Kenneth Hofmann Keefe

About Kenneth Hofmann Keefe

2010 –Present: Managing Partner, The Keefe Law Group, PA: Founder and managing member of a business and real estate law firm with deep and broad experience in business creation and acquisition, contract law, foreclosure defense, short sale negotiation, loan modification, asset protection and debt restructuring, including bankruptcy law.

Together with affiliated parties, also facilitate real estate sales, investments and title closings. 2008 –2009: President, CLO and Board Member, Extreme Enterprise, Inc. Responsible for designing and implementing the strategic business plan for an internet-based, social networking and e-commerce website/portal, ZingSocial, directly responsible for over $250,000 in equity capital raised in 2008-9.

Served as in-house legal counsel, ensuring SEC compliance, protecting the company’s intellectual property and maintaining appropriate corporate structures and of-counsel and co-counsel relationships. 2003 – 2007: Real Estate Attorney, Developer and Investor. Purchased, improved and sold over two dozen waterfront homes and other Florida properties.

Purchased and held a five unit apartment building and bought and sold two office warehouses. Successfully handled permitting for the construction 21 “affordable housing, energy-efficient” town homes in the St. Petersburg area. 1999 – 2002: President, Eupen Cable USA: Established the U.S. subsidiary for Kabelwerk Eupen, a privately-held, $200 million in annual sales, Belgian manufacturer of cable products, including 50 ohm coaxial cable and connectors for the wireless infrastructure industry.

As President of the newly founded U.S. subsidiary, built a sales and distribution network employing over 20 people, generating annual sales of over $19 Kenneth H. Keefe 2 million. Penetrated major wireless carries, becoming a key supplier to, among others, Cingular Wireless, Verizon Wireless. Complete profit and loss responsibility.

1997 –1998: President, Inter Venture Group: In collaboration with Peter Dehnen, Dusseldorf, Germany’s leading international tax attorney, established a transatlantic strategic planning and business development consultancy, representing a select group of globally active clients, including the Connecticut Economic Resource Center (CERC); The Dusseldorf Trade Show Authority; Kabelwerk Eupen; the Florida-based, full-service law firm of Ruden McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell (representing Ruden, McClosky on both a consultancy and “of-counsel” basis).

1993 –1996: Senior U.S. & Foreign Service Commercial Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce: Appointed by President Bill Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, served as an U.S. Commerce Department senior diplomat in Germany, first in Frankfurt and later in Dusseldorf. Managed a combined German and U.

S. staff of 14, focusing on the promotion of U.S. business-export interests, especially in the apparel, medical and telecommunications industries. 1989 –1992: Attorney-at-Law, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg: International trade lawyer, admitted to practice before the Court of International Trade. Designed global sourcing strategies for numerous small and mid-sized companies seeking advantage from the “Caribbean Basin Initiative, the “North American Free Trade Agreement” and the “Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States.

” Specialized in Customs classification and penalties issues for duty purposes. 1987 –1988: Federal Attorney, U.S. Customs Service: Federal Attorney in the “Classification, Valuation and Penalties Branch” of the U. S. Customs Service, with a focus on custom duty classification and global sourcing issues for products being imported into the United States.

Kenneth H. Keefe 3 1985 –19986: Foreign Policy and National Security Adviser to U.S. Congressman Roy Dyson: Advised the Congressman on foreign policy and Armed Services Committee issues, including speech writing and drafting of committee hearing statements. EDUCATION: 1987: German Academic Exchange Service Lawyers Program.

Participated in the German Government’s prestigious “Foreign Lawyers Program,” which annually introduces 10-15 internationally experienced Western lawyers fluent in German to the German legal system. New York Law School, Juris Doctor 1984 The American University, Maters of Arts, International Politics 1981 Florida State University, Bachelors of Art, History 1978 MEMBERSHIP: The Florida Bar Association Leadership St.

Petersburg (Class of 2004) Pinellas Realty Organization St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster’s Sports Council (2010-2012) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Family, literature, history, politics, strategic business conception and development, including real estate investment, travel, baseball and running.

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(727) 291 4393 111 2nd Ave NE, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701

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