Keker, Van Nest & Peters
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Keker, Van Nest & Peters is a trial-practice litigation firm located in San Francisco. For more than 45 years, we have devoted our practice exclusively to complex civil and criminal litigation.
“Democracy is not a state of being. It’s an act.” John Keker talks about the city he loves, his military service, and standing up to the Trump administration in this San Franciscan of the Year profile: www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-cit...
Keker's stand shows The City's spine
SF lawyer a vocal critic of Trump adminsitration targeting law firms.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“Democracy is not a state of being. It’s an act.” John Keker talks about the city he loves, his military service, and standing up to the Trump administration in this San Franciscan of the Year profile: www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-cit...
Demanding political loyalty from civil servants has no place in our democracy. That's why KVP is joining @democracyforward.org and @protectdemocracy.org in defending the integrity of America’s nonpartisan civil service: www.keker.com/news/news-it...
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Demanding political loyalty from civil servants has no place in our democracy. That's why KVP is joining @democracyforward.org and @protectdemocracy.org in defending the integrity of America’s nonpartisan civil service: www.keker.com/news/news-it...
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Today, w/ @democracyforward.org & @kekerllp.bsky.social, we filed suit on behalf of unions AFGE, @afscme.bsky.social, & NAGE over the Trump admin’s politicization of the fed hiring process via its “Merit Hiring Plan,” which we allege exists to seek political loyalty to POTUS. 🔗 protdem.org/47OVPz5
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Today, w/ @democracyforward.org & @kekerllp.bsky.social, we filed suit on behalf of unions AFGE, @afscme.bsky.social, & NAGE over the Trump admin’s politicization of the fed hiring process via its “Merit Hiring Plan,” which we allege exists to seek political loyalty to POTUS. 🔗 protdem.org/47OVPz5
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🏛️ Join us for a free Berkeley Boosts webinar: Conversations on Civil Justice, Profiles in Legal Courage: "Standing Up for the Rule of Law."
🗓️ November 14 @ 1 p.m. PT
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🗓️ November 14 @ 1 p.m. PT
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November 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🏛️ Join us for a free Berkeley Boosts webinar: Conversations on Civil Justice, Profiles in Legal Courage: "Standing Up for the Rule of Law."
🗓️ November 14 @ 1 p.m. PT
🔗 executive.law.berkeley.edu/boosts/profi...
@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social
🗓️ November 14 @ 1 p.m. PT
🔗 executive.law.berkeley.edu/boosts/profi...
@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social
We’re proud to share that our founding partner John Keker has been named a San Franciscan of the Year by the San Francisco Examiner! Share your congratulations here and we will share it with John! Read more about the 2025 honorees: www.sfexaminer.com/meet-the-202...
Meet the 2025 San Franciscans of the Year
It’s no secret that San Francisco is back. Yet the phoenix rising from the ashes once again didn’t happen by accident. Among the hundreds if not thousands of people working
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November 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We’re proud to share that our founding partner John Keker has been named a San Franciscan of the Year by the San Francisco Examiner! Share your congratulations here and we will share it with John! Read more about the 2025 honorees: www.sfexaminer.com/meet-the-202...
Keker, Van Nest & Peters welcomes our newest class of fall associates! With accomplished backgrounds spanning top law schools and clerkships, they bring fresh perspectives and passion to our work. We’re proud to have them on the team and can’t wait to see all that they’ll achieve.
October 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Keker, Van Nest & Peters welcomes our newest class of fall associates! With accomplished backgrounds spanning top law schools and clerkships, they bring fresh perspectives and passion to our work. We’re proud to have them on the team and can’t wait to see all that they’ll achieve.
Congratulations to Keker partner Anjali Srinivasan, named among the Top 40 Under 40 Lawyers by the Daily Journal! www.keker.com/news/news-it...
October 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Congratulations to Keker partner Anjali Srinivasan, named among the Top 40 Under 40 Lawyers by the Daily Journal! www.keker.com/news/news-it...
Closing out Pro Bono Week, we celebrate the teamwork that makes this vital work possible: Our pro bono partners, the clients we represent, and the KVP attorneys and staff who dedicate themselves fully to each pro bono case. www.keker.com/services/pro...
October 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Closing out Pro Bono Week, we celebrate the teamwork that makes this vital work possible: Our pro bono partners, the clients we represent, and the KVP attorneys and staff who dedicate themselves fully to each pro bono case. www.keker.com/services/pro...
Today for Pro Bono Week we are spotlighting our partnership with the ACLU of New Mexico in seeking to end the use of long-term solitary confinement in state penitentiaries. www.keker.com/news/news-it...
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today for Pro Bono Week we are spotlighting our partnership with the ACLU of New Mexico in seeking to end the use of long-term solitary confinement in state penitentiaries. www.keker.com/news/news-it...
It’s Pro Bono Week! Families reunited. Federal agents held accountable. Upholding the law. Keker’s pro bono victories make a real impact. www.keker.com/news/news-it...
October 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It’s Pro Bono Week! Families reunited. Federal agents held accountable. Upholding the law. Keker’s pro bono victories make a real impact. www.keker.com/news/news-it...
During the ABA's National Celebration of Pro Bono this week, we are especially proud of the work we do on behalf of immigrants: defending their rights, reuniting families, fighting illegal mass deportations, and upholding the rule of law. www.keker.com/news/news-it...
October 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
During the ABA's National Celebration of Pro Bono this week, we are especially proud of the work we do on behalf of immigrants: defending their rights, reuniting families, fighting illegal mass deportations, and upholding the rule of law. www.keker.com/news/news-it...
We’re proud to share that Sharif Jacob has been elected to the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Community Health Center, an organization dedicated to celebrating and attending to the health and wellness of the communities that define the city.
October 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We’re proud to share that Sharif Jacob has been elected to the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Community Health Center, an organization dedicated to celebrating and attending to the health and wellness of the communities that define the city.
“The government is acting with unchecked, arbitrary power. To arrest someone whose circumstances haven't changed, simply because it can, is the definition of lawlessness.” With ACLU of Northern CA and Centro Legal de la Raza, we sued to stop these illegal arrests.
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Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Unlawful Policy of Re-Arresting Immigrants Without Legal Justification | ACLU of Northern CA
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October 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“The government is acting with unchecked, arbitrary power. To arrest someone whose circumstances haven't changed, simply because it can, is the definition of lawlessness.” With ACLU of Northern CA and Centro Legal de la Raza, we sued to stop these illegal arrests.
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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...
Judge denies Mountain West's motion to dismiss Pac-12's conference realignment lawsuit
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October 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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...
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...
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...
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September 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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...
September 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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...
September 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🥳 Congratulations to Ben Berkowitz for being among the Daily Journal’s 2025 Top 100 Lawyers in California! www.keker.com/news/news-it...
🎉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...
September 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🎉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...
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...
September 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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...
“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
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...
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September 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“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
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...
September 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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...
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...
'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."
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September 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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.
When servicemembers are deployed, they should know their families are safe and supported. But the government’s ban on care for transgender dependents breaks that promise and puts families at risk. GLAD Law’s Ricardo Martinez explains why we’re fighting back with a new lawsuit. https://bit.ly/4peR4Xn
September 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“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 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...
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.
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September 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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...
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...
September 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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...