Attorney Deanna Keene

Attorney Deanna Keene is the founder and owner of Keene Legal. Admitted to practice in Massachusetts, her practice focused on civil litigation in a variety of areas — family law, personal injury, and consumer rights. Ms. Keene provides one-on-one, client-centric legal services, and zealously advocates to meet all of her clients’ expectations.

Ms. Keene earned a Bachelor of Science in Managerial Economics from Bentley University in Massachusetts and a Juris Doctorate from New England Law | Boston. Prior to attending law school she worked in accounting and finance for one of the world’s leading providers of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals. Attorney Deanna Keene also worked for a leading animal advocacy organization in Massachusetts before studying law. She is an active member in her community and partakes in volunteer opportunities regularly to fulfill her civic duty.

“I am committed to one-on-one legal counsel focused on achieving the best possible result for my clients. I provide individualized, professional service and value at a reasonable cost. Keene Legal is an alternative to expensive, impersonalized big law firms. We are client-centric.”

Attorney Deanna Keene

Attorney Deanna Keene

CURRENT AND FORMER POSITIONS HELD

  • Law Offices of Krysten Condon, Plymouth, MA, Law Clerk, 2012-2014
  • Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board, Boston, MA, Law Clerk, 2012
  • DeFranceschi and Klemm, Boston, MA, Law Clerk, 2011
  • Bank of New York Mellon, Everett, MA Senior Specialist, 2005-2007

LICENSED TO PRACTICE

  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2013
  • United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 2014

EDUCATION

  • Bentley University, MA, B.S in Managerial Economics,
    Concentration in Law, Waltham, MA, 2005
  • New England Law School, Boston, MA,
    Juris Doctorate, 2013
  • University of Queensland, Brisbane, AU Study Abroad, 2003

TRAINING

  • Accounting and Finance for leading providers of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals
  • Trained Mediator: Completed mediation training in accordance with M.G.L. ch.233 § 23C with MWI, Boston, MA.

OTHER CERTIFICATIONS

  • Finance manager for condominium trust

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES & CHARITIES

  • Volunteer at MSPCA Animal Care and Adoption Center, Boston MA
  • Volunteer at The Friday Night Supper Program
  • Volunteer at Loaves and Fishes
  • Volunteer at Habitat for Humanities

MEMBERSHIP IN REGIONAL & NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Ad Hoc Committee, Jamaica Plain, MA
  • Boston Bar Association
  • Massachusetts Collaborative Law Counsel, Canton section

SPECIAL PROJECTS & PRO BONO WORK

  • The CORI Project, Boston, MA,  Helping Veterans by sealing criminal records for those experiencing difficulty acquiring housing or employment
  • Women’s Bar Family Law Project – helping battered women with their family law needs