Daniel P. Keenan, Esq.
Keenan Law, LLC is a law firm providing legal services and solutions tailored to clients in Maine and New Hampshire.
The Firm focuses on civil litigation, criminal defense, business law, and immigration matters.
Attorney Keenan is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in Maine and New Hampshire.
Education
Daniel graduated from the University of Maine School of Law in 2016, magna cum laude. While attending Maine Law, he was a member of the Maine Law Review, the Trial Team, and a student attorney at the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic.
Prior to attending Maine Law, he received his B.A. from Loyola University Maryland, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa (2010). Following Loyola University, Daniel lived in Leuven, Belgium for a several years, where he attended graduate school at the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven, receiving his master’s degree in public policy (2011). He then worked in Brussels in the public policy arena, with a focus on privacy and data security matters for various American business interests. As a result of his time in Belgium, Daniel speaks Dutch (Flemish dialect).
Civic Involvement and Accolades
Daniel is a member of the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project’s pro bono panel of attorneys, where he provides representation to individuals seeking asylum in the United States. In 2019, ILAP awarded him its Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award. Daniel received the Maine Justice Foundation’s 2020 New Lawyer Award in recognition to his contributions to the legal profession through his pro bono services to Maine’s immigrant community. Daniel has been included by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court’s Katahdin Counsel Recognition Program for the past five years, which recognizes Maine attorneys who provide 50 hours or more of pro bono services per year.
Currently, Daniel is a corporator at the Boys & Girls Club of Southern Maine, where he is a member of the programming committee, and where was a judge for the organization’s Youth of the Year competition in 2020. Daniel also sits on the board of Portland Greendrinks.
Personal
In his free time, Daniel enjoys traveling and experiencing the amazing food culture and natural beauty of New England. He also holds dual citizenship with Ireland, the birthplace of his maternal grandparents.
Daniel resides in South Portland with his wife, Tasha, and border terrier, Hatch.
In the News
Portland Press Herald, November 12, 2020, U.S. asylum office approving fewer applications from Maine