Eric A. Kekel

Eric Kekel is a partner at Dunn Carney, where he leads the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and Insurance Defense Team. He routinely represents professionals, businesses, and insurers in high-stakes disputes involving significant financial exposure and intricate legal and factual issues.

His practice spans a wide range of complex litigation matters, with a focus on construction law, commercial litigation, catastrophic personal injury defense, insurance defense, insurance coverage, and professional liability defense, defending attorneys, architects, engineers and accountants.

Eric has special expertise in defending construction defect and design claims, many involving complex design and engineering issues, mechanical system issues and moisture penetration. He has represented developers, architects, engineers, general contractors and subcontractors.

As the high-rise market has grown in Oregon and Washington, Eric has been at the forefront of defending high-rise construction and design defect claims. He was among the first to defend high-rise construction defect claims with his representation of the developers involved in Portland’s South Waterfront. With entirely different issues surrounding high-rise and low-rise development, Eric is well-known for his experience with both.

Clients consistently rely on Eric to fully and fairly evaluate the liability and damages of a case; claims have ranged from a few hundred thousand dollars to more than $120 million.

Before he gets to the office, Eric has for years started his morning with a run. He is an avid supporter of both the Oregon State Beavers football team and the Linfield Wildcats football team. In the fall he is often on the road to root for them.