Mickey Keane
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Michael (“Mickey”) J. Keane, Jr. joined Garfunkel Wild, P.C. in 2012. Mickey primarily handles clients’ pre-dispute, litigation, and alternative dispute resolution needs, representing businesses, medical practices, and individuals in high-stakes matters throughout the tristate area. He has appeared before federal and state judges, juries, arbitral panels, administrative agencies, and regulatory bodies, and has argued appeals before both the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the New York Appellate Division.
Mickey’s practice spans a broad spectrum of complex commercial and regulatory disputes, including partnership and LLC breakups, commercial transactions, antitrust matters, managed-care and reimbursement issues, data breaches, fraud, wage-and-hour claims, employment discrimination, and labor-law matters.
He has significant experience defending RICO litigation and advising clients on strategies involving insurance-carrier examinations of claims under the No-Fault and Workers’ Compensation laws, including challenges to insurers’ expanding use of EUOs, audits, and fraud-based denials. Mickey regularly counsels clients on navigating the complex interplay between RICO allegations, reimbursement disputes, and insurer-driven investigative tactics.
Mickey also represents clients in technology and cybersecurity-related disputes, including matters involving evolving contractual and regulatory frameworks that create new categories of litigation risk. His work increasingly includes advising on potential litigation issues emerging from the broadened use of artificial intelligence, assisting clients in responding to data breaches, coordinating with insurers and regulators, assessing and securing insurance coverage, and managing the litigation and operational fallout that often follow cybersecurity incidents.
His work covers all phases of dispute resolution—from pre-suit strategy and discovery to dispositive motion practice, arbitration, and trial. Across all areas of his practice, Mickey prides himself on developing efficient, creative, and cost-effective strategies that help commercial entities and individuals resolve significant business disputes and achieve positive, durable results.
- Successful defense of hospital system in its withdrawal from a reciprocal insurance company when the insurance provider was demanding withdrawal fees
- Successfully represented a medical practice in numerous class actions related to a data breach stemming from a ransomware attack
- Represented a hospital and medical practice in the FTC investigation concerning possible mergers
- Representing clients in responding to data breaches and obtaining insurance coverage
- Successfully represented a university over dispute concerning the naming rights to an on-campus building
- Successfully represented client and obtained dismissal of discrimination case brought by former employee
- Successful defense of anesthesia practice in multi-million litigation brought by terminated partner
- Successfully prosecuted case for medical practice against managed care company based upon dispute over reimbursement.
- Successfully obtained dismissal of case brought by laboratory company concerning the financial responsibility for uninsured patients.
- Represents medical practice concerning reimbursement of COVID-19 testing services.
Super Lawyers has recognized Garfunkel Wild Attorneys across a range of the firm’s practice areas to the 2025 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list.
Super Lawyers has recognized 36 Garfunkel Wild Attorneys across a range of the firm’s practice areas to the 2024 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list.
Garfunkel Wild received prominent recognition in the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America and The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch. A total of 38 attorneys were honored with 59 individual recognitions across various practices and offices nationwide. Additionally, 3 Garfunkel Wild attorneys were distinguished as Lawyer of the Year, an accolade awarded to only one […]
Garfunkel Wild attorneys have once again been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2023 edition of Super Lawyers.
Thirty-Eight Garfunkel Wild attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 editions of The Best Lawyers in America and The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Thirty-Three Garfunkel Wild attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers, and 2022 New York Metro/Upstate New York Rising Stars.
Thirty Five Garfunkel Wild attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2023 The Best Lawyers in America® guide and the Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” list. In addition, Partner Jason Y. Hsi was honored as “Lawyer of the Year” in the area of Litigation – Health Care Law.
Thirty-Six Garfunkel Wild attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers, and 2021 New York Metro/Upstate New York Rising Stars.
Thirty-Six Garfunkel Wild attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers, and 2020 New York Metro/Upstate Rising Stars.
Thirty-Four Garfunkel Wild attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in 2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers, and 2019 New York Metro Rising Stars.
On December 19, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota issued a significant decision in the Change Healthcare cybersecurity multidistrict class action, largely denying defendants’ motion to dismiss claims brought by health care providers nationwide. The Court permitted core negligence and breach-of-contract claims to proceed against Change Healthcare, UnitedHealth Group, and affiliated Optum entities, dismissing only narrower negligence-per-se theories premised on HIPAA and the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Over the past several months, Roosevelt Road Re, Ltd. and Tradesman Program Managers, LLC have filed multiple lawsuits alleging a RICO scheme in which various law firms and medical providers purportedly directed workers to stage worksite injuries and undergo unnecessary medical procedures to inflate the value of workers’ compensation claims.
The cybersecurity attack on Change Healthcare (“Change”), a subsidiary of the UnitedHealth Group, has caused widespread disruption, impacting health care providers and individuals whose personal data was compromised. This breach has led to numerous class action lawsuits, divided into two main groups: providers affected by the claims processing shutdown and individuals whose data was leaked. In June 2024, approximately 50 lawsuits were centralized into a Multi-District Litigation (MDL) in federal court in Minnesota. On September 17, 2024, the first conference in the matter occurred. As the litigation progresses, motions to dismiss, potential mediation, and class certification are expected to shape the case.
Michael (“Mickey”) J. Keane, Jr. joined Garfunkel Wild, P.C. in 2012. Mickey primarily handles clients’ pre-dispute, litigation, and alternative dispute resolution needs, representing businesses, medical practices, and individuals in high-stakes matters throughout the tristate area. He has appeared before federal and state judges, juries, arbitral panels, administrative agencies, and regulatory bodies, and has argued appeals before both the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the New York Appellate Division.
