Steve Keane’s practice focuses on patent litigation and general commercial litigation. Mr. Keane has represented plaintiffs and defendants in a range of venues, including the Northern District of California, the Southern District of California, the Eastern District of Texas, the Eastern District of Michigan, the District of Delaware, the Southern District of New York, the District of Nevada, San Diego Superior Court, the International Trade Commission, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, and the Federal Circuit.
Mr. Keane advises clients on all aspects of litigation and has significant experience with complex issues of patent law. He has taken and defended depositions around the world, has successfully first-chaired a jury trial to verdict, and has drafted winning appellate briefs. Mr. Keane draws on his extensive experience as a scientist to handle a wide variety of patent matters with complex technologies. He is also part of the Morrison & Foerster pro bono team that won a precedent-setting summary judgment victory for foster children in California, an effort that earned the team the President's Pro Bono Service Award from the State Bar of California.
Mr. Keane has also received the Pro Bono Publico Award from Casa Cornelia Law Center for outstanding contribution to the legal profession and Special Congressional Recognition for outstanding service to the community.
Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Mr. Keane was a senior project scientist at an engineering consulting firm, serving as the point person for all strategic decisions and stakeholder negotiations.
Mr. Keane attended Stanford Law School, where he published two law review articles on the intersection of law and science. The first was published in the Stanford Law Review and the second was the winning submission of an international writing competition.
Mr. Keane received a master’s degree from the University of Michigan for research in geology and geochemistry, work that was funded by several awards and fellowships, including a National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.