Kenneth Hofmann Keefe

2010 –Present: Managing Partner, The Keefe Law Group, PA: Founder and managing

member of a business and real estate law firm with deep and broad experience in business

creation and acquisition, contract law, foreclosure defense, short sale negotiation, loan

modification, asset protection and debt restructuring, including bankruptcy law. Together

with affiliated parties, also facilitate real estate sales, investments and title closings.

2008 –2009: President, CLO and Board Member, Extreme Enterprise, Inc. Responsible

for designing and implementing the strategic business plan for an internet-based, social

networking and e-commerce website/portal, ZingSocial, directly responsible for over

$250,000 in equity capital raised in 2008-9. Served as in-house legal counsel, ensuring

SEC compliance, protecting the company’s intellectual property and maintaining

appropriate corporate structures and of-counsel and co-counsel relationships.

2003 – 2007: Real Estate Attorney, Developer and Investor. Purchased, improved and

sold over two dozen waterfront homes and other Florida properties. Purchased and held a

five unit apartment building and bought and sold two office warehouses. Successfully

handled permitting for the construction 21 “affordable housing, energy-efficient” town

homes in the St. Petersburg area.

1999 – 2002: President, Eupen Cable USA: Established the U.S. subsidiary for

Kabelwerk Eupen, a privately-held, $200 million in annual sales, Belgian manufacturer

of cable products, including 50 ohm coaxial cable and connectors for the wireless

infrastructure industry. As President of the newly founded U.S. subsidiary, built a sales

and distribution network employing over 20 people, generating annual sales of over $19

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million. Penetrated major wireless carries, becoming a key supplier to, among others,

Cingular Wireless, Verizon Wireless. Complete profit and loss responsibility.

1997 –1998: President, Inter Venture Group: In collaboration with Peter Dehnen,

Dusseldorf, Germany’s leading international tax attorney, established a transatlantic

strategic planning and business development consultancy, representing a select group of

globally active clients, including the Connecticut Economic Resource Center (CERC);

The Dusseldorf Trade Show Authority; Kabelwerk Eupen; the Florida-based, full-service

law firm of Ruden McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell (representing Ruden, McClosky

on both a consultancy and “of-counsel” basis).

1993 –1996: Senior U.S. & Foreign Service Commercial Officer, U.S. Department of

Commerce: Appointed by President Bill Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Senate,

served as an U.S. Commerce Department senior diplomat in Germany, first in Frankfurt

and later in Dusseldorf. Managed a combined German and U.S. staff of 14, focusing on

the promotion of U.S. business-export interests, especially in the apparel, medical and

telecommunications industries.

1989 –1992: Attorney-at-Law, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg: International trade lawyer,

admitted to practice before the Court of International Trade. Designed global sourcing

strategies for numerous small and mid-sized companies seeking advantage from the

“Caribbean Basin Initiative, the “North American Free Trade Agreement” and the

“Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States.” Specialized in Customs

classification and penalties issues for duty purposes.

1987 –1988: Federal Attorney, U.S. Customs Service: Federal Attorney in the

“Classification, Valuation and Penalties Branch” of the U. S. Customs Service, with a

focus on custom duty classification and global sourcing issues for products being

imported into the United States.

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1985 –19986: Foreign Policy and National Security Adviser to U.S. Congressman Roy

Dyson: Advised the Congressman on foreign policy and Armed Services Committee

issues, including speech writing and drafting of committee hearing statements.

EDUCATION:

1987: German Academic Exchange Service Lawyers Program. Participated in the

German Government’s prestigious “Foreign Lawyers Program,” which annually

introduces 10-15 internationally experienced Western lawyers fluent in German to the

German legal system.

New York Law School, Juris Doctor 1984

The American University, Maters of Arts, International Politics 1981

Florida State University, Bachelors of Art, History 1978

MEMBERSHIP:

The Florida Bar Association

Leadership St. Petersburg (Class of 2004)

Pinellas Realty Organization

St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster’s Sports Council (2010-2012)

SPECIAL INTERESTS:

Family, literature, history, politics, strategic business conception and development,

including real estate investment, travel, baseball and running.