Keri is certified by the American Board of Certification in consumer bankruptcy.
Keri is a Trustee for the Allegheny County Bar Foundation. Keri is the past Chair of the Allegheny County Bar Association Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, which is responsible for studying bankruptcy and commercial law and informing its members of proposed changes to related legislation. Keri is immediate past Treasurer of the Allegheny County Bar Association and is also the immediate past Chair of the Finance and Investment Committees for the Allegheny County Bar Association. Keri is a current board member for the Middle District Bankruptcy Bar.
A member of the American Legal Financial Network (ALFN), Keri was awarded the 2022 American Legal Financial Network’s Industry Achievement Award and is a past ALFN 2017 JPEG: Picture the Future Award, which recognizes stand-out young professionals for their achievements and commitment to the mortgage servicing industry. She is the immediate chair of the ALFN’s Bankruptcy and a member of its Women in Legal Leadership Committees and is a member of Legal League 100.
Keri is also a member and the immediate past finance committee chair of the Judith K. Fitzgerald Western Pennsylvania Bankruptcy American Inn of Court and a member of the Turnaround Management Association. She is licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania; the U.S. District Court of New Jersey; the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio; the U.S. District Courts of Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas; the Third Circuit Court of Appeals; and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Keri has spoken on bankruptcy and collection topics nationally at the ALFN Answers annual conference as well as ALFN’s Bankruptcy conference since 2013. Keri also speaks, plans sessions and moderates regularly for the Allegheny County Bar Association, NBI and Pennsylvania Bar Institute on bankruptcy, collections and repossessions. Keri has also presented several on site client seminars as well as hosted webinars for clients, prospective clients and industry representatives on bankruptcy and collections. Keri was recently recognized in the 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 edition of Pennsylvania Best Lawyers for Bankruptcy.
Keri is a certified mediator and registered to handle mediations for the Western District of Pennsylvania District and Bankruptcy Courts as well as the Middle District Bankruptcy Court of Pennsylvania.
Keri is an active volunteer and sits on the Board for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia Chapter. Keri is also a board member of the Trojan Education Foundation. Additionally, Keri is the President of the Women’s Golf Association for Diamond Run Golf Club.
