Attorneys Daniel W. Walker and James F. Keenan Jr. Named Shareholders at Bernstein Shur

Bernstein Shur is one of northern New England's largest full-service law firms

Attorneys Daniel W. Walker and James F. Keenan, Jr. have been named shareholders of Bernstein Shur, one of northern New England's largest full-service law firms.

Walker is a member of the firm’s Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Practice Group, maintaining a diverse practice in the areas of legislation, administrative and regulatory law, campaign finance and election law, public policy, and municipal law.


Walker previously served as Legal Counsel to the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, advising on constitutional, procedural, and policy issues, including nonprofit corporations and higher education. He also served as a litigation associate for a Salt Lake City law firm and clerked for the Utah Court of Appeals.

A resident of Freeport, Walker serves on the board of the Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine. He is a 1991 graduate of Dartmouth College and received his law degree from the University of Maine School of Law in 1996. Walker grew up in Blue Hill, Maine and is a 1987 graduate of George Stevens Academy.

Keenan, a member of the firm's Intellectual Property, Technology, and Business Law practice groups, represents a national client base that includes businesses of all sizes, spanning a wide range of industries.

Keenan assists clients with identifying, protecting, and commercializing their intellectual property assets throughout the world and heads one of the region’s most active trademark practices. He is a member of the ABA, MSBA, and International Trademark Association.

A Gorham resident, Keenan serves as Vice President and Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Portland, and as Director of the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce. He is a 1995 magna cum laude graduate of Bowdoin College and received his J.D., cum laude, from Boston College Law School in 1998.

Bernstein Shur is one of northern New England’s largest full-service law firms, with more than 80 attorneys in Portland and Augusta, Maine and Manchester, New Hampshire. Established in 1915, the firm provides practical legal counsel to a diverse group of public and private clients throughout the region and around the world. For more information, visit bernsteinshur.com.

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