SPEAKERS
2008 Shooting Sports Summit
The Premier Forum Exclusively
for Leaders of the Shooting Sports Industry
Lawrence G. Keane
 Lawrence G. Keane |
Lawrence G. Keane, Esq. is senior vice president,
assistant secretary and general counsel of the National Shooting Sports
Foundation, Inc., the firearm industry's trade association. He is responsible
for all of NSSF's legal, government relations and risk management functions. He assisted in drafting the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act
(Public Law No. 109-92). He serves as the firearms industry's spokesperson
for industry wide litigation and legislative and regulatory matters. He has been interviewed twice on-camera by 60 Minutes, and lived to tell
about it. Mr. Keane also serves as general counsel for the Sporting
Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute, Inc., which sets voluntary
industry safety standards, and the Hunting and Shooting Sports Heritage
Fund, Inc., which conducts voter education and mobilization campaigns. He is also a member of the policy steering committee of the National
Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucus. Previously, he served on the board of
the Firearms Safety Education Foundation, Inc., a non-profit 501(c)(3)
charitable organization dedicated to educating the public about firearm
safety issues.
Prior to joining NSSF, he was a partner in the White Plains, NY law firm
of Pino & Asscociates, LLP where he represented a number of domestic
and foreign firearm manufacturers in product liability cases. Mr. Keane
successfully represented Beretta U.S.A. Corp. in the landmark cases of Hamilton
v. Accu-Tek, et al. and Dix v. Beretta U.SA. Corp. Mr.
Keane is rated A.V. by Martindale-Hubbell.
Before joining Pino & Associates, LLP he was an Assistant District Attorney in the Westchester County, NY District Attorney's Office. During his career as a prosecutor he was assigned to the Economic Crime Bureau where he investigated and prosecuted complex white collar and organized crime cases.
Mr. Keane is a graduate of the Fordham University School of Law. He obtained a B.A. in Economics from Fordham University.