Loretta C. O'Keeffe

Loretta C. O’Keeffe is an attorney with Gibbons | Neuman in Tampa, Fla., where her practice focuses on commercial litigation, creditors’ rights and real estate litigation, including disputes involving con-tracts, foreclosures, title insurance and collections. She is a member of the Florida Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida as well as theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Ms. O’Keeffe currently serves as board member and mentoring co-chair for the C.H. Ferguson-M.E. White American Inn of Court, board member and treasurer for St. Michael’s Legal Center for Women and Children, and secretary of the Tampa Bay CatholicLawyers Guild. She served on The Florida Bar’s Grievance Committee, the Professional Ethics Committee of The Florida Bar and the Leadership Institute for the Hillsborough County Bar Association, and she was president of the Young Men’s Service League South Tampa, a national mother-and-son service organization. Ms. O’Keeffe is a member of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association, theHillsborough County Bar Association, ABI, the Tampa Bay Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society, the Propeller Club of Port Tampa, the South Tampa Chamber of Commerce and the Krewe of Iris in NewOrleans. She received her undergraduate degree from Loyola University College of Business in NewOrleans and her J.D. from Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg, Fla.