Jonathan F. Keephart was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 18, 1983 and was raised in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
Following matriculation at The Lawrenceville School in 2001, he graduated from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management in 2005, where he majored in Finance. In 2009, Mr. Keephart received his Juris Doctor from the Washington College of Law at American University. He is a member of the New Jersey State Bar (2009), the Mercer County Bar Association, and the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity.
After law school, Mr. Keephart worked extensively in defensive litigation control and casualty investigations for several prominent insurance carriers. There, he directly investigated and settled claims ranging from first-party property, premises liability, product defect, rideshare vehicle accidents, special event incidents, sporting injuries, to construction site accidents.
Mr. Keephart’s career progressed to private practice in 2016, where he primarily focused on matrimonial mediation, collaborative law, alternative dispute resolution (ADR), and estate planning. In 2017, he was selected to attend executive education at Harvard Law School, where he focused on advanced negotiation techniques and mitigation of protracted disputes with Professor Robert Mnookin. As a trusted neutral, Mr. Keephart’s unique approach to problem solving emphasizes the inherent dignity and decision-making autonomy of all parties involved.
He now resides in Barboursville with his wife and their three children. He most enjoys family time, cycling, golf, and road trips to the “Lowcountry.”
Areas of Practice: Divorce, Child Custody, Matrimonial Mediation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Collaborative Law.