W. Jeffrey Sefton

Jeff Sefton is a trial lawyer with extensive experience at both the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts throughout the United States. He has obtained successful decisions, verdicts, and results for his clients at the trial level as well as through the appellate process. His practice focuses on highly complex, highly contentious litigation in which his client's most vital interests are at stake, including multidistrict litigation, class action litigation, complex product liability and personal injury litigation, financial and tax litigation, and antitrust litigation.

Prior to joining Keating Muething & Klekamp, he served as a Judicial Law Clerk for The Honorable S. Arthur Spiegel, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (2003-2005) and for The Honorable Terence P. Kemp, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio (2000-2002). He was also an Associate with Sebaly Shillito + Dyer in Dayton, Ohio (2000, 2002-2003).  Among his professional activities, Sefton routinely teaches in the areas of taxation, fraud, and antitrust, including teaching antitrust law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.

Awards & Recognitions

• CALI Awards for Excellence in Constitutional Law, Trusts and Future Interests, Commercial Paper, Property, Partnership Taxation and International Law
• Named to Ohio Rising Stars, 2010-2012

Professional & Community Involvement

• Cincinnati Bar Association
• American Association for Justice
• Ohio Association for Justice 
• Hamilton County Trial Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Butler County Bar Association
• Potter Stewart American Inn of Court, Barrister