Charles Landrum, Jr. (1917-1990).
Weldon Shouse (1915-2004).
MEMBERS OF FIRM
William C. Shouse (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, June 22, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Kentucky. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1970); University of Louisville (J.D., 1973). Assistant Fayette County Attorney, 1978-1981. Member: Fayette County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Trial Practice; Commercial Law.Email: William C. Shouse
Pierce W. Hamblin (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, January 15, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.B.A., 1973; J.D., 1977). Omicron Delta Kappa. Adjunct Professor of Law, Litigation Skills, University of Kentucky College of Law, 1982. Member: Fayette County (Chairman, Civil Litigation Section) and Kentucky Bar Associations; Kentucky Defense Attorneys Association; Kentucky Academy of Trial Lawyers. [Capt., U.S. Army, Military Intelligence, 1973-1978; JAG, 1979]. Practice Areas: Tort; Workers Compensation Law; Medical and Legal Malpractice.Email: Pierce W. Hamblin
Mark L. Moseley (Member) born Owensboro, Kentucky, July 21, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Kentucky. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1971); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1974). Member: Fayette County, Kentucky and American (Member: Section of Business Law; Committee on Small Business) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business, Commercial and Corporate Law and Litigation.Email: Mark L. Moseley
Leslie Patterson Vose (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, August 6, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., with highest honors, 1975; J.D., 1978). Assistant Attorney General, 1978-1979. Commissioner, Lexington-Fayette County Planning and Zoning, 1992-1999. Member: Fayette County (President, 1989-1990) and Kentucky Bar Associations; Kentucky Bar Foundation (Director, 1990-1991; Civil Jury Instructions Committee, Chair 1991-1992); Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys; Kentucky Bar Association for Women (Member, Board of Governors, 1991-1993); Trucking Insurance Defense Association (TIDA). (Certified Civil Trial Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Fraud; Civil Rights; Insurance Coverage Issues.Email: Leslie Patterson Vose
John R. Martin, Jr. (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, July 10, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Kentucky. Education: University of Louisville (B.A., 1975); Oxford University, Oxford, England; University of Kentucky (J.D., 1979). Member: Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations; Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys; Kentucky Defense Counsel. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation.Email: John R. Martin, Jr.
Larry C. Deener (Member) born Campbellsville, Kentucky, September 15, 1950; admitted to bar, 1979, Kentucky. Education: Campbellsville College and University of Kentucky (B.A., 1971); Salmon P. Chase College (J.D., 1979). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Order of the Curia. Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Kentucky, 1979-1980. Member: Kentucky Bar Association. [Capt., USAF, 1971-1976].Email: Larry C. Deener
Mark J. Hinkel (Member) born Fort Thomas, Kentucky, September 7, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1980; J.D., 1983). Member: Fayette County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Mark J. Hinkel
John Garry McNeill (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1958; admitted to bar, 1982, Kentucky. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S., 1979); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1982). Member: Fayette County, Kentucky, National and American Bar Associations; American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation Defense; Insurance Defense Law; Product Liability Law; Workers Compensation Law.Email: John Garry McNeill
R. Kent Westberry (Member) born Marion, Kentucky, July 21, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Kentucky. Education: Centre College of Kentucky (B.A., 1977); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1980). Assistant U.S. Attorney, Western District of Kentucky, 1981-1987. Chairman, Civil Justice Reform Act Committee for U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 1991-1995. Special Justice, Kentucky Supreme Court, 1994. Vice Chairman and Member, Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, 1995-1999. Member, Board of Directors, Federal Public Defenders Corporation, W.D. Kentucky, 2001. Member: Kentucky (Member, Board of Governors, 1992-2000; Vice President, 2002-2003; President-Elect, 2003-2004; President, 2004-2005) and American Bar Associations; Wong Sun Society; National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys; Defense Research Institute; U.S. Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference (Life Member). Reported Cases: U.S. v. Gibson, 409 F.3d 325 (C.A.6 (Ky.), May 24, 2005); Brandon Enterprises, LLC. V. U.S., 358 F.Supp.2d 506 (W.D. Va., February 28, 2005); U.S. v. Ford, 176 F.3d 376, (C.A.6 (Ky.), May 19, 1999); U.S. v. Smith, 898 F.Supp. 464 (W.D.Ky., January 6, 1995); Midwest Terminals, Inc. v. U.S., 882 F.Supp. 627 (W.D.Ky, August 18, 1992); U.S. v. Viers, 637 F.Supp. 1343 (W.D.Ky. April 22, 1986); In re Grand Jury Proceedings, Hellmann, 756 F.2d 428, (C.A.6 (Ky.) February 8, 1985). Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense Law; Complex Criminal Litigation in State and Federal Court; Business Litigation; Professional Malpractice Litigation; Trial Practice.Email: R. Kent Westberry
