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KMK Partner Bill Keating, Jr. to be Honored at Friars Club 37th Annual Dinner
Bill Keating, Jr., a partner with the Corporate Law Group at Keating Muething & Klekamp (KMK®), will be honored at the Friars Club 37th Annual Dinner on Saturday, May 9, 2009.
Since 1860, the Cincinnati Friars Club has been serving the special needs of Cincinnati’s at-risk children through organized sports, educational and enrichment programs to help them develop personal goals and achieve successful lives.
Keating has been active in numerous academic and athletic programs in Greater Cincinnati for more than 30 years. Keating has supported the Friars Club philosophy of positive interaction and diversity. His children have played basketball for the Friars Club, and he has sponsored Friars Club players and teams over the years. In addition, Keating has donated sporting event tickets, allowing Friars Club boys and girls the opportunity to attend higher level athletics. Keating currently is working with the Friars Club to support the expansion of the girls’ athletics program to bring it to a level that is more comparable to the boys’ program.
“Bill is a very positive and caring individual,” said Ms. Annie Timmons, Vice President of Operations for the Friars Club. “He appreciated the positive experience of having his own children involved in a sports program with a diverse economic mission and has continued to promote us and that philosophy. We honor individuals like Bill Keating who unselfishly help others.”
ABOUT BILL KEATING, JR.
Mr. Keating practices in the business representation and transactions practice group at Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL. He focuses in the area of corporate and business law, representing publicly-traded and privately-held businesses; he also practices in business succession planning, executive compensation, and estate and tax planning. Mr. Keating has been selected for inclusion to The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Corporate Law, he has been named to The Ohio Super Lawyers® in the area of Business/Corporate Law, and he has the highest peer review rating in Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Keating has served on the Boards of Trustees for the University of Cincinnati, St. Ursula Academy, and St. Xavier High School. He also has been active in the Greater Cincinnati Sports Corp., Girls!CAN, Cincinnati 2012, the Harmony Project, and the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Women's Sports Foundation.
Mr. Keating currently serves on the Advisory Board for the University of Cincinnati Center for Entrepreneurship Education & Research and is a member of the University of Cincinnati College of Business Board of Corporate Advisors. He also is currently involved in numerous other community and charitable activities.
As a former swimmer, he continues to volunteer as a coach and a high school and college swim official. Mr. Keating has officiated numerous Ohio high school swimming championships and NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming Championships.
Over the past three years, Mr. Keating has tried to raise the profile of women athletics by selling out the XU-UC Women's Crosstown Shootout Basketball Game and awarding varsity letters to the Women Sports Pioneers who previously never had received them. He was a Jefferson Award Finalist, honored by the Big East Conference for his outstanding contribution to girls and women in sports and was the winner of the CSPN Amateur Sports Event of the Year.
ABOUT KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP
The law firm of Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL (KMK), based in Cincinnati, was founded in 1954. KMK has approximately 115 lawyers and a support staff of 150 employees. For the past 55 years, KMK
has contributed to the success of many businesses, from Fortune 500 corporations to small start-up companies. KMK’s mission is to provide high quality legal counsel to business clients by meeting their identified needs and developing appropriate solutions. KMK’s vision is to excel as a law firm and community leader by recruiting and retaining the highest quality attorneys and personnel with diverse social, ethnic, and political backgrounds.