About Keating Law Firm
About Christopher J. Keating
Christopher J. Keating, Esq. is an experienced attorney and dedicated advocate whose practice focuses on representing employees suffering from unlawful conduct by their employers, people injured in accidents through no fault of their own, victims of Civil Rights violations, and survivors of sexual abuse, assault, and harassment. Employment matters handled by Mr. Keating include those involving wrongful termination, unlawful discrimination, sexual harassment, hostile work environment, whistleblower retaliation, and unpaid wages.
Keating Law Firm accepts clients and cases in every county in New Jersey. Cases accepted by Keating Law Firm are handled directly by Mr. Keating. New files are not pushed off onto a new associate or paralegal.
Keating Law Firm cannot guarantee any specific results, but it does commit to providing high-quality legal representation throughout the attorney-client relationship in every matter. To provide the highest-quality service, Keating Law Firm consistently communicates with clients and keeps them involved and updated throughout the entirety of their matter. Each client receives the time and attention they deserve and is treated with dignity and respect throughout the process.
Before entering the private sector, Mr. Keating completed a clerkship in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Family Part, in Middlesex County. He then served as a Deputy Attorney General in the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General’s Division of Criminal Justice, where he prosected and secured convictions in matters of public corruption, fraud and theft committed against government agencies, and matters concerning wage-theft and dangerous work conditions committed against exploited workers.
For his outstanding work combating government fraud and abuse, Mr. Keating received awards and recognition from the United States Department of Labor and the United States Postal Service.
In 2021, Mr. Keating was recognized as a “New Leader of the Bar” by the New Jersey Law Journal. In 2020, he was named “Young Lawyer of the Year” by the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division.
While at Seton Hall Law, Mr. Keating won the law school’s moot court competition after arguing the final round before United States Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor.
Mr. Keating is licensed to practice law in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, and is admitted to practice in two federal district courts: the District of New Jersey and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is a member and former Trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Camden County Bar Association, and a member of the Burlington County Bar Association, the National Employment Lawyers Association – New Jersey, and the New Jersey Association for Justice.
No aspect of the above-referenced awards has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey or the American Bar Association. A description of the standard or methodology used by those organizations can be found on those organizations’ websites.
Kurt J. Jung
Attorney Kurt Jung focuses his practice on employment litigation matters. Prior to joining the Keating Law Firm LLC, he worked for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in various positions. His extensive experience includes working as an investigator, trial attorney, enforcement supervisor, state and local program manager, and administrative judge. As an EEOC trial attorney, he litigated cases in federal court on behalf of aggrieved individuals and the EEOC in matters involving Title VII of the Civil Rights, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Equal Pay Act. In his role as an administrative judge, he was responsible for adjudicating cases filed by federal employees against their agencies. As an enforcement supervisor, he managed the investigation, conciliation, and litigation development of cases to be filed in federal court. As EEOC’s state and local program manager, he was responsible for reviewing and auditing the investigation and litigation development of employment discrimination cases that were dual filed with State and Local Fair Employment Practice Agencies including the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, and the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights. Kurt retired after 36 years of federal service.
After a lengthy federal career, he served as the Director of Enforcement for the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC). In his role as a Senior Manager for the PHRC, he initiated and instituted policies that supported the PHRC’s mission to eradicate illegal discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodation, education, and commercial property pursuant to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act.
After leaving both federal and state government, he litigated employment cases and represented clients in the private and public sectors. He also has experience in the litigation of Special Education cases in lawsuits filed against school districts in New Jersey.
Kurt is currently a co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the West Jersey Music Academy, a non-profit music school in Moorestown, NJ, with the mission of providing music instruction and performance opportunities for all, including people with disabilities, seniors, and the indigent. He is a graduate of Temple University School of Law. He resides in Burlington County with his wife and two children.