Keith P Carroll

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Keith P. Carroll is a trial attorney in Holland & Knight's Boston office and is the co-chair of the firm's Sports Industry Team. Mr. Carroll works with public, private, and closely held companies, senior executives, and boards across many industries. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and closely held company business disputes. He also regularly advises prominent professional sports leagues, franchises, senior executives, and athletes with regard to internal investigations, business disputes, and other sensitive and high-profile matters.

Mr. Carroll is an experienced and recognized trial counsel with more than twenty matters taken to verdict, decision or award in numerous state and federal courts and arbitration forums. Mr. Carroll is ranked in Chambers USA, where clients have cited his “outstanding professionalism” and noted that “he offers good practical advice.” He has also been recognized by Best Lawyers America and Benchmark Litigation for his litigation skills and by the Sports Business Journal as a Power Player Outside Counsel. Mr. Carroll has conducted numerous internal investigations for professional sports leagues and teams and has successfully represented multiple clients in investigations conducted by Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). He has also successfully represented clients in multiple sports-related arbitrations, including National Basketball Association (NBA)- and NHL-related business disputes, and a disciplinary appeal before the NBPA. The complex cases he has handled cover a wide range of subjects, including commercial contract disputes, antitrust claims, fiduciary duties, intellectual property, corporate governance, negligence, healthcare and life sciences, class-actions, eminent domain, insurance coverage and bad faith disputes, and sports industry disputes and investigations. He has also argued appeals in multiple state and federal jurisdictions, including the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First Circuit and the Second Circuit.

Earlier in his career, Keith served as a law clerk to the Honorable Christopher F. Droney in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. During law school, he was Articles Editor and member of the editorial board for the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics.