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Russ Long in DBusiness Summer Issue

Russ Long in DBusiness Summer Issue

July 2, 2021

Russ Long, Partner and Managing Director of O’Keefe, was featured in the Real Estate Q&A portion of the summer issue of DBusiness. DBusiness asked Russ “What is the hottest sector in the commerical real estate market today?” He replied, “Multifamily… Continue Reading  

Zdravkovic Featured in Detroit Legal News

Zdravkovic Featured in Detroit Legal News

April 21, 2021

Violeta Zdravkovic, Managing Director at O’Keefe, has been featured in the “Get to Know” section of Detroit Legal News. In 2018, Zdravkovic joined O’Keefe as a managing director in the litigation support department. She has over 25 years of experience… Continue Reading  

Understanding How COVID-19 Will Affect Loan Defaults

Understanding How COVID-19 Will Affect Loan Defaults

March 8, 2021

Violeta Zdravkovic was recently quoted in an article for Collector Magazine, a publication from ACA International. The article covered a recent webinar hosted by Barnes & Thornburg at which Zdravkovic was a panelist. During the webinar Zdravkovic said: “The differences… Continue Reading  

O’Keefe’s Missions & Visions with Andrew Malec

O’Keefe’s Missions & Visions with Andrew Malec

January 7, 2021

As published in Michigan Lawyers Weekly Q. What is your area of practice? A. I am the Practice Leader of the firm’s Intellectual Property (“IP”) Group and the firm’s Chief Economist. I specialize in utilizing my economics and statistical background… Continue Reading  

Pandemic cements move to remote work, automation; more stimulus needed

Pandemic cements move to remote work, automation; more stimulus needed

December 23, 2020

As published by Mark Sanchez, MiBiz John Ruther joined the Grand Rapids office of O’Keefe Consulting LLC in July as managing director. The company, based in Bloomfield Hills, offers a range of services including turnaround and restructuring consulting, corporate finance and… Continue Reading  

Andiamo owners call for compromise, but not to defy government

Andiamo owners call for compromise, but not to defy government

December 3, 2020

As published by Melody Baetens, the Detroit News Financial consultant and turnaround advisor Patrick O’Keefe told The Detroit News it’s good that these restaurants are banning together and going to the government directly. “I think that strategically, the Michigan Restaurant… Continue Reading  

Best & Worst States: How Michigan Keeps Advancing

Best & Worst States: How Michigan Keeps Advancing

August 3, 2020

As published by Dale Buss, chiefexecutive.net Business leaders are pursuing entrepreneurs while also leveraging historical advantages of engineering and manufacturing talent. The piece below is part of Chief Executive‘s annual Best & Worst States for Business ranking. Read the full report.  In… Continue Reading  

Buy-In, Sellout

Buy-In, Sellout

July 2, 2020

Pat O’Keefe shared his knowledge of family businesses with Norm Sinclair for the DBusiness July-August 2020 cover story about Art Van. “Pat O’Keefe, founder and CEO of O’Keefe, a financial consulting and turnaround expert firm in Bloomfield Hills, says when… Continue Reading  

Pat O’Keefe on upcoming challenges and realities for retail

Pat O’Keefe on upcoming challenges and realities for retail

May 28, 2020

As Detroit area retail prepares to reopen next week, WWJ’s Brooke Allen sought perspectives from Pat O’Keefe on upcoming challenges and realities. Listen here.

Turnaround expert: Communication key to solutions during COVID-19 crisis

Turnaround expert: Communication key to solutions during COVID-19 crisis

March 27, 2020

As published by Karen Dybris, Corp! Magazine It’s a tough question: What should you do when a business you’ve worked with in the past posts a fund-raising campaign for its staff or operations on social media? Or consider this one:… Continue Reading