Ken Keller
Partner
- Direct
- (336) 510-9433
- Mobile
- (336) 707-8733
- Fax
- (336) 510-9433
- ken.keller@dhwlegal.com
Ken is a litigator who focuses his practice on employment and compliance matters, including issues arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Wage and Hour claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), North Carolina’s Retaliatory Discrimination Act (REDA), the Occupational Safety and Health Act, as well as employment contract disputes, and insurance coverage issues. His clients include businesses and individuals.
Ken represents clients in federal and state courts and agencies, including the EEOC, the Department of Justice, North Carolina’s Retaliatory Discrimination Bureau, and the North Carolina Industrial Commission on OSHA and worker’s comp insurance matters.
- North Carolina, 1974
- Admitted to practice before all Federal and State Courts in North Carolina
- Successfully argued multiple cases before the North Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
- North Carolina State University, B.A., With High Honors (1969)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., With Honors (1974)
- Best Lawyers in America – 2011 to Present
- Best Lawyers in America: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law “Lawyer of the Year,” 2025
- Business North Carolina: Legal Elite, 2008-2009, 2012-2016, 2018, 2021-2022
- North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2017-2020
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
- BA with High Honors, NCSU 1969
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor society at NCSU
- North Carolina Law Review, 1972-1974; Research Editor North Carolina Law Review 1973-74; J.D. with honors from UNC 1974
- Rotary Club of Greensboro Rotarian of the Year, 2002
- American Bar Association
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow
- North Carolina Bar Association, Members
- Greensboro Bar Association, Past President and Board of Directors
- President 18th Judicial District 2008-09
- President 18th Judicial District 2016-17
- Carruthers & Roth, PA
- Greensboro, NC