Mickey’s practice spans a broad spectrum of complex commercial and regulatory disputes, including partnership and LLC breakups, commercial transactions, antitrust matters, managed-care and reimbursement issues, data breaches, fraud, wage-and-hour claims, employment discrimination, and labor-law matters.
He has significant experience defending RICO litigation and advising clients on strategies involving insurance-carrier examinations of claims under the No-Fault and Workers’ Compensation laws, including challenges to insurers’ expanding use of EUOs, audits, and fraud-based denials. Mickey regularly counsels clients on navigating the complex interplay between RICO allegations, reimbursement disputes, and insurer-driven investigative tactics.
Mickey also represents clients in technology and cybersecurity-related disputes, including matters involving evolving contractual and regulatory frameworks that create new categories of litigation risk. His work increasingly includes advising on potential litigation issues emerging from the broadened use of artificial intelligence, assisting clients in responding to data breaches, coordinating with insurers and regulators, assessing and securing insurance coverage, and managing the litigation and operational fallout that often follow cybersecurity incidents.
His work covers all phases of dispute resolution—from pre-suit strategy and discovery to dispositive motion practice, arbitration, and trial. Across all areas of his practice, Mickey prides himself on developing efficient, creative, and cost-effective strategies that help commercial entities and individuals resolve significant business disputes and achieve positive, durable results.
- Successful defense of hospital system in its withdrawal from a reciprocal insurance company when the insurance provider was demanding withdrawal fees
- Successfully represented a medical practice in numerous class actions related to a data breach stemming from a ransomware attack
- Represented a hospital and medical practice in the FTC investigation concerning possible mergers
- Representing clients in responding to data breaches and obtaining insurance coverage
- Successfully represented a university over dispute concerning the naming rights to an on-campus building
- Successfully represented client and obtained dismissal of discrimination case brought by former employee
- Successful defense of anesthesia practice in multi-million litigation brought by terminated partner
- Successfully prosecuted case for medical practice against managed care company based upon dispute over reimbursement.
- Successfully obtained dismissal of case brought by laboratory company concerning the financial responsibility for uninsured patients.
- Represents medical practice concerning reimbursement of COVID-19 testing services.
The cybersecurity attack on Change Healthcare (“Change”), a subsidiary of the UnitedHealth Group, has caused widespread disruption, impacting health care providers and individuals whose personal data was compromised. This breach has led to numerous class action lawsuits, divided into two main groups: providers affected by the claims processing shutdown and individuals whose data was leaked. In June 2024, approximately 50 lawsuits were centralized into a Multi-District Litigation (MDL) in federal court in Minnesota. On September 17, 2024, the first conference in the matter occurred. As the litigation progresses, motions to dismiss, potential mediation, and class certification are expected to shape the case.
Over the past several months, Roosevelt Road Re, Ltd. and Tradesman Program Managers, LLC have filed multiple lawsuits alleging a RICO scheme in which various law firms and medical providers purportedly directed workers to stage worksite injuries and undergo unnecessary medical procedures to inflate the value of workers’ compensation claims.
On December 19, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota issued a significant decision in the Change Healthcare cybersecurity multidistrict class action, largely denying defendants’ motion to dismiss claims brought by health care providers nationwide. The Court permitted core negligence and breach-of-contract claims to proceed against Change Healthcare, UnitedHealth Group, and affiliated Optum entities, dismissing only narrower negligence-per-se theories premised on HIPAA and the Federal Trade Commission Act.
On December 19, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota issued a significant decision in the Change Healthcare cybersecurity multidistrict class action, largely denying defendants’ motion to dismiss claims brought by health care providers nationwide. The Court permitted core negligence and breach-of-contract claims to proceed against Change Healthcare, UnitedHealth Group, and affiliated Optum entities, dismissing only narrower negligence-per-se theories premised on HIPAA and the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Over the past several months, Roosevelt Road Re, Ltd. and Tradesman Program Managers, LLC have filed multiple lawsuits alleging a RICO scheme in which various law firms and medical providers purportedly directed workers to stage worksite injuries and undergo unnecessary medical procedures to inflate the value of workers’ compensation claims.
The cybersecurity attack on Change Healthcare (“Change”), a subsidiary of the UnitedHealth Group, has caused widespread disruption, impacting health care providers and individuals whose personal data was compromised. This breach has led to numerous class action lawsuits, divided into two main groups: providers affected by the claims processing shutdown and individuals whose data was leaked. In June 2024, approximately 50 lawsuits were centralized into a Multi-District Litigation (MDL) in federal court in Minnesota. On September 17, 2024, the first conference in the matter occurred. As the litigation progresses, motions to dismiss, potential mediation, and class certification are expected to shape the case.
Practices
Education
- Associate Director, Moot Court Honor Society
- Senior Staff, American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review
- Dean’s List, Economics
Court admissions
New York Supreme Court
New Jersey Supreme Court
Connecticut Supreme Court
U.S. District Court: Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court: District of Connecticut
U.S. District Court: District of New Jersey
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
AWARDS & RANKINGS
Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch – Litigation – Labor and Employment (2023-2025); Health Care Law (2024-2025); and Labor and Employment Law – Management (2024-2025)
Super Lawyers – New York Metro Rising Star (2016-2025)
