Kevin O'Keefe

Current

CEO/Founder at LexBlog, Inc.

Past

Vice President Business Development at LexisNexis' Martindale-Hubbell
President & Founder at Prairielaw.com
Trial Lawyer at Private Law Firm

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Education

University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law
University of Notre Dame

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Kevin O'Keefe’s Summary

* Father of five (3 in college, 2 in high school) and spouse of someone who is a saint for putting up with me.

* Recognized leader in the of use of blogs and social networking for marketing law firms.

* Founded LexBlog to provide lawyers a tasteful and effective means of further enhancing their reputations as thought leaders in their niche and growing their business.

* Former trial lawyer of 17 years.

* Successfully marketed own law firm on the Internet in such a positive way that US Today said 'If O'Keefe doesn't stop what he's doing, he may give lawyers a good name.'

* Founded consumer and small business legal Web site, Prairielaw.com, later acquired by LexisNexis.

* Former VP of Business Development for LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell.

* Former board member of Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers and sustaining member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Kevin O'Keefe’s Specialties:

Internet marketing for the legal profession.

Kevin O'Keefe’s Experience

CEO/Founder

LexBlog, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2003 — Present (5 years 9 months)

LexBlog is a fast-growing network of blogs published by leading lawyers from the United States and around the world.

LexBlog's turnkey professional blog solution, including consulting, design, hosting, training, and support, empowers lawyers and drives this discourse while at the same time enhances the lawyer's reputation as a reliable and trusted authority.

Such lawyers are acting as citizen journalists covering niche areas of the law for which the lawyers have unique expertise and which areas of law have not been covered by journalists in the main stream or trade media. These lawyers are also collaborating via an open online discourse on various topics so as to make advancements in the law. It all happens through the effective use of RSS and blogs.
Vice President Business Development

LexisNexis' Martindale-Hubbell

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RUK; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2001 — November 2002 (1 year 11 months)
President & Founder

Prairielaw.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

September 1998 — January 2001 (2 years 5 months)

Publisher of virtual law community, for lawyers and lay people alike, providing lay people with practical legal information and legal professionals an environment in which to tastefully market their legal services.
Trial Lawyer

Private Law Firm

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Law Practice industry)

September 1982 — May 1999 (16 years 9 months)