Keker, Van Nest & Peters

Judge denies Mountain West's motion to dismiss Pac-12's conference realignment lawsuit

On behalf of the Pac-12 Conference, KVP defeated a motion to dismiss its antitrust lawsuit against the Mountain West Conference. The suit challenges an unlawful "poaching penalty" imposed by the Mountain West Conference as anticompetitive and unenforceable. www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...

Taxpayer and Immigrant Advocates Sue ICE, IRS, and Social Security Administration to Stop Information Sharing Taxpayer and immigrants’ rights advocates today filed a lawsuit asking for a block of the receipt and use of tax-related data by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from both the Internal Revenu...

ICE has no business handling sensitive taxpayer information. That's why today KVP joined taxpayer and immigration advocates in filing suit to block the IRS and Social Security Administration from sharing private taxpayer data with ICE: www.keker.com/news/news-it...

Today's @sfchronicle.com spotlights KVP attorneys Erin Meyer and Jonhatan Aragon and their quick action in securing the release of an asylum seeker from ICE detention amid a growing trend of the agency seizing people from their immigration hearings: www.keker.com/news/news-it...

🥳 Congratulations to Ben Berkowitz for being among the Daily Journal’s 2025 Top 100 Lawyers in California! www.keker.com/news/news-it...

Elliot Peters in the Daily Journal’s 2025 Top 100 Lawyers in California

🎉Congratulations to Elliot Peters for being among the Daily Journal’s 2025 Top 100 Lawyers in California! The profile is excellent, and you can read it here: www.keker.com/news/news-it...

John Keker and Bob Van Nest

We are proud to announce that John Keker and Bob Van Nest have been named Distinguished Counsel in the Daily Journal’s Top 100 Lawyers in California: www.keker.com/news/news-it...

Keker Represents Local Governments in Filing Amicus Brief Against Trump’s Deployment of California National Guard More than 85 local governments and local government leaders across the country have filed an amicus brief with the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a preliminary injunction blocking P...

“Amici respectfully call upon the Judiciary to fulfill its constitutional obligation to stand between the American public and a federal police state.” Read more about the legal arguments againt Trump's deployment of the California National Guard: shorturl.at/OIvLT

Ben Berkowitz, Elliot Peters, and Bob Van Nest among America's Top Lawyers for 2025

Proud moment: Forbes has named Keker partners Ben Berkowitz, Elliot Peters, and Bob Van Nest among America's Top Lawyers for 2025! www.forbes.com/lists/top-la...

'Targeting a Vulnerable Minority': Service Members Sue Dept. of Defense Over Executive Order on Transgender Health Care | Law.com Sharif Jacob, a partner at Keker, Van Nest & Peters who is representing the plaintiffs, said the executive order is "an alarming example of presidential overreach."

We are representing military families in challenging an abrupt reversal of Department of Defense policy which now prohibits military clinics and hospitals from providing continuing medical care for their transgender adolescent and adult children. Read more about the case www.law.com/2025/09/11/t...

“President Trump’s Executive Order blocks military hospitals from giving transgender youth the care their doctors deem necessary and their parents have approved. Today we filed a lawsuit to put an end to his order, and the agency guidance implementing it.” - KVP partner Sharif Jacob.

Big Law’s Trump Deals Pose Ongoing Risks, Keker Leaders Warn President Trump’s deals with Big Law firms pose ongoing risks to the profession, said leaders of a law firm that was among the first to criticize the pacts.

Big Law’s deals with Trump could set troubling precedents for the legal profession. Keker partners Steven Ragland and Laurie Carr Mims detail why Keker stood up to the administration and how this has united associates and bolstered the firm’s recruitment efforts news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

Photos of Erin Meyer, Jonhatan Aragon and Kayla Crowell. Headline: How Attys Freed Woman Snatched By ICE In Less Than 48Hrs Quote: Time is absolutely of the essence, because ICE is grabbing people, Meyer said. These are pretty basic constitutional violations Fifth Amendment right violations that anyone who litigates cases can do.

Law360 has profiled the work of KVP lawyers Erin Meyer, Jonhatan Aragon and Kayla Crowell who have freed two clients from ICE detention after they were kidnapped during standard immigration court check-ins. Read more of the harrowing story here: www.law360.com/articles/238...

Law360 has named Keker, Van Nest & Peters a 2025 California Powerhouse, recognizing the firm for its high-profile victories and distinctive culture. Learn more about what separates Keker from the rest: www.keker.com/news/news-it...

Team Keker, Van Nest & Peters!

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie

Congratulations on a great run!

Bob Van Nest and Susan Cole

So proud of Team Keker, Van Nest & Peters at Wednesday's 39th running of the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge, a 3.5-mile run through the streets of San Francisco!

