Brandon W. Keay

Brandon Keay joined the litigation section of Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C. in 2015. Brandon’s practice covers a wide variety of commercial litigation, including (among other areas) toxic torts, lease disputes, premises and merchant liability, bad faith insurance litigation, and collections. Successfully representing clients from inception to trial, Brandon’s experience includes evicting lessees in complex commercial settings, obtaining millions of dollars in insurance bad faith penalty awards at trial, collecting millions of dollars owed to his creditor-clients, and obtaining favorable resolutions in dozens of cases. Brandon has also presented continuing legal education courses on lease issues, premises liability, and insurance bad faith. Brandon is a native of the New Orleans area. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Southeastern Louisiana University, graduating magna cum laude and with honors, where he was the recipient of the 2012 Harold Leu Award in Political Science. In 2015, he obtained his Juris Doctorate and Civil Law Certificate from Tulane Law School, graduating cum laude. While studying at Tulane Law School, he served for two years on the Tulane Maritime Law Journal and the Tulane Moot Court Board, and served as an assistant instructor teaching Legal Research and Writing to international L.L.M. students. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Brandon W. Keay included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2024 Harold Leu Award in Political Science, 2012 Other Sources of Feedback About Brandon W. Keay Included on the 2026Louisiana Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Louisiana Super Lawyers list 2024 Louisiana Super Lawyers list

• Associate

• Attempt the Summit: 2022 LSBA Annual Meeting & LJC / LSBA Joint Summer School, “Commercial Leases: Drafting and Enforcement Mistakes to Avoid,” Louisiana State Bar Association, June 7, 2022
• 34th Annual Summer School Revisited, “Insurance Bad Faith,” Louisiana State Bar Association, December 15, 2022
• 34th Annual Summer School Revisited, “Commercial Leases: Drafting and Enforcement Mistakes to Avoid,” Louisiana State Bar Association, December 15, 2022
• Back to Basics, “Landlord/Tenant Disputes,” Louisiana State Bar Association, March 15, 2023

• Veritext v. Bonin, 901 F.3d 287 (5th Cir. 2018)
• 429 Bourbon Street, LLC v. RMDR Investments, Inc., 230 So. 3d 256 (La. App. 4 Cir. 2017)
• Alexander v. Blue Williams, L.L.P., 363 So. 3d 272 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2019)
• EMIII Holdings, LLC v. First NBC Bank, No. 17-5367, 2021 WL 1840420 (E.D. La. May 7, 2021)
• Alexander v. Englade, 2018-1285 (La. App. 1 Cir. 4/12/19), 2019 WL 1578099

• Entertainment Law Legal Assistance, 2013-2014

• Louisiana, 2015
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 2015
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 2015
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 2015
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2015