O'Keefe & Associates In The Press

• January 2008 – Spotlight Detroit – Meagan Hardcastle of O’Keefe & Associates comments on the Detroit automotive industry.
   
• October 2007 – D Business – “Real Estate Plunge Tests Survival Skills” by Meagan Hardcastle, Financial and Operational Management Consultant with O’Keefe and Associates.
   
• September 2007 – ABF Journal – “Ponzi Schemes: Proving their Existence in a Bankruptcy Case”, by Patrick O’Keefe, Managing Member of O’Keefe and Associates, and Russell D. Long, Senior Associate with O’Keefe and Associates.
   
• September 19, 2007 – Detroit Legal News  – "Financial Experts are Vital Legal Resource" by Susan Koss, Litigation Support Specialist with O'Keefe and Associates.
   
• August 7, 2007 – Detroit Free Press – Patrick O’Keefe, founder of O’Keefe and Associates, comments on Bob Nardelli being named the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chrysler.
   
• June 27, 2007 – O’Keefe & Associates accepts National Award for Manufacturing:  Business to Business Deal of the Year.
   
• June 15, 2007 - Detroit Legal News - “Practice Management Valuation Experts Add Strategic Support to Litigation Team” by Susan Koss, Litigation Support Specialist with O’Keefe & Associates.
   
• June 1, 2007 - Detroit News - Article featuring Patrick O'Keefe, “Consulting Firm Helps Businesses in Crisis”.
   
• May 23, 2007 - Detroit Free Press - Brian Krasicky of O’Keefe & Associates comments on the sale of Chrysler to Cerberus Capital Management.
   
• May 15, 2007 - Detroit Free Press - Brian Krasicky of O’Keefe & Associates comments on a possible GMAC – Chrysler Financial merger following the sale of Chrysler to Cerberus Capital Management.
   
• April 30, 2007 - Crain's Detroit Business - Meagan Hardcastle of O’Keefe & Associates comments on Bank of America’s buyout of LaSalle Bank Corporation.
   
• April 23, 2007 - Crain's Detroit Business - Meagan Hardcastle of O’Keefe & Associates comments on Bank of America’s buyout of LaSalle Bank Corporation.
   
• April 13, 2007 - Detroit Free Press - Brian Krasicky of O’Keefe & Associates comments on Kurt Kerkorian’s Chrysler buyout offer.
   
• April 6, 2007 - Detroit News - Brian Krasicky of O’Keefe & Associates comments on Chrysler employee buyouts.
   
• April 1, 2007 - Detroit News - “Patrick O’Keefe wins Small Business Person of the Year award from the Michigan Technology News”.
   
• March 30, 2007 - WSJ Online - Brian Krasicky of O’Keefe & Associates comments on the possibility of an Asian automaker being a partner in the Chrysler buyout in the Wall Street Journal On-line.
   
• March 8, 2007 - O'Keefe & Associates is announced as a Finalist for The M&A Turnaround Awards
   
• March 8, 2007 - O'Keefe & Associates selected 2007 Financial Services Champion of the Year
   
• March 5, 2007 - Michigan Lawyers Weekly - Identifying and avoiding systematic decision errors by Meagan Hardcastle of O'Keefe & Associates.
   
• November 27, 2006 - See our ad in Detroit Crain's.
   
• November 7, 2006 - O'Keefe & Associates named as Finalist of the middle market Retail Deal of the Year for the sale of Jerome Duncan, Inc. 
   
• October 23, 2006 - Patrick M. O'Keefe of O'Keefe & Associates was elected to the International Turnaround Management Association Board of Directors and was also elected as Vice Chair of the Presidents' Council.
   
• October 18, 2006 - O'Keefe & Associates accepts "Turnaround of the Year Award" presented by the Detroit Chapter of Turnaround Management Association.
   
• September 18, 2006 - See our ad in this weeks Detroit Crain's honoring The M&A Advisor's Middle-Market "Retail and Distribution Financing Deal of the Year" Award.
   
• August 16, 2006 - O'Keefe & Associates accepted The M&A Advisor's Middle-Market "Retail and Distribution Financing Deal of the Year" Award for its creative financial plan for a Detroit-based international franchisor of automotive aftermarket retail sales.  The transaction was recognized at The M&A Advisor's Inaugural Middle-Market Financing Awards held at The Drake Hotel in Chicago on June 20, 2006.
   
• O'Keefe & Associates Named as a Finalist by The Awards Selection Committee of The M&A Advisor.
   
• Patrick O'Keefe, President of the Detroit Chapter Turnaround Management
  Association, receives the Most Improved Chapter of the Year Award.
   
• Patrick O’Keefe completed all requirements for the CTP designation.
   
• Perfect Timing, an article published in Crain’s Detroit Business by Sherri Begin, Patrick O’Keefe comments on University of Detroit Mercy’s Turnaround MBA program. Pat also served on the U of D steering committee that helped develop the curriculum.
   
• The Expert Witness (The Detroit Legal News 09-15-2004)
   
• Determining Insolvency (Lawyers Weekly 08-18-2003)
   
• Reforming the Once Obscure Corporate Audit Committee - The Secured Lender recently published a by-lined piece by Patrick O'Keefe. 
   
• Kmart Given Green Light - In The Oakland Press article by reporter Lara Mossa, Patrick O’Keefe comments on Kmart’s emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and its reorganization plan.  O’Keefe provides insight into Kmart’s reorganization efforts and its emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in The Detroit News article by reporter Karen Dybis. 
   
• CPAs As Expert Witnesses:  The Challenges Ahead - Detroit Legal News and Oakland County Legal News recently published a by-lined piece by Patrick O’Keefe. 
   
• Financial Consultants Take On Risks - The Oakland Press article by reporter Lara Mossa provides an inside look at O’Keefe & Associates in the profile.
   
• Harmony House Tries to Pick Up the Tempo - O’Keefe provides insight on the Harmony House liquidation effort in the Detroit Free Press article by reporter Lorene Yue. 
   
• Patrick O’Keefe examined the difficult road ahead for Kmart as it plans its’ restructuring in a story aired on WXYZ, Channel 7 Action News.
   
• Kmart Cuts Jobs At Headquarters - Patrick O’Keefe discusses the latest Kmart management decisions, specifically the recent job cuts at headquarters in the Oakland Press article by reporter Lara Mossa. 
   
• Kmart Seeks OK For Revised Plan - CEO Learns From Past, Makes Plans for Future - O’Keefe provides insights on Kmart’s CEO and the future of the company in article in the Oakland Press article by reporter Lara Mossa Patrick.
   
• A Setback for Taubmans - In The Detroit Free Press article by reporter Gary Haber, O'Keefe provides insight into the federal judge's ruling regarding the Taubman Center Inc.'s efforts to keep the country's largest mall developer from taking over.