Law360 has named Keker among its 2025 California Powerhouse firms, which "epitomized the industries and recurring legal issues within the Golden State." The list "reflects not only the work of exemplary firms, but also emerging legal trends." Read more (paywall): www.law360.com/articles/237...

Keker partner Anjali Srinivasan

The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association has included Keker partner Anjali Srinivasan among ten lawyers it has recognized as Best Under 40 honorees: www.keker.com/news/anjali-...

Keker lawyers Erin Meyer and Jonhatan Aragon

Congratulations to Keker lawyers Erin Meyer and Jonhatan Aragon for being named Litigator of the Week Runners-Up for winning a preliminary injunction that secured the release of a Colombian asylum seeker illegally detained by ICE during a regular immigration check-in: www.keker.com/news/news-it...

Huge congratulations to our Managing Partner, Laurie Carr Mims who has been named an Attorney of the Year finalist by The American Lawyer's Industry Awards.https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2025/08/14/american-lawyer-industry-awards-attorney-of-the-year-finalists-and-lifetime-achievement-awards/

We are honored to be among the finalists for Litigation Boutique of the Year in The American Lawyer's Industry Awards. Congratulations to all of the firms and lawyers recognized for their outstanding legal work and dedication to public service. www.law.com/americanlawy...

A Palm Springs bribery case collapsed when KVP’s defense team revealed that the bar where the alleged plot began didn’t even exist. shorturl.at/OHS87

An old legal procedure is getting asylum-seekers out of ICE detention On Friday, a 20-year-old asylum seeker walked into immigration court at 630 Sansome St. As has become routine, he was arrested and detained.

KVP's Erin Meyer and Jonhatan Aragon likely saved an asylum seeker from deportation by filing a habeas petition within 24 hours of her arrest at immigration court. ICE was flying her to Honolulu when the judge ordered her release. @missionlocal.org has the story: missionlocal.org/2025/08/habe...

🎉 Congratulations to Bailey Heaps who was named a 2025 Law360 Rising Star in Life Sciences! 🎉 www.keker.com/news/news-it...

Eyes on the Horizon: Litigators Serving as Managing Partners Discuss Managing Change in the Industry | Law.com Anthony “Tony” Froio of Robins Kaplan, Laurie Carr Mims of Keker, Van Nest & Peters and Jaime Drozd of Davis Wright Tremaine, who all participated in the “How I Made It” series over the past year, sha...

KVP’s Managing Partner Laurie Carr Mims discusses balancing a trial practice while meeting the needs of a growing firm in this week’s Litigation Daily column, which features the leadership insights of three litigators. Check it out: www.law.com/litigationda...

#Relatable: Building Trial Teams That Appeal to Jurors | Law.com Law firms and their clients hold a range of sometimes-differing philosophies about how to best win over a jury. And some of those approaches shake up the traditional dynamics of a trial team.

Elliot Peters was recently featured in an Am Law Litigation Daily article on how trial teams can connect with juries more effectively. He emphasized the importance of diversity in experience, seniority, and gender—not just as a value, but as a tactical advantage.
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The 25th Annual Staff v. Attorney Slugfest played out this weekend, and it was a homerun! After a three-year slump, the Attorneys beat the Staff 15-10. Despite the trash-talking and subpar softball skills, we enjoyed some rare San Francisco sun, a fabulous picnic, and of course the bouncy house!

We’re proud to share that our firm has raised more than $50,000 as part of the Food From the Bar campaign supporting the SF-Marin Food Bank in their vital mission to end hunger.

Elliot Peters told Law360 it's been a "terrific week" for client CREXi, with a federal judge clearing the way for key defenses in its IP row with CoStar and with the Ninth Circuit reviving CREXi's antitrust counterclaims. www.keker.com/news/news-it...

We continue to celebrate the acquittal of John Wessman! Law.com gave a shout out to the KVP team in Litigators of the Week for prevailing in the 4 week trial (and 8 year defense)! Congratulations, Elliot Peters, Steven Ragland, Cody Gray, and Jacqueline Concilla. Read more: shorturl.at/IVjJL

Unrivaled 2025: Robert Van Nest of Keker, Van Nest & Peters In Unrivaled 2025, Robert Van Nest of Keker, Van Nest & Peters is honored for his body of trial work including Singular Computing LLC v. Google LLC.

Absolutely unrivaled! Bloomberg Law interviews Bob Van Nest for its inaugural list of leading trial lawyers. Bob explains his strategies, including a divide-and-conquer approach to trials, and shares why he became a lawyer. Read the full interview here:
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Introducing Bloomberg Law’s 2025 Unrivaled Meet the Unrivaled, 32 leading trial lawyers winning key verdicts and settlements in big, “bet the farm” cases.

KVP’s fierce and fearless Bob Van Nest has been named one of Bloomberg Law's 2025 Unrivaled Litigators! Congratulations to Bob and this exceptional group of 32 trial lawyers.
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