About
Keith M. Yankow is a Nantucket attorney whose practice is concentrated in real estate law, contract drafting and analysis, business transactions, leasing, and wills and trusts. Keith assists with buying, selling, and financing real estate, including condominiums, income-producing properties, vacation homes, and shared ownership arrangements. His practice also includes landlord-tenant disputes, eviction proceedings, civil litigation, and business counseling connected to contracts and commercial decisions.
Keith earned a J.D. from Western New England College in 1983 and a B.A. from American University in 1980. He was admitted in Connecticut in 1983, Massachusetts in 1985, and New York in 1986. His legal education and multi-state background support a practice that combines transactional drafting with dispute resolution, allowing him to advise clients on how agreements are structured and how those agreements can be enforced when conflicts arise.
Keith has decades of experience with Massachusetts real estate closing practices and property transactions. His work includes contracts for purchases and sales, leases, financing, business agreements, landlord-tenant matters, construction disputes, collection matters, consumer claims, and other civil litigation. Before moving to Nantucket in 1986, he practiced business law in Connecticut and New York, including matters involving the formation, purchase, sale, and financing of businesses.
Keith M. Yankow maintains his practice in Nantucket and remains licensed in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York. Current firm materials emphasize real estate law, litigation, business law, and wills and trusts. Keith’s practice combines transaction work with courtroom and dispute experience, giving clients one perspective on drafting agreements, completing property and business transactions, and responding when contract, tenancy, or ownership issues develop into contested legal matters.
Law Office Affiliations
- Attorney, Law Offices of Keith M. Yankow
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
Licensed State
- Massachusetts
Awards & Badges

- Business
- Business Litigation
- Civil Rights
- Condominium
- Contracts & Agreements
- Discrimination
- Estate Planning
- Landlord & Tenant
- Lawsuits & Disputes
- Litigation
- Power of Attorney
- Probate
- Property Disputes
- Real Estate
- Title & Boundary Issues
- Trusts
- Wills & Living Wills
- Workers' Compensation





