Former New Orleans lawyer Danny Keating gets 32 months in staged truck crash scheme

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• Keating received 32 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and must report by January 11, 2027.WDSUThe Times-Picayune | nola.comU.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
• Brown ordered $657,405 in restitution and imposed more prison time than the two years prosecutors had recommended.WDSUThe Times-Picayune | nola.comU.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
• The judge still sentenced below federal guidelines, crediting Keating's substantial assistance to prosecutors and his early guilty plea.The Times-Picayune | nola.comFox 8 WVUE
• Keating admitted representing 77 plaintiffs from 31 crashes staged by Damian Labeaud and gave up his law license after his 2020 indictment.The Times-Picayune | nola.comFox 8 WVUEU.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
• He testified in March against lawyers Vanessa Motta and Jason Giles, who were convicted and have not yet been sentenced.WDSUFox 8 WVUEABA Journal

Sources5 articles across 5 outlets

• ABA Journal

  • Lawyer convicted of staging truck crashes sentenced to prisonOct. 16, 2026

• Fox 8 WVUE

  • New Orleans attorney sentenced in staged 18-wheeler crash trialOct. 15, 2026

• The Times-Picayune | nola.com

  • First attorney sentenced to prison in New Orleans staged crash scheme, judge credits assistanceOct. 15, 2026

• U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana

  • Former New Orleans Personal Injury Attorney Sentenced in Connection with Staged Accident ProbeOct. 16, 2026

• WDSU

  • New Orleans lawyer sentenced in staged wrecks schemeOct. 15, 2026

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