Sara Branch Keegan

Sara Keegan's litigation and regulatory practice focuses primarily on government investigations and civil proceedings related to criminal investigations, with a particular emphasis on securities and corporate governance litigation and the regulation of energy commodities. She has broad experience in commercial litigation in state and federal courts, including matters involving energy commodities, securities, antitrust, product liabilities, and the False Claims Act. Sara has significant recent experience in civil proceedings related to criminal investigations, particularly those involving the Commodity Exchange Act and Energy Policy Act of 2005. These matters include regulatory enforcement and criminal actions involving allegations of market manipulation and false reporting of energy transactions brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Department of Justice, and private civil litigants. She had an important role in a high-profile matter, including regulatory and grand jury investigations and multijurisdictional litigation, involving allegations of market manipulation in the "over-the-counter" propane market. Representative clients in public matters since joining Jones Day include BP America, Dell, Textron, Verizon Communications, and Washington Group International.