigation and condominium/homeowner’s association litigation. Larry is also involved in class action and “mass tort” litigation in these general practice areas.

Larry attended local public schools and went to the University of Florida on an athletic scholarship (football). He graduated with honors from UF. Larry began his legal career in Tampa where he worked with former Florida Bar President Ben Hill III ( Hill Ward & Henderson P.A.) and tried complex business litigation, construction litigation and product liability cases. Larry returned “home” to Fort Walton Beach in 1991. Larry, his wife, Lynn, and their four sons live in Shalimar.