Douglas L. Hoots, CPCU (Member) born Columbia, Kentucky, July 18, 1961; admitted to bar, 1985, Kentucky. Education: Western Kentucky University (B.A., 1982); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1985). Member: Fayette County and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense.Email: Douglas L. Hoots, CPCU
Daniel E. Murner (Member) born Los Angeles, California, August 16, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Kentucky. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1985); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1988). Member: Fayette County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Trucking Insurance Defense Association (TIDA). [Lieutenant Colonel, USMC, 1982-2006]. Practice Areas: General Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation; Product Liability.Email: Daniel E. Murner
Estill D. Banks, II (Member) born Whitesburg, Kentucky, November 11, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Kentucky; 1992, U.S. Court of the Armed Forces. Education: Georgetown College (B.S., 1986); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Member: Fayette County and Kentucky Bar Associations. [USMC, 1990-1994; Major, USMCR, 1994]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation.Email: Estill D. Banks, II
Robert T. Watson (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, April 6, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Kentucky; 1991, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Transylvania University (B.A., 1987); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1990). Phi Delta Phi. Assistant Fayette County Attorney, 1994. Member: Louisville (Vice Chairperson, Litigation Section), Fayette County, Jefferson County and Kentucky Bar Associations. (Resident, Louisville Office). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Rights; Municipal Law; Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Corporate.Email: Robert T. Watson
Bradley C. Hooks (Member) born Hopkinsville, Kentucky, November 10, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1993; J.D., 1997). Member: Fayette County and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Litigation.Email: Bradley C. Hooks
Jeffrey A. Taylor (Member) born Pikeville, Kentucky, July 25, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Kentucky. Education: Randolph-Macon College (B.A., honors, 1992); The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois (J.D., 1996). Moot Court. Member, The John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law, 1994-1996. Author: "Medical Process Patents and Patient Privacy Rights." Member: Fayette County, Kentucky and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Real Estate Transactions; Probate Administration; Bankruptcy Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Jeffrey A. Taylor
Jennifer A. Peterson (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, July 12, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Kentucky. Education: University of Louisville (B.A., 1994; J.D., 1997). Member: Louisville Bar Association; Kentucky Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith.Email: Jennifer A. Peterson
Michael E. Hammond (Member) born Corbin, Kentucky, July 17, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. Education: Centre College of Kentucky (B.S., 1997); University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D., 2000). Omicron Delta Kappa; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Order of Omega. NCAA Student Athletic Advisory Committee. Member: Fayette County (Member, Young Lawyers Section), Kentucky (Member, Young Lawyers Section) and American Bar Associations. Trucking Industry Defense Association. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance; Internet Law.Email: Michael E. Hammond
ASSOCIATES
Stephen R. Chappell (Associate) born Middlesboro, Kentucky, September 29, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., 1971); University of Louisville (J.D., 1976). Member: Fayette County and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Product Liability; Workers Compensation; Medical Malpractice; Federal Black Lung; Occupational Disease.Email: Stephen R. Chappell
Bennett E. Bayer (Associate) born Danville, Illinois, January 8, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, Kentucky; 1983, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1985, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Kentucky (B.G.S., 1979; J.D., 1982). Member: Fayette County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Mining Law; Coal Mining; Commercial Law; Criminal Law; Civil Practice.Email: Bennett E. Bayer
Evan B. Jones (Associate) born Spearfish, South Dakota, October 21, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 2004, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky. Education: Purdue University (B.A., 1994); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1997). Member, International Moot Commercial Arbitration Team. Member: Madison County, Fayette County and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense.Email: Evan B. Jones
Michael K. Nisbet (Associate) born Logan, West Virginia, June 17, 1964; admitted to bar, 1999, Kentucky; 2000, Indiana. Education: Marshall University (M.A., Education Administration, 1989); Louis Brandies School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., 1999). Author: "Workers Compensation & Teacher Stress," Journal of Law & Education, Vol. 28 No. 24, October 1999. (Resident, Louisville Office). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Collections.Email: Michael K. Nisbet
Kristin N. Logan (Associate) born Ashland, Kentucky, July 31, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1998); University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (J.D., 2001). Staff Attorney, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 2001-2003. Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Office of the Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, 2005-2007. Member: Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations. (Also at Louisville Office). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; White Collar Criminal Defense; Business Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Professional Malpractice Litigation; Trial Practice.
Chris J. Gadansky (Associate) born Mt. Kisco, New York, April 17, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Kentucky. Education: Bellarmine College (B.A., English, cum laude, 1997); Stetson University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Rights; Municipal Law.Email: Chris J. Gadansky
Tyler Griffin Smith (Associate) born Lexington, Kentucky, September 5, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., Political Science, with honors, 2000); University of Dayton School of Law (J.D., 2004). Moot Court. Participant, Entertainment and Law Moot Court Competition. Admissions Committee Member, University of Dayton School of Law, 2003-2004. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation.Email: Tyler Griffin Smith
Elizabeth A. Deener (Associate) born Covington, Kentucky, June, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Sixth Circuits; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S.Ch.E., 2001); University of Kentucky (J.D., 2004). Law Clerk to the Hon. Eugene E. Siler, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Member: Kentucky and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents.Email: Elizabeth A. Deener
Elizabeth Winchell (Associate) born Frankfort, Kentucky, May 28, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Kentucky. Education: Centre College of Kentucky (B.A., English, 2003); University of Kentucky (J.D., 2007). Member: Fayette County and Kentucky Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Section) Associations; Fayette County Women's Law Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense.Email: Elizabeth Winchell
Kyle W. Ray (Associate) born Lexington, Kentucky, December 12, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Kentucky. Education: Colorado State University (B.A., Political Science, 2002); University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Insurance Defense.Email: Kyle W. Ray
Jessica Stewart (Associate) born Lexington, Kentucky, July 2, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Kentucky. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., Economics & Business Administration, 2005); University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense.Email: Jessica Stewart
Lacey Fiorella (Associate) born Owensboro, Kentucky, February 24, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Kentucky. Education: Davidson College (B.A., English, 2002) University of Kentucky (J.D., 2007). Member: Fayette County Bar Association; Kentucky Bar Association.Email: Lacey Fiorella
OF COUNSEL
Thomas M. Cooper (Of Counsel) born Elizabethtown, Kentucky, January 7, 1939; admitted to bar, 1974, Kentucky. Education: Xavier University and University of Kentucky (B.A., 1962); University of Kentucky (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Order of the Coif. Member, Kentucky Law Journal, 1972-1974. Member: Fayette County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. [Col., USMCR, Active Duty, 1963-1971]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Law; Workers Compensation Law; Wrongful Discharge Law.Email: Thomas M. Cooper
John H. Burrus (Of Counsel) born Urbana, Illinois, June 3, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Kentucky. Education: Murray State University (B.S., 1966); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1969). Member: Fayette County (President, 1980-1981) and Kentucky (Member, House of Delegates, 1982-1986) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law and Litigation.Email: John H. Burrus
All members and associates are members of the Kentucky Bar Association.