KILLEEN & STERN, PC - Key Persons
provides a variety of legal services, including litigation, business agreements, real estate contracts, consumer fraud, family law, divorce and child custody. Scott is a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center.
Practice Areas
Litigation
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Managing Director / New Orleans
Robert C. Stern is the managing director in the New Orleans office. Mr. Stern was born in New York City in 1953. He attended Fairleigh Dickinson University (B.A. Cum Laude 1975) and obtained his law degree from Loyola University in New Orleans (J.D. 1978). While at Loyola Mr. Stern was a member of the Mock Trial Team and participated extensively in the clinical education program where he was assigned to the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office.
Mr. Stern is admitted to practice in all Louisiana and Texas state courts, The United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He has an "AV" rating with Martindale -Hubbell, its highest rating. Mr. Stern served as a special prosecutor in the St. Tammany Parish District Attorney's Office from 1993 through 1995 where he concentrated his prosecutions on sexual offenses against children.
Mr. Stern divides his practice between civil and criminal defense. On the civil side he concentrates his practice on maritime and general casualty defense with emphasis on Risk Management as well. He has been a speaker on Risk Management at The CEO Forum West in Las Vegas, The CEO Forum East in New Orleans, the Allied Agents Association in Chicago and The Bekins Convention in Tucson. He also sits on the Advisory Board of a moving company agency.
Mr. Stern has lectured on criminal law speaking at Continuing Legal Education Seminars on Criminal Sentencing in Louisiana and the Criminal Trial in Louisiana from Start to Finish. He has also been selected to speak at a seminar aimed at young lawyers preparing for their first civil trial. Mr. Stern has handled multiple criminal cases receiving extensive media coverage including second degree murder and police corruption cases. During his practice, Mr. Stern has also had the privilege of representing both fellow lawyers and judges.
Practice Areas
Litigation
Job Titles:
- Director / Houston, Texas
Robert J. Killeen, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1962. He attended Tulane University in New Orleans where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History in 1984, and a Juris Doctor in 1987. Mr. Killeen was admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1987, and the Texas Bar in 1990. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas, and United States District Courts for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana.
Mr. Killeen primarily focuses his practice on litigation, having handled matters in 20 states. He has had extensive experience in the maritime field, representing vessel owners and underwriters on vessel collisions, cargo losses, personal injury defense, charter disputes and insurance matters. In addition, Mr. Killeen also has significant experience in handling general liability, corporate matters, general subrogation, state and federal workers' compensation, trucking, energy, products liability, property and casualty, construction, commercial contractual litigation, and coverage disputes, toxic tort defense and nursing home litigation.
Mr. Killeen has a Martindale Hubbell rating of AV, the highest rating for legal ability and professional and ethical standards. Mr. Killeen also has a Martindale-Hubbell AV lawyer's peer review rating. He is active in the legal community and is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Louisiana State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Maritime Law Association of the United States, Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, Defense Research Institute, New Orleans Mariner's Club and Houston Mariner's Club. Mr. Killeen was selected by H Texas magazine as one of Houston's Best Lawyers for over 15 years. He is also listed by Martindale-Hubbell as a preeminent lawyer for 2020. Mr. Killeen was awarded AM Best's Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys and Adjusters 2020.
Mr. Killeen has spoken at several seminars as well as conducted continuing legal education seminars for insurance companies. He is the author of "Fear and Loathing in the P&I World: A Simple Primer to a Complex Universe;" "Ethical Dilemmas Facing Insurance Adjusters: From an Attorney's Point of View" "Texas Construction;" "Reservation of Rights", and "Welding Rod Litigation and Manganese Exposure."
Practice Areas
Litigation