|   | | Law Firm in Edgewood, Kentucky | |
| | (Formerly Sutton, Hicks, Lucas, Grayson & Braden, PLC) |
| | Address | | 130 Dudley Road, Suite 250 | | Edgewood, Kentucky 41017 | | (Kenton Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Sutton Rankin Law, PLC practices in the following areas of law:
Civil Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Health Care, Birth Injuries, Personal Injury, Head and Spinal Injuries, Automobile Accidents, Trucking Accidents, Nursing Home Litigation, Elder Abuse, Wrongful Death, Class Actions, Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills and Probate, Elder Law, Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody, Child Support, Adoptions, Real Estate, Business Law, Contracts, Business Formation, Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, Business Litigation, Employment Law, Insurance Defense, Insurance Bad Faith, Products Liability, Workers Compensation. | | Firm Size: 5 | | Michael T. Sutton (Managing Partner) born Covington, Kentucky, September 18, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Kentucky; 1983, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: DePauw University (B.A., 1979); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1982). Leadership Northern Kentucky, Graduate, 1988; Chairman, 1993-1994. Board Member, Board of Trustees and Legal Advisor, Greater Cincinnati Chapter of National Foundation of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Member: Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce; Northern Kentucky Home Builder's Association; Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society (Pro Bono). Member: Cincinnati, Kentucky (Chair, Real Estate Section, 1993-1994; Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Corporate; Banking; Business; Probate), Northern Kentucky (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Business; Tax; probate; Labor and Employment) and American Bar Associations; Northern Kentucky Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Business Law; Banking Law; Estate Planning; Wills and Probate; Living Trusts; Guardianships; Elder Law; Family Law; Legal Separation; Divorce; Adoptions; Child Custody; Support. Email: Michael T. Sutton | | T. Lawrence Hicks (Managing Partner) born Covington, Kentucky, August 20, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., 1981); Salmon P Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University (J.D., 1984). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce; Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society. Member: Northern Kentucky and Kentucky Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys; Chase College of Law Inn of Courts. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Automobile, Motorcycle and Truck Accidents; Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice; Business Litigation. Email: T. Lawrence Hicks | | K. Lance Lucas (Partner) born Covington, Kentucky, March 6, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1984; J.D., 1987). Member, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Commissioner, Boone County Fiscal Court, 2000. Member: Northern Kentucky (Member, Workers Compensation Section), Kentucky (Member, Workers Compensation Section) and American Bar Associations. [Capt., USAF, 1988-1992]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Corporate Law; Business Law; Workers Compensation. Email: K. Lance Lucas | | Carl E. Grayson (Partner) born Cincinnati, Ohio, April 29, 1959; admitted to bar, 1990, Kentucky; 1991, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1997, Ohio; 1999, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Northern Kentucky University (B.S., Management, 1981); Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1990). Member, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Past Chairman, American Heart Association, Northern Kentucky Division. Merit Badge Counselor, Boy Scouts of America. Member: Kentucky, Northern Kentucky, and Cincinnati Bar Associations; Kentucky Academy of Trial Lawyers; Kentucky Council of School Board Attorneys; Kentucky Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Construction Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Municipal Law; School Law; Civil Rights Defense. Email: Carl E. Grayson | | Roger N. Braden (Partner) born Providence, Kentucky, November 17, 1952; admitted to bar, 1984, Kentucky; 1990, Ohio; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of Kentucky; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Northern Kentucky University (B.A., 1979); Salmon P. Chase Law School (J.D, 1984). Member, North American Brain Injury Society. Listed: Outstanding Medical Malpractice Lawyer, 2004-2008, Cincinnati Business Magazine; Super Lawyer, 2007; Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, The American Trial Lawyers Association, 2007. Registered Nurse License, 1977. Author, numerous articles related to medical-legal issues. Guest Speaker, Northern Kentucky Second Annual Traumatic Brain Injury Conference "Navigating the Legal System and Knowing Your Legal Rights," March 2008. Adjunct Professor, Salmon P. Chase College of Law. Co-Chairperson and Member, B.E.S.T. Committee, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, 2001. President, 1997-1998 and Member, 1993-1998, Chase Alumni Association. Co-Originator, TBI Conferences of Northern Kentucky, 2007. Member, Board of Trustees, Brain Injury Demands Guidance, Education & Support (BRIDGES). Member: Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky (Chairperson, Health Law Section, 2001), Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys (6th Vice President, 2001); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Brain Injury Association of Kentucky; Brain Injury Association of Ohio. [U.S. Air Force, 1971-1975]. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Birth Trauma; Erbs Palsy; Brain Injury; Paralysis; Failure to Diagnose; Personal Injury; Health Care Law. Email: Roger N. Braden | | Luann Devine (Partner) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 30, 1957; admitted to bar, 1994, Georgia; 1996, Kentucky; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: State University of New York at Plattsburgh (B.S., Education, 1979); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1994). Order of the Coif. Judicial Clerk to Chief Judge William O. Bertelsman, 1994-1995. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, Legal Research and Writing; American Jurisprudence Award, Conflicts of Law. Contributing Editor: Kentucky Employment Law Letter, M. Lee Smith Publisher, 1995 —; Hiring & Firing Handbook, 1997 Edition. Author: "Privacy in the Workplace," 1996 Remedies under the NLRA presented by Richard S. Cleary to the Labor and Employment Section of the American Bar Association, July 2000. Member: Northern Kentucky Bar Association; Kentucky Bar Association (Vice Chair, Labor and Employment Section). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Luann Devine | | Harry D. Rankin (Partner) born March 9, 1954; admitted to bar, 1978, Kentucky, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Transylvania University (A.B., with honors, 1975); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1978). Chair, Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Kentucky Commonwealth Attorney, 1983-84. Adjunct Professor, Litigation Skills, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University, 1983-1990. Participant, International Association of Defense Counsel, Trial, Institute Boulder, Colorado, 1983. Intern and Staff Member, Office of U.S. Senator Wendell Ford, Washington, D.C., 1975-77. Alumni Board, University of Kentucky Law School, 1987-89. Member, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Leadership. Author: "Punitive Damages under K.R.S. 411.184 and 411.186: A View From The Defense Bar," Bench and Bar, Winter Edition 1992. Co-author, "Independent Medical Exams from a Defense Perspective: Trust But Verify," Bench and Bar, November 1999. Member: Kentucky Bar Association Member, House of Delegates, 1984-1990; Leadership Cincinnati, 1992-93); Northern Kentucky Bar Association (President, 1988); American Bar Association; Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Personal Injury and Commercial Litigation; White Collar Crime; Criminal Defense. Email: Harry D. Rankin | | —————————— | | Blaine J. Edmonds, III (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. Education: Thomas More College (B.A., Business Administration, 2002); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Staff Writer and Intellectual Property Symposium Editor, Northern Kentucky Law Review. Co-Author: V. Brandon McGrath and Blaine J. Edmonds, "A Survey of Kentucky Insurance Law: A Look at the Bad Faith Cause of Action," 31 N. Ky. Law Rev. 139 (2004); Derek D. Humfleet and Blaine Edmonds, "The Shocking Truth About Cases Involving Electricity in Kentucky," The Advocate, Volume 31, No. 2, January/February 2004. Member: Northern Kentucky and Kentucky Bar Associations; Academy of Northern Kentucky Collaborative Professionals. Practice Areas: Family Law; Business Law; Contract Law; Estate Planning; Real Estate; Probate; Business Litigation; Construction Litigation. Email: Blaine J. Edmonds, III |
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