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| Reviser of the Kentucky Law Digest for this Directory. | Stites & Harbison, PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Acquisitions, Divestitures and Mergers, Administrative Hearings and Appeals, Admiralty, Antitrust, Appellate Practice, Aviation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Charitable Trusts and Foundations, Commercial, Complex Litigation, Construction, Corporation, Defense of Legal and Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury, Dissolution of Marriage, Employment, Environmental, Equine, Estate Planning and Probate Administration, Health Care, Insurance Defense, Labor Legislative Practice, Litigation, Mineral, Planning and Zoning, Public Finance, Products Liability Litigation, Real Estate, Securities, Social Security Disability, Taxation (Local, State, Federal Income, Estate and Gift), Toxic Torts Litigation, Trust(s) and Utilities. Intellectual Property, including Patents (Mechanical, Biochemical, Chemical, Computer, Medical, Metallurgical, Pharmaceutical, Electromechanical), Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets, Franchising and Licensing Law, and Litigation Related to Intellectual Property Matters, including Infringement, Unfair Competition, and Deceptive Trade Practices. | Firm Profile:
Stites & Harbison, PLLC, is a preeminent law firm based in strategic Southeastern locations and sought by business and institutional clients nationwide for sophisticated transactions, difficult litigation and complex regulatory matters. Stites & Harbison is a full service firm practicing through departmental groupings with specialty and industry teams whose seven locations function as a single law office. The firm, which traces its origins to 1832, has been the Kentucky editor of the Martindale-Hubbell Law Digest since 1917. | | Firm Size: 280 | Law Firm Affiliations:
BUSINESS COUNCIL, INC.; HARMONIE GROUP; SOUTHERN LAW NETWORK; TOLEDO GROUP NETWORK | Representative Clients:
Adams USA, Inc.; Aegon USA Investment Management, Inc.; A.H. Belo Corporation; Alcoa Fujikura Ltd.; Alstom Power; Ambrake Corporation; American Electric Power Service Corporation (Kentucky Power Co.); American General Corporation; American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc.; Anthem Inc.; Bank One, Kentucky, N.A.; Baptist Healthcare System; The Beck Group; Beverly Enterprises, Inc.; Brainstorm USA LLC; Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.; Brown-Forman Corporation; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Caldwell Tanks, Inc.; Catskill Development, LLC; CHA HMO, Inc.; Dynergy Power Corp.; Electrolux LLC; Fidelity National Bank; Fleet Financial Corp.; Fortune Brands; Frontier Insurance Corporation; GE Capital Corporation; GlaxoSmithKline; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; International Port of Kentucky; James N. Gray Company; Holder Construction Company; ITT Financial; J.P. Morgan Mortgage Capital; Kajima Construction Services, Inc.; Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA); KFC Corporation; Lexington-Fayette Urban County Airport Board; Life Insurance Company of Georgia; Louisville Regional Airport Authority; Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority; Microsoft; Modis Professional Services, Inc.; National City Bank of Kentucky; National Health Investors, Inc.; National Renal Alliance, LLC; New Life Corporation of America; New York Department of Insurance; Northern Life Insurance Company; Pizza Magia International, LLC; Presco Steel, Inc.; Purdue Pharma LP; Regions Bank; Lin R.Rogers Electrical Contractors; Russell Athletic Corporation; Southern Land Company; Steel Technologies, Inc.; Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co.; SunTrust Bank; Synaxis Group, Inc.; Tricon Global Restaurants; Tyson Foods, Inc.; Union Planters Bank, N.A.; University Medical Center, Inc.; University of Kentucky; University of Louisville; Vanderbilt University; Whayne Supply Company; Zurich American Insurance Companies. |
Other Office Locations of Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S.A.
Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS | | W. Robinson Beard (Member) born White Plains, New York, October 29, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Virginia; 1967, Kentucky. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1962); University of Virginia (J.D., 1965). Law Clerk to Mac Swinford, Chief Judge, Eastern District of Kentucky, 1965-1966. Author: "Mine Equipment Leasing 1983," E. Min. L. Inst. Ch. 13, 1983. Chancellor, Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; American Bankruptcy Institute. [Capt., JAGC, Ky National Guard, 1969-1974; Staff Judge Advocate, Kentucky, 1973-1974]. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights and Bankruptcy; Commercial Lending and Leasing; Corporate Law. Email: W. Robinson Beard | | Ralston W. Steenrod (Member) born Mt. Vernon, Ohio, July 13, 1937; admitted to bar, 1968, Kentucky. Education: Princeton University (A.B., cum laude, 1959); University of Louisville (J.D., 1968). Editor-In-Chief, Journal of Family Law, 1967-1968. Member: Louisville, Kentucky (Member, Ethics Committee) and American (Member: Negotiated Acquisitions Committee; Business Law Section) Bar Associations. [Lt. (j.g.), USNR, 1962-1965]. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Bank Mergers and Acquisitions; Tax Free Reorganizations; Closely Held Businesses; Covenants Not To Compete; Hostile Takeovers; Proxy Contests; Tender Offers. Email: Ralston W. Steenrod | | Charles J. "Mike" Cronan, IV (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, December 15, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Kentucky. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1967); University of Louisville (J.D., cum laude, 1970). Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Family Law, 1969. Member: Louisville, Kentucky (Member, House of Delegates, 1987-1990) and American (Member, Litigation Section and Health Law Forum) Bar Associations; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel; Kentucky Defense Counsel; American Health Lawyers Association; American Society of Medical Association Counsel; Kentucky Bar Foundation (Board Member, 1987-1990). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. [Lieutenant, JAGC, USNR, 1970-1974]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Health Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Charles J. "Mike" Cronan, IV | | T. Kennedy Helm, III (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, July 2, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Kentucky. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1968); Indiana University (M.A., 1971); University of Virginia (J.D., 1974). Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, University of Virginia Law Review, 1973-1974. Author: Note, "Reforming the Law of Inchoate Crimes," 59 Virginia Law Review 1235, 1973; "Union Waiver of Initiation Fees," 63 Kentucky Law Journal 841, 1975; "Structuring Equine Loans," Thoroughbred Business, Vol. 1, No. 4, 1986. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. (Chairman). Practice Areas: Aviation Law; Banking Law; Business Law; Finance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: T. Kennedy Helm, III | | William H. Haden, Jr. (Member) born Erie, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Kentucky. Education: Ohio University and University of Kentucky (B.A., 1969); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1972). Member, Order of Barristers. President, Moot Court Board. Law Clerk to Judge Roy N. Vance, Kentucky Supreme Court, 1972-1973. Member: Louisville (Member, Committee on Professional Responsibility, 1976-1991; Division Chairman, 1989), Kentucky (Secretary, Young Lawyers Section, 1977-1978; Member, House of Delegates, 1986-1991) and American Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers; International Council of Shopping Centers; International Association of Attorneys and Executives in Corporate Real Estate. (Chair, Real Estate and Finance Practice Group). Practice Areas: Tax Exempt Finance; Corporate Trust; Real Estate; Commercial Lending; Corporate Law. Email: William H. Haden, Jr. | | David B. Ratterman (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, September 8, 1946; admitted to bar, 1976, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1980, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1986, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th and 10th Circuits; 1987, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska. Education: University of Dayton and University of Kentucky (B.S.M.E., 1968); University of Louisville (M.B.A., 1980; J.D., 1976). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America" and "Who's Who in American Law". Editor, Journal of Family Law, 1974-1975. Member, National Board of Directors, University of Kentucky Alumni Association. Member: Louisville and Kentucky (Founder, First Chair, Construction and Public Contract Law Section; Member, House of Delegates, 1987-1993; Member, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, Section of Public Contract Law, 1980—) Bar Associations; American Institute of Steel Construction (Secretary and General Counsel, 1989—). Fellow: American Bar Foundation (Life); American College of Construction Lawyers. [CMDR, USNR, Retired]. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Civil Litigation; Construction Law. Email: David B. Ratterman | | William E. Hellmann (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, August 15, 1949; admitted to bar, 1978, Kentucky. Education: University of Louisville (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1977). Recipient: NROTC Scholarship, University of Louisville, 1968-1971; Book Award, Criminal Procedure, University of Louisville, 1977. Member, Journal of Family Law, 1977. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section) Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Municipal Securities; Corporate Law; Corporate Finance; Project Finance. Email: William E. Hellmann | | James R. Williamson (Member) born Hardy, Kentucky, December 10, 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, Kentucky; 1999, Indiana. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1969); University of Louisville (J.D., 1973). Corporate Counsel, Louisville and Jefferson County Air Board, 1974-1977. Member: Louisville, Kentucky, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate Law; Construction Law; Airport Law; Commercial Transactions; Public Project Site Acquisitions; Financing and Development Law. Email: James R. Williamson | | Douglass Farnsley (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, March 5, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1973); University of Louisville (J.D., cum laude, 1976); University of Wisconsin (LL.M., Legal History, 1980). Law Clerk, U.S. District Judge Thomas A. Ballantine, Jr., 1977-1979. Research Assistantship, U. Wis. Law School, 1976-1977. Morehead Scholar. Member: Louisville, Kentucky (Member, Board of Governors, 2007—) and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; Kentucky Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Torts. Email: Douglass Farnsley | | Robert W. Griffith (Member) born Henderson, Kentucky, July 15, 1946; admitted to bar, 1978, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1979, U.S. Tax Court; 1982, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Centre College (B.A., cum laude, 1968); University of Pennsylvania (M.A., 1974); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1977). Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Editor-in-Chief, Kentucky Law Journal, 1976-1977. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. [1st. Lieut., U.S. Army, 1970-1973]. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Lender Liability; Securities Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Airport Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Email: Robert W. Griffith | | Philip W. Collier (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, October 9, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Notes Editor, Kentucky Law Journal, 1979-1980. Author: Comment, 67 Kentucky Law Journal 1064, 1979. Editor, Kentucky Litigation Quarterly (1985-1990). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Lead Counsel for Petitioner: Itel Containers Int'l Corp. v. Huddleston, 113 S. Ct. 1095 (U.S. 1993). Chair, Business Litigation Service Group, 1994-2001. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Business Litigation; Insurance Litigation. Email: Philip W. Collier | | C. Craig Bradley, Jr. (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, April 20, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Kentucky. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1977); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1980). Member, Kentucky Law Journal, 1979-1980. Member: Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Securities Law; Investment Banking Law; Corporate Finance Law; Corporate Governance; Public Corporations. Email: C. Craig Bradley, Jr. | | W. Patrick Stallard (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, March 1, 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, Kentucky; 1975, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1983, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1974). Assistant Attorney General, Kentucky, 1974-1978. Partner, Prichard, Stallard & Shepherd, 1978-1983. Chair, Louisville Metro Solid Waste Advisory Committee. Member, West Louisville Economic Alliance Advisory Committee. Member, Louisville Metro Brownfields Working Group. Member, Greater Louisville Inc. Environmental Committee. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Natural Resources; Energy; Toxic Tort Litigation. Email: W. Patrick Stallard | | John A. Bartlett (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, May 7, 1948; admitted to bar, 1978, Kentucky; 1979, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Florida (B.A., magna cum laude, 1970; M.A., 1972); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1978). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Louisville Employee Benefits Counsel. [1st Lt., U.S. Air Force, 1972-1975]. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Employee Benefits; Class Action Defense; Complex Litigation; Corporate Law. Email: John A. Bartlett | | Robert M. Connolly (Member) born Honolulu, Hawaii, August 3, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Kentucky. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); Washington and Lee University (J.D., 1980). Burks Scholar, Teaching Fellow in Law, 1979-1980. Author, "Discovery by Depositions," Discovery Deskbook for Constructions Disputes, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, 2006. Instructor, University of Louisville, Judicial Process, 1992-1994. Editor, Kentucky Litigation Quarterly, 1985-1990. Member: Kentucky and American (Member: Committee on Products Liability Litigation, 1984-1985) Bar Associations; Kentucky Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 1993-1995); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Maritime Law Association (Associate Member). Fellow: Louisville Bar Foundation (President-Elect). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Construction; Commercial Litigation. Email: Robert M. Connolly | | John L. Tate (Member) born Honolulu, Hawaii, July 25, 1947; admitted to bar, 1981, Kentucky; 1982, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1983, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1969); University of Louisville (M.A., 1971; J.D., magna cum laude, 1981). Article Editor, Journal of Family Law, 1979-1980. Author, inter alia: "Product Liability Desk Reference: A Fifty State Compendium," (Kentucky Section), M. Daller, ed., Little Brown, 2004; "Recognizing and Managing Serial Litigation," Product Liability Law & Strategy, Vol. 22, No. 9, March, 2004; "Post-Sale Duty to Warn: A Monograph," (sections on Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee), ABA Products Liability Committee; "A Primer for Corporate Witnesses on Failure to Warn," Product Liability Law & Strategy, Vol. XXI, No. 3, Sept. 2002; "State by State Survey of Medical Monitoring," (Kentucky Section), ABA Committee on Products Liability Litigation, 2001; "Ten Questions to Ask About Your Product Liability Case," Product Liability Law & Strategy, Vol. XIX, No. 2, July 2001; "A Primer on the Law and Strategy of Removal to Federal Court," Product Liability Law & Strategy, Vol. XVIII, No. 9, March 2000; "Appellate Strategies," Vol. 14, Kentucky Trial Practice, West, 1999; "Managing the Difficult Witness," Product Liability Law and Strategy, Vol. XVII, No. 2, Nov. 1998; "Litigation Prevention: A Post-Litigation Check List for Reducing Product Liability Problems," ABA Products Liability Newsletter, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1998; "State by State Survey of the Statutes of Limitation and Responses Applicable to Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation," ABA Committee on Products Liability Litigation, 1997; State by State Survey of the Effect of Compliance or Noncompliance with Federal Regulatory Standards in Pharmaceutical Products Liability Litigation," ABA Committee on Products Liability Litigation, 1995; "State by State Survey of Ex Parte Contacts with a Plaintiff's Treating Physicians, ABA Committee on Products Liability Litigation, 1994. Contributing Author: "Recent Developments in Products, General Liability, and Consumer Law," Tort & Insurance Law Journal, Vol. 36, No. 2, Winter 2001. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Product Liability Advisory Council; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Kentucky Defense Counsel. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Litigation; Product Liability Law; Drug and Medical Device Law; Media Law; Civil Appeals. Email: John L. Tate | | Joseph L. Hamilton (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, July 18, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1982, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Eleventh Circuits; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1973); University of Louisville (J.D., 1977). Associate Professor, Legal Systems and Professional Ethics, University of Louisville, 1980. Law Clerk to Chief Judge Charles M. Allen, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 1977-1979. Member: Louisville (Chairman, Appellate Practice Section, 1987; Member: Federal Practice Committee, 1984-1985; Professional Responsibility Committee, 1993-1994), Kentucky, Federal and American Bar Associations; National Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Class Action Defense; Litigation; Complex Litigation; Professional Liability Litigation. Email: Joseph L. Hamilton | | James C. Seiffert (Member) born Marion, Iowa, November 10, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, Iowa; 1981, Kentucky. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1975); University of Louisville (J.D., 1980); University of Miami (LL.M., in Taxation, 1981). Phi Kappa Phi; Delta Theta Phi. Lecturer at Law, University of Louisville, 1981-1984. Author: Kentucky, Corporations - Formations, The Harrison Company, 1986. Member: Louisville, Kentucky, Iowa State and American Bar Associations. Email: James C. Seiffert | | Michael D. Risley (Member) born Washington, D.C., October 29, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Kentucky; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Murray State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1977); University of Kentucky (J.D., with high distinction, 1983). Phi Delta Phi. Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Kentucky Law Journal, 1982-1983. Author: Risley and Young, Automobile Insurance Law in Kentucky (1995); Phillips, Preston & Risley, Kentucky Insurance Law (1992). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Kentucky Defense Counsel. Reported Cases: Kroger Co. v. Regional Airport Authority, 286 F.3d 382 (2002); Anderson v. Pine South Capital, 177 F. Supp. 2d 591 (W.D. Ky. 2001); Chicago Ins. Co. v. Travelers Ins. Co., 967 S.W.2d 35 (Ky. App. 1998); Global Network Technologies, Inc. v. Regional Airport Authority, 122 F.3d 661 (8th Cir. 1997); United Mine Workers v. Peabody Coal Co., 38 F.3d 850 (6th Cir. 1994), vacated, 115 S. Ct. 2272 (1995). Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; ERISA Litigation; Insurance Coverage. Email: Michael D. Risley | | Alex P. Herrington, Jr. (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, May 30, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Florida; 1980, Kentucky. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., magna cum laude, 1975); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Staff Member, Kentucky Law Journal, 1976-1978. Member: Louisville, Kentucky, Federal and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Bond Law(50%); Securities Regulation Law(35%); Mergers and Acquisitions(15%). Email: Alex P. Herrington, Jr. | | Richard A. Vance (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, June 28, 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, Kentucky. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1978); University of Kentucky (J.D., with high distinction, 1984). Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Kentucky Law Journal, 1984. Kentucky Editor, HouseLaw. Author: "Condemnation and Eminent Domain in Kentucky," Ky. Real Estate Law and Practice, 2d ed. (2003); "Buying and Selling a Business in Kentucky," 2d. ed. (2002); "Mortgage Loan Companies and Mortgage Loan Brokers," Ky. Real Estate Law & Practice, 2d ed. (2003); "Protecting Security Interests in Equine Collateral," 78 Kentucky Law Journal 447 (1990); Comment, "Discovery of Government Work Product," 71 Kentucky Law Journal 919 (1983). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. v. Ky. Bar Association, 113 S.W.3d 105 (Ky. 2003); Rogan v. Bank One, 457 F.3d 561 (6th Cir. 2006) Practice Areas: Antitrust Law; Banking Law; Consumer Credit Compliance; Eminent Domain; Secured Transactions. Email: Richard A. Vance | | Jack A. Wheat (Member) born Fort Worth, Texas, July 14, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Kentucky, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1985, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh and Eighth Circuits; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana. Education: Hanover College (B.A., 1976); University of Louisville (J.D., 1979). Author: "Enforcing Rights in Derivative Works," 1985 Section Reports, A.B.A. Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section; "Copyright Law, Architects and Design Competitions: Who Owns the Copyright?" Competitions Magazine, Vol. 3, Is. 4, Winter 1993; "An Organization's Name is 'Property' - 'Property is Property' - 'A Trespass is a Trespass'," Campus Chronicle, Vol. IV, No. 8, May 1995. Adjunct Professor, University of Louisville School of Law, 1994—. Legal Counsel, Sigma Chi Fraternity Licensing Committee. Member: Louisville (Chairman, Intellectual Property Section, 1989, 1990, 1994), Kentucky and American (Member, Intellectual Property Section; Chair, Right of Publicity Subcommittee, 2005, 2006; Co-Chair, Dilution Subcommittee, 1999; Chair, Derivative Works Sub Committee, 1985) Bar Associations; International Trademark Association (Member, Non-traditional Marks Subcommittee); Association of University Technology Managers. Reported Cases: Nelson v. Adams USA, 529 U.S. 460 (2000); AquaTex Industries, Inc., v. TechNiche Solutions, 419 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2006); Ashland v. Olymco, 905 F.Supp. 409 (W.D.Ky., 1994) Aff'd, 64 F.3d 662 (6th Cir. 1995); Jones v. Dunkirk Radiator Corporation, 21 F.3d 18 (2nd Cir. 1994); Kleier Advertising, Inc. v. Naegele Outdoor Advertising, Inc., 676 F.Supp 140 (W.D.Ky., 1987); Kleier Advertising, Inc. v. Premier Pontiac, Inc., 698 F.Supp 851, (N.D.Okla., 1988); aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 921 F.2d 1036, (10th Cir. 1990); Kleier Advertising, Inc. v. James Miller Chevrolet, Inc., 722 F.Supp 1544, (N.D.Ill., 1989); Genny's Diner & Pub v. Sweet Daddy's Inc., 812 F.Supp. 744, (W.D.Ky., 1993); Ohio Cellular Prods v. Adams USA 41 USPQ2d 1538 (Fed. Cir. 1996); Pure Country, Inc. v. Sigma Chi Fraternity, 312 F.3d 952 (8th Cir. 2002). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Trademarks; Copyrights; Intellectual Property Licensing; Franchise Law; Unfair Competition; Patent Infringement; Trademark Infringement; Copyright Infringement; Litigation. Email: Jack A. Wheat | | Joel T. Beres (Member) born Glendive, Montana, October 24, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, California and U.S. District Court, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California; 1992, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1983); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1986). Davidson Fellow, University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law 2004-2005. Speaker: Louisville Bar Association/University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Seminars, 1994-2005; Kentucky Bar Association/University of Kentucky Seminars, 1994-2003; Lorman Education Foundation 2001-2004. Member: Louisville (Chair, Intellectual Property Section, 1995), Kentucky and American (Member, Intellectual Property Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Louisville Intellectual Property Section; International Trademark Association (Committee Vice-Chair). Reported Cases: Nelson v. Adams USA, 529 U.S. 460 (Sup. Ct. 2000) 175 F.3d 1343; Ohio Cellular Products v. Adams USA, 175 F. 3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 1999); Advance Stores Company v. Refinishing Specialists, 188 F.3d 408 (6th Cir. 1999); Ohio Cellular Products v. Adams USA, 104 F.3d 376 (Fed. Cir. 1996); Ashland v. Olymco, 64 F.3d 662 (6th Cir. 1995). Practice Areas: Patent Infringement; Trademark Infringement; Copyright Infringement; Litigation; Business Torts; Unfair Competition; Intellectual Property; Copyrights; Trademarks. Email: Joel T. Beres | | Carol Dan Browning (Member) born Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S.C.E., 1982); University of Louisville (J.D., magna cum laude, 1987). Chi Epsilon; Delta Theta Phi (Vice President, 1986-1987); Brandeis Society. Recipient, Omicron Delta Kappa Outstanding Graduating Senior Award. Engineer-in-Training, Kentucky, 1982. Author: "The Burden of Proof in a Paternity Action," Journal of Family Law, Vol. 25-2; Leibson & Nowka, The Uniform Commercial Code of Kentucky, 1987 Supplement. CoAuthor: "14 Kentucky Practice, Trial Practice," West Publishing, 1999. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Construction Law. Email: Carol Dan Browning | | Brooks D. Kubik (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 9, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Kentucky. Education: Wilmington College (A.B., summa cum laude, 1979); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1982). Note and Comment Editor, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1981-1982. Co-Author: "Understanding Human Resource Issues & Personnel Law: A Guide to Kentucky & Federal Laws & Regulations," Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, 1997; "A Ten Step Program to Eliminate Sexual Harassment," Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, 1997. Author: "Drafting an Employee Policies Handbook," Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, 1998. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Covenants Not To Compete; Business Litigation; Discrimination; ERISA; Personnel Policies; Sexual Harassment; Wage and Hour Law; Workplace Violence; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employment Termination; Family and Medical Leave Act. Email: Brooks D. Kubik | | Shannon Antle Hamilton (Member) born Cocoa Beach, Florida, March 8, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Kentucky. Education: University of Louisville (B.S.B.A., 1985; J.D., 1988). Co-Author: "Understanding Personnel Law and Human Resource Issues" and "A Ten Step Program to Eliminate Sexual Harassment," Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Co-Leader, Stites & Harbison Labor & Employment Law Service Group. Leader, Stites & Harbison Immigration Service Group. Chair, Stites & Harbison Diversity Committee. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Employment Litigation. Email: Shannon Antle Hamilton | | T. Morgan Ward, Jr. (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, May 18, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Kentucky. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 1985); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1989). Recipient, Outstanding Volunteer Lawyer Award, Legal Aid Society; 1998. Leadership Kentucky Class of 2003. Recognized, Business First 40 under Forty, 2002. Chair, Pro Bono Consortium. Member, Metropolitan Housing Coalition. Member, Kentucky Law Journal, 1987-1989. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Legal Aid Society (Director). (Louisville Office Leader, Business Litigation Service Group). Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Litigation; Mediation; Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Contract Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Eminent Domain; Appellate Practice. Email: T. Morgan Ward, Jr. | | Brian A. Cromer (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, December 4, 1959; admitted to bar, 1990, Kentucky. Education: Kentucky Wesleyan College; Bellarmine College (B.A., 1983); University of Kentucky (J.D., with high distinction, 1990). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Kentucky Law Journal, 1989-1990. Listed in Chambers USA, "America's Leading Lawyers for Business," 2004. Author: Comment, "Prosecutorial Indiscretion and the United States Congress: Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Independent Counsel," 77 KLJ 923 (1988). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Securities Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate; International Law. Email: Brian A. Cromer | | W. Thomas Halbleib, Jr. (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, September 15, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Kentucky; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Louisville; Miami University (B.S., cum laude, 1987); University of Kentucky (J.D., with high distinction, 1991). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Kentucky Law Journal, 1990-1991. Law Clerk to the Honorable Baily Brown, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1991-1992. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Secured Transactions Law; Business Law; Airport Law. Email: W. Thomas Halbleib, Jr. | | Marc S. Murphy (Member) born Huntington, West Virginia, May 19, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Indiana; 1989, Kentucky. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1981); University of Louisville (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Editorial Board, University of Louisville Law Review, 1984. Instructor, Undergraduate Advanced Litigation, University of Louisville, 1989-1992. Jefferson County Commonwealth's Attorney, 1995-1996. Member: Louisville, Kentucky, Indiana State and Federal Bar Associations. [U.S. Army, Captain, JAGC, 1984-1988]. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Class Action Defense; Commercial Litigation; White Collar Criminal. Email: Marc S. Murphy | | John A. Johnson (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, June 4, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Kentucky; 1977, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Centre College of Kentucky (B.A., 1973); University of Louisville (J.D., 1976; M.B.A., 1984). Phi Alpha Delta. Listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Recipient, Whitney M. Young, Jr. Sevice Award. Leadership Louisville. Board Member, Americana Community Center and the Lincoln Foundation. Member: Louisville, Kentucky (Chair, Health Law Section, 2000-2001) and American Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys; Kentucky Hospital Association; Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities. Practice Areas: Health Law(80%); Corporate Law(10%); Business Law(10%). Email: John A. Johnson | | Barry A. Hines (Member) born Owensboro, Kentucky, July 31, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., 1987); University of Louisville (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Senior Editor, Journal of Family Law, 1992-1993. Vice President, Brandeis Honor Society, 1992-1993. Author: "Service Contracts: Protecting Real Estate Lenders," Probate and Property, at 39, March/April, 1997; "Commercial Real Estate Financing," Kentucky Real Estate Law and Practice, Chapter 8, 2d Fed., 1996; "Judicial Liens Established Pursuant to a Divorce Decree—Are They Still Avoidable in Bankruptcy?" 31 J. Fam. L. 143, 1992. Federal Bank Examiner, Federal Regulatory Agency of the Farm Credit System, 1987-1991. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Lending; Banking Law. Email: Barry A. Hines | | Joseph L. Hardesty (Member) born Lafayette, Indiana, August 2, 1954; admitted to bar, 1984, Kentucky and Indiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: United States Military Academy (B.S., Engineering, 1976); University of Louisville School of Law (J.D., 1984). Executive Editor, University of Louisville Law Review. Senior Attorney, BellSouth, 1987-1997; Member, Jefferson County Board of Education, 1990—, Chairman, 1997, 1998, 2004. Member: Louisville, Kentucky (Member, Construction and Litigation Section; Chair, Corporate Counsel Section, 1997), Indiana State and American (Member, Forum on the Construction Industry, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. [Capt. U.S. Army, 1976-1981; Maj. U.S. Army Reserves, 1981-1999]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Litigation; Construction Law; Telecommunications Law. Email: Joseph L. Hardesty | | Cynthia S. Buttorff (Member) born San Antonio, Texas, May 26, 1954; admitted to bar, 1993, Kentucky; 1995, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Education: Bellarmine College (B.S., cum laude, 1988); University of Louisville (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Articles Editor, Journal of Family Law, Vol. 31, 1991-1993. Author: Note, "Illegitimate Children's Right to Receive Notice in Probate Proceedings Involving Putative Father's Estate," 31 Journal of Family Law, 649, 1992-1993. Vice President, Executive Committee, Estate Planning Council of Louisville. Member, Board of Directors, Kentuckiana Planned Giving Council (Past President). Member: Louisville, Kentucky (Past Chair, Probate and Trust Law Section), Indiana State and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation and Real Property; Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate and Charitable Planning; Probate Law; Trust Administration; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary, Estate and Gift Taxation. Email: Cynthia S. Buttorff | | Matthew W. Breetz (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, April 25, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Kentucky; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2001, Tennessee; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1990; J.D., 1993). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Louisville, Kentucky, Federal and American Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates; Defense Research Institute (Chairman, Professional Liability Steering Committee); Kentucky Defense Counsel (President Elect); Professional Liability Underwriting Society; Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Reported Cases: Graham v. Wall, 938 S.W.2d 892 (Ky.App. 1997); United States v. Branham, 97 F.3d 835 (6th Cir. 1996); Pickard Chrystler, Inc. v. Sizemore, 918 S.W.2d 736 (1995). Practice Areas: Professional Malpractice; Nursing Home Liability; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Matthew W. Breetz | | Jason P. Thomas (Member) born Canton, Ohio, April 10, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Sixth, and District of Columbia Circuits. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 1991); Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington (J.D., 1994). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Steel Joist Institute v. OSHA, 287 F.3d 1165 (D.C. Cir. 2002); Telespectrum v. PSC, 43 F. Supp. 2d 755 (E.D. Ky. 1999); Watson v. Appalachian Power Co., 934 F. Supp. 191 (S.D. W. VA. 1996); Grayson Rural Elec. Coop. v. City of Vanceburg, 4 S.W.3d 526 (Ky. 1999); Ohio Cellular RSA v. Board of Public Works, 481 S.E.2d 722 (W. Va. 1996). Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Commercial Litigation; OSHA; Public Utility Law. Email: Jason P. Thomas | | Marjorie A. Farris (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, October 1, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., with high distinction, 1992); University of Louisville (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Phi Beta Kappa; Mortar Board; Phi Alpha Theta. Notes Editor, University of Louisville Journal of Family Law. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Class Action Defense; Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Civil Litigation; ERISA Litigation. Email: Marjorie A. Farris | | Thad M. Barnes (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, April 2, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Tennessee; 1995, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., Political Science, 1990); University of Louisville (J.D., 1993). Member: Louisville, Memphis, Tennessee, Kentucky, Federal and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Insititute. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Products Liability Litigation. Email: Thad M. Barnes | | Angela Stinebruner Burchett (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, October 27, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., summa cum laude, 1992); University of Louisville School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Beta Alpha Psi. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Commercial Real Estate Women (Founding Member, Kentucky Chapter). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law. Email: Angela Stinebruner Burchett | | Gregory L. Davis (Member) born November 10, 1965; admitted to bar, 1995, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S.B.E., 1988); University of Louisville (J.D., 1995; M.B.A., 1995). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Divestitures. Email: Gregory L. Davis | | Ian T. Ramsey (Member) born Bethesda, Maryland, March 26, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Florida; 1995, District of Columbia; 1996, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 2004, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Salisbury State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1989); Washington College of Law, American University (J.D., 1993). NAFI Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator. Federal Tax Clinic. Jessup International Moot Court Team. Member, American Inns of Court, Calusa Chapter, 1995-1996. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Products Liability; Patent Litigation; Complex Business Litigation; Construction Litigation. Email: Ian T. Ramsey | | Sarah G. Cronan (Member) born April 4, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Illinois; 2003, Kentucky. Education: Tulane University (B.A., cum laude, American Studies with concentration in Political Science, 1985); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1990). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Womens Bar Association of Illinois (Former Board Member; Former Corresponding Secretary; Former Chair, WILPOWER Political Action Committee); Women's Lawyers Association of Jefferson County; Defense Research Institute (Member, Drug and Device Subcommittee); National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL). Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Toxic Tort Defense; Insurance Coverage; General Liability Defense; Professional Liability; Commercial Litigation. Email: Sarah G. Cronan | | Clark C. Johnson (Member) born Evanston, Illinois, January 20, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois; 2004, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar and Central District of Illinois; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., Slavic Languages and Literatures, 1989); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Order of the Coif. Recipient, AmJur Award in Legal Profession, Federal Jurisdiction, Securities Regulation II. Associate, 1992-1993, Executive Articles Editor, 1993-1994, Indiana Law Journal. Law Clerk to the Honorable S. Hugh Dillin, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 1994-1996. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Class Action Defense; Commercial Disputes; Complex Litigation; Corporate Control Litigation; Fiduciary Duty; Trade Secrets; Unfair Competition Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Professional Liability Defense. Email: Clark C. Johnson | | David W. Nagle, Jr. (Member) born Covington, Kentucky, May 22, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Kentucky, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Louisville (B.S., Engineering, 1994; M.Eng., 1995; J.D., 1998). Phi Alpha Delta; Tau Beta Pi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Lecturer: Louisville Bar Association Annual Intellectual Property Seminar, Patent Law, 1999; University of Louisville School of Law, 2000; Kentucky Commercialization & Entrepreneurship Institute, 2001; Kentucky Bar Association - Corporate House Counsel Seminar, 2006. Member: Louisville (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section), Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Licensing Executives Society International; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Trademark Association. Reported Cases: Ohio Cellular Products Corp. v. Nelson, 50 USPQ2d 1481 (Fed. Cir. 1999); Pure Country Inc. d/b/a Pure Country Weavers v. Sigma Chi Fraternity, 312 F.3d 952 (8th Cir. 2002). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Intellectual Property Licensing; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: David W. Nagle, Jr. | | David E. Saffer (Member) born Paducah, Kentucky, March 22, 1959; admitted to bar, 1995, Kentucky. Education: University of Evansville (B.L.S., summa cum laude, 1992); University of Louisville (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Phi Kappa Phi. Editor-in-Chief, University of Louisville Journal of Family Law, 1994-1995. Member, Brandeis Society, 1994-1995. Recipient: Samuel L. Greenebaum Public Service Program Award; Chief Justice John S. Palmore Award; American Jurisprudence Award for Professional Responsibility and Bankruptcy. Co-Author, "Mortgages" chapter, UK/CLE Kentucky Real Estate and Practice Handbook, 2d Ed., 1996. Member: Louisville (Past Chairman, Real Estate Section), Kentucky (Past Chairman, Convention Committee, 2003) and American Bar Associations; American College of Mortgage Attorneys. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Loans; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Sales. Email: David E. Saffer | | Forrest W. Ragsdale, III (Member) born Burlington, North Carolina, November 22, 1951; admitted to bar, 1981, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1975); University of Virginia (M.A., 1978); Georgetown University (J.D., 1981). Member: Kentucky (Chairman, Corporate House Counsel Section, 1991-1992) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate General Services; Franchises and Franchising; Real Estate. Email: Forrest W. Ragsdale, III | | Amy J. Burnette (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, September 11, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, Kentucky and Indiana. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1993); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., 1999). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Louisville, Kentucky, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial and CMBS Lending. Email: Amy J. Burnette | | Oliver H. (Scott) Barber, III (Member) born 1969; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania; 2005, Kentucky. