(Main Office)

English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP was founded January 1, 1973 by Charles E. English, James H. Lucas, Whayne C. Priest, Jr. and Michael A. Owsley. The firm has become one of the largest law firms in Kentucky outside of Lexington and Louisville. The firm has attorneys which concentrate in particular areas to meet the needs of its clients in a region with a diverse and expanding economy. The firm encourages continuing professional development, and all attorneys participate in continuing legal education programs, professional association activities and civic affairs.

Statement of Practice

General Trial and Appellate Practice, State and Federal Courts. Banking, Corporation, Environmental Law, Business Law, Corporate Law, Health Care, Health and Hospital Law, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents, Trucking Accidents, Wills and Probate, Labor and Employment, Insurance, Education, Arbitration and Mediation, Construction, Immigration, Litigation, Municipal, Products Liability, Estate Planning and Probate, Tax, Real Estate Law.

Clients

COUNSEL FOR: Bando USA, Inc.
Bowling Green Area Convention and Tourism Bureau
Bowling Green Independent School District
Caveland Environmental Authority
Clinton County Hospital
Commonwealth Health Corporation.
Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange
Franklin Precision Industry
Grayson County Water District
Inter-Modal Transportation Authority, Inc. (Kentucky Transpark)
Kentucky Aviation Association
The Medical Center
Morgantown Bank & Trust
NHK-Associated Spring Suspension Components, Inc. (NASCO)
Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center, Inc. (SkyPac)
Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc.
Topura America Fastner, Inc.
Warren Rural Electric Cooperative Corp.

Representative Clients:

Airgas-Mid America Inc.
Atmos Energy, Inc.
Central City Enterprises
Daicel Safety Systems America, LLC
Gray MidAmerica TV (WBKO-Channel 13)
Harman Becker Automotive Systems
Holley Performance Products, Inc.
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Kentucky Association of Counties All-Lines Fund (KALF)
Kentucky School Boards Insurance Trust
Kindred Healthcare
King's Daughters Medical Center
Kiriu USA Corporation
Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products, LLC
Logan Aluminum Inc.
Lord Corp.
National Association of Clean Water Agencies
South Central Bancshares
South Central Bank, Inc.
Stewart Title Guaranty Co.
Toyo Automotive Parts (USA), Inc.
Ventra Plastics (Russellville) Inc.
Weyerhaeuser Co.

Clients

APPROVED ATTORNEY FOR: First American Title Insurance.

Address

1101 College Street P.O. Box 770
Bowling Green, KY 42102-0770, (Warren Co.)

Phone

Phone: 270-781-6500
Telecopier: 270-782-7782

Website

http://www.elpolaw.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Charles E. English (Member) born Smiths Grove, Kentucky, 1935; admitted to bar, 1960, Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S. in Com., 1957; J.D., 1960). Phi Delta Phi; Beta Alpha Psi; Tau Kappa Alpha. Member, Board of Editors, Kentucky Law Journal, 1959-1960. Member: University of Kentucky College of Law Visiting Committee, 1998—; University of Kentucky College of Law Hall of Fame, 2003. Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1996 and Vice-President, 1994-1996, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2006—; Kentucky Super Lawyers, 2007—. Member: Bowling Green/Warren County (President, 1964-1965), Kentucky (Member, Board of Governors, 1978-1984; President 1986-1987; Outstanding Lawyer, 1999; Judicial Nominating Commission for Supreme and Appellate Courts of Kentucky, Kentucky, 1989—) and American (State Delegate, 1998-2008; Member: House of Delegates, 1982—; Standing Committee on Professional Liability, 1989-1991; Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, 1991-1997) and International Bar Associations; American Law Institute; American Bar Foundation; Kentucky Young Lawyers Association (President, 1967-1968); Lawyers Mutual Insurance of Kentucky (President, 1988—); Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel; International Association of Insurance Counsel; Kentucky Defense Counsel, Inc. (President, 1980-1981); Kentucky Society of Hospital Attorneys (President, 1983-1984); American Society of Hospital Attorneys; National Conference of Bar Presidents; Southern Conference of Bar Presidents; American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chair, 1990-1991); American Bar Foundation; American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Environmental Law; Municipal Law; Probate; Trusts and Estates; Banks and Banking.Email: Charles E. English

Whayne C. Priest, Jr. (Member) born Hartford, Kentucky, 1937; admitted to bar, 1962, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., with high distinction, 1960; J.D., 1962). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, 1960-1962 and Associate Editor, 1962, Kentucky Law Journal. Chairman, Editorial Board, Kentucky Bench and Bar, 1986-1987. Bowling Green City Solicitor, 1970-1978. Member: Bowling Green/Warren County, Kentucky (Member, Attorneys Advertising Commission, 1998-2001) and American Bar Associations; Kentucky Defense Counsel, Inc. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow); American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate). [Judge Advocate, U.S. Air Force, 1962-1965]. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Litigation; Municipal Law; Real Estate; Corporate Law.Email: Whayne C. Priest, Jr.

Michael A. Owsley (Member) born Paducah, Kentucky, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, Kentucky. Education: Western Kentucky University (B.S., 1964); University of Louisville (J.D., 1968). Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Bowling Green/Warren County (Past President), Kentucky (Member: Circuit Court Judicial Nominating Committee, 1986—) and American (Sections on: Economics of Law Practice; Tort and Insurance Practice; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; Kentucky Defense Counsel, Inc. (Past Director; Past President); Kentucky Council of School Board Attorneys (Past Director; Past President); Defense Research Institute; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Education Law; Products Liability; Complex and Multi-District Litigation.Email: Michael A. Owsley

Keith M. Carwell (Member) born Honolulu, Hawaii, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Kentucky. Education: Western Kentucky University (B.A., 1969); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1974). Member: Bowling Green/Warren County, Kentucky and American (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations; American Land Title Association (Associate Member); Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Banks and Banking; Real Estate; Municipal Law; Bankruptcy; Health Care; Hospital Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution.Email: Keith M. Carwell

Murry A. Raines (Member) born Paducah, Kentucky, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, Kentucky. Education: Murray State University (B.S., 1970); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1976). Staff Member, Kentucky Law Journal, 1974-1976. Member: Bowling Green/Warren County (President, 1985-1986; Member, Board of Directors, 1986—), Kentucky (Member, Physician Attorney Liaison Committee and Health Care Law Section) and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section and Health Care Law Section) Bar Associations; Kentucky Justice Association; National Health Lawyers Association; American Academy of Hospital Attorneys; Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys; Kentucky Justice Association; National Arbitration Forum. Practice Areas: Health Care; Medical Malpractice; Litigation; Administrative Law; Contracts; Business Law.Email: Murry A. Raines

Kurt W. Maier (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Kentucky. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1976); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1979). Staff Member, Kentucky Law Journal, 1977-1979. Member: Bowling Green/Warren County (Member, Board of Directors, 1989-1991 and 1998-2000), Kentucky and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation, Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; Kentucky Justice Association; American Association of Justice. Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Personal Injury.Email: Kurt W. Maier

Charles E. English, Jr. (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S. in Business, 1980; J.D., 1983). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Outstanding Young Lawyer in Kentucky, 1991. Member: Kentucky (President, 2009-2010; President-Elect, 2008-2009; Vice President, 2007-2008; Member of Board of Governors, 1998-2006; IOLTA, Board Member, 1995-1999; Chairman of Professionalism Committee, 1996-1999; Chairman, Young Lawyers Section, 1989-1990; Vice Chairman, 1988-1989; Secretary and Treasurer, 1986-1987; Board Member 1990-1991) and American Bar Associations (Member, Litigation and TIPS Section); Kentucky Defense Counsel; Kentucky Chamber of Commerce (Board Member, 1998-2004); Bowling Green-Warren County Chamber of Commerce (Board Member, 1996-2004); United Way of Southern Kentucky (President and Board Member). Fellow: Kentucky Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation; United States Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference; ABA Foundation State (Chair, 2005-2008). Practice Areas: Business Law; Product Liability; Construction Law; Insurance.Email: Charles E. English, Jr.

Wade T. Markham, II (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, 1951; admitted to bar, 1981, Kentucky. Education: Western Kentucky University (B.S., 1974); University of Memphis (J.D., 1980). Certified Public Accountant, Tennessee, 1976 (inactive). Past President, Southern Kentucky Estate Planning Council. Member: Bowling Green/Warren County, Kentucky (Member, Tax and Real Estate, and Probate Section) and American Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Probate; Wills; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Elder Law; Immigration and Naturalization.Email: Wade T. Markham, II

D. Gaines Penn (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Centre College (B.A., 1984); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1987). Judicial Law Clerk to Hon. Edward H. Johnstone, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 1987-1989. Member: Bowling Green/Warren County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Business Law; Workers Compensation.Email: D. Gaines Penn

LaJuana S. Wilcher (Member) born Danville, Kentucky, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1997, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Western Kentucky University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1977); Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University (J.D., 1980). Author: "Wetlands and the Constitutional Balance," National Wetlands Newsletter, March-April 1995. Board of Advisors, Vermont Law School Environmental Law Center. Summer Professor, Vermont Law School 2001-2004 and 2007-2008. Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA) 1989-1993. Assistant to the Deputy Administrator, EPA, 1985-1986, Special Assistant to the General Counsel, EPA, 1983-1985; Special Assistant to the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1983. Member: Bowling Green/Warren County, Kentucky (Chair, Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section) and American Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review Advisory Board. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation; Administrative Law.Email: LaJuana S. Wilcher

Robert A. Young (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Kentucky, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Western Kentucky University (B.A., 1986); University of Louisville (J.D., 1990). Co-Author, "Kentucky Law of Torts," Harris Publishing, Norcross, GA, 1996. Member: Bowling Green/Warren County, Kentucky, Federal and American Bar Associations; Kentucky Justice and American Justice Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability.Email: Robert A. Young

Regina A. Jackson (Member) born Berea, Kentucky, January 5, 1965; admitted to bar, 1988, Kentucky; 1989, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Berea College (B.A., 1985); University of Kentucky (J.D., with high distinction, 1988). Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, Kentucky Law Journal, 1987-1988. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Awards in Business Associations, Property and Litigation Skills. Member: Bowling Green/Warren County, Kentucky and American (Member, Labor and Employment Section) Bar Associations; Kentucky Council of School Board Attorneys (Director, 1996-1999; President, 1999). Practice Areas: Education Law; Labor and Employment.Email: Regina A. Jackson

W. Cravens Priest III (Member) born Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., 1989); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1992). Member: Bowling Green/Warren County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Kentucky Council of School Board Attorneys. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment; Education Law; Workers Compensation.Email: W. Cravens Priest III

Michael S. Vitale (Member) born St. Paul, Minnesota, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Kentucky; 2006, Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky.. Education: St. Louis University (B.S.B.A., 1991; J.D., 1994). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: American, Kentucky and Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Associations; The Kentucky Bar Foundation; Kentucky Defense Counsel; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Corporate Law; Business Transactions.Email: Michael S. Vitale

Brett A. Reynolds (Member) born Bowling Green, Kentucky, April 20, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Kentucky; 1997, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Centre College of Kentucky (B.A., 1993); Mississippi College of Law (1993-1994); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1996). Recipient, Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, Kentucky Bar Association, 2004. Member: Bowling Green/Warren County, Kentucky and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Health Law; and Law Practice Management) Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Health Care Law; Banks and Banking; Immigration Law.Email: Brett A. Reynolds

Park L. Priest (Member) born Bowling Green, Kentucky, August 23, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Kentucky, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Kentucky (B.B.A., Finance with high distinction, 1992; J.D., 1995). Beta Gamma Sigma. Member: Bowling Green/Warren County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Electric Cooperative Bar Association; Kentucky Justice Association; Kentucky Defense Counsel (Board Member). Practice Areas: Litigation; Utility Law; Products Liability; Insurance.Email: Park L. Priest

E. Kenly Ames (Member) born Nassawadox, Virginia, June 22, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, New York; 1997, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2003, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., summa cum laude, 1991); Columbia University (J.D., 1994). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Columbia Law Review, 1992-1994. Author: "Beyond Rogers v. Koons: A Fair Use Standard for Appropriation," 93 Colum. L. Rev. 1473. Member: Bowling Green/Warren County, Kentucky and American (Member, Intellectual Property Law and Litigation Sections) Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property.Email: E. Kenly Ames

Kelli E. Brown (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, June 10, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Ohio; 1997, Kentucky; 1998, Tennessee and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Dayton (B.A., 1993); Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1996); University of Miami (LL.M., Estate Planning, 1997). Member: Bowling Green/Warren County, Tennessee, Kentucky (Past Chair, Probate and Trust Section, 2006-2007), Ohio State and American (Member, Section on Tax, Real Property and Probate) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Probate; Wills; Estate Litigation.Email: Kelli E. Brown

ASSOCIATES

David W. Anderson (Associate) born Wichita Falls, Texas, November 13, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Kentucky; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Western Kentucky University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1978). Staff Member, Kentucky Law Journal, 1976-1978. Deputy Master Commissioner, Warren Circuit Court, 1987-1989. Member: Bowling Green/Warren County, Kentucky (Member, Sections on: Health Care Law; Litigation) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Hospital Law; Health Care; Education Law.Email: David W. Anderson

Samantha L. Propp (Associate) born New York, New York, February 11, 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, Oregon; 2009 Kentucky. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1994); University of San Francisco (M.A., 1997); University of Arizona (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage Litigation; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Probate Litigation.Email: Samantha L. Propp

Matthew M. McGill (Associate) born Owensboro, Kentucky, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky. Education: Miami University (B.S., Accounting/Minor, Political Science, 2002); University of Kentucky (J.D., 2005). Comments Editor, Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Law, 2004-2005. Member, Trial Advocacy Board, University of Kentucky, 2004-2005. Member: American, Kentucky and Bowling Green/Warren County Bar Associations; Kentucky Justice Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Litigation; Business Law.Email: Matthew M. McGill

Aaron D. Smith (Associate) born Dalton, Georgia; admitted to bar, 2006, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky. Education: Centre College (B.A., 2003); University of Kentucky (J.D., 2006). Member: Kentucky and Bowling Green/Warren County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Personal Injury; Business Litigation.Email: Aaron D. Smith