Publications

Mr. Keleher writes for legal publications across the country.  He has written on a number of topics, including appellate practice.  His work has been cited by both federal and state courts and various media outlets.

• Litigating Speedy Trial Rights In Indiana, Res Gestae-Indiana Bar Magazine (April 2025)

• The Antidote of Free Speech: Censorship During the Pandemic, Catholic University Law Review (April 2024)

• To Remain Silent: Navigating The Minefield of Custodial Interrogations, The Illinois Bar Journal (October 2022)
  
  
• Defining Lewdness: Illinois Courts Struggle For Consistency, The Illinois Bar Journal (January 2022)
  
  
• Ensuring Access to Federal Court: The Seventh Circuit Limits The Parratt v. Taylor Doctrine, Res Gestae-Indiana Bar Magazine (October 2020)
  
  
• Don’t Go There, Yet: The Sanction of Default Judgment, The Illinois Bar Journal (September 2018)
  
  
• Perfecting Your Oral Argument, The Iowa Lawyer (June 2018)
  
  
• When a Deposition Will Do: Overcoming the Hearsay Bar to Deposition Testimony, The Michigan Bar Journal (January 2015)
  
  
• The Perils of Unpaid Internships, The Illinois Bar Journal (December 2013)
  
  
• How a $20 Parking Ticket Became An $80 Million Liability, Res Gestae-Indiana Bar Magazine (April 2013)
  
  
• Church & State: Blurring the Lines, Wisconsin Lawyer (December 2012)
  
  
• Oral Argument in the Appellate Court: A Primer, Bench & Bar of Minnesota (November 2012)
  
  
• Class Inaction: The U.S. Supreme Court Reins in Class Actions, Res Gestae-Indiana Bar Magazine (May 2012)
  
  
• Review, A Lawyer’s Guide to Writing, Wisconsin Lawyer (March 2012)
  
  
• Judges as Jailers: The Disconnect Between Courts and Corrections, Creighton Law Review (2011)
  
  
• Campaign Against Sex Trafficking Is Gaining, New York Times article quoting Mr. Keleher (August 2011)
  
• The Illinois Predator Accountability Act: A Sleeping Giant, Illinois Bar Journal (November 2010)
  
  
• The Repercussions of Anonymous Juries, University of San Francisco Law Review (2010) (This article was cited in a Colorado Supreme Court Decision)
  
  
• On Legal Writing, DuPage County Bar Journal (May 2009)
  
  
• District of Columbia v Heller: The Death Knell for Illinois Handgun Bans? Illinois Bar Journal (August 2008) (This article was cited in an Illinois Appellate Court Decision)
  
• Businesses Should Take Heed of Illinois Court’s Novel Approach to Restrictive Covenants, Illinois Bar Corporate Newsletter (2008)
  
  
• The Supreme Court’s Foray into the Second Amendment Debate, 69 Mont. L. Rev. 113 (2008)
  
  
• The Illinois Employee Classification Act: A Primer, Illinois Bar Corporate Newsletter (2007)