Keely E. Duke
Keely Duke is a shareholder at Hall Farley and has been with the firm since 1999. Ms. Duke is an experienced and tenacious trial attorney who devotes herself to defending companies, employers, and individuals in business disputes and in medical malpractice, legal malpractice, employment, insurance bad faith, and product liability/medical device litigation. Ms. Duke has tried cases in all of these specialties.
Since joining the firm, Ms. Duke has amassed an impressive trial record during this age of the “vanishing trial,” having tried numerous cases throughout Idaho in both state and federal courts. This trial experience has earned her the reputation of being one of Idaho’s elite women trial lawyers. In addition, Ms. Duke has participated in a number of appeals before the Idaho Supreme Court. She is also currently serving as an arbitrator in a wrongful death case.
In recognition of her achievements as an experienced trial lawyer, Ms. Duke has been selected by her peers to be included in the 2009 and 2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in two categories, Medical Malpractice Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation. She has also been included in “Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” and is praised in that publication for her “sheer hard work, great organization, diligence and determination to fight tooth and nail for her clients.”
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Instructor at University of Idaho School of Law’s Trial Advocate Program (2010)
• Instructor at Federal Court Trial Skills program (2009)
• Idaho Supreme Court Civil Rules Advisory Committee (2009-present)
• USLAW Member (2009 – present)
• Idaho Association of Defense Counsel (2005 – present)
• Defense Research Institute (2004 – present)
• American Inn of Court No. 130 (2006 – present)
• Adjunct Professor at Boise State University (2001 – 2004)
• American Bar Association (1999 – present)
• Order of Barristers (1999)
AWARDS AND HONORS
• The Best Lawyers in America, Medical malpractice and personal injury (2009, 2010)
• Chambers USA – Named as a leading lawyer in commercial litigation (2009, 2010)
• Named in Who’s Who Among Executives and Professionals (2009, 2010)
• Mountain States Super Lawyers “Rising Star” (2008 - present)
• 2008 TWIN Honoree – Awarded to women who have excelled in their fields and made significant contributions to industry in executive, managerial and professional roles
• Form Editor, Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution (1999)
PUBLICATIONS
• Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Limitations on a Health Care Provider’s Right to Indemnification When it is Targeted Under the False Claims Act as a Result of the Fraudulent Activities of a Third Party with Which it Contracts or Associates, The Federal Lawyer, February 2009
• 50-State Survey on Legal Malpractice (Idaho), American Bar Association, 2009
• FMLA Changes Now In Effect, Idaho Employment Law Letter, February 2009
CIVIC ACTIVITIES
• Vice President, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Idaho (2009 - present)
• Board of Directors, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Idaho (2004 – present)
• Board of Directors, Federal Defender Services of Idaho (2008 – present)
EDUCATION
• Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon (1999), J.D.
• Carroll College in Helena, Montana (1996), B.A. (Business Administration and Political Science)
COURT ADMISSIONS
• Idaho magistrate and district courts
• Idaho Court of Appeals
• Idaho Supreme Court
• U.S. District Courts for the District of Idaho
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
BAR ADMISSIONS
• Idaho State Bar Association (1999 – present)
PRACTICE AREAS
• Arbitration
• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Employment Law Defense
• Healthcare Litigation Defense
• Legal Malpractice Defense
• Medical Malpractice Defense
• Product Liability/Medical Device Defense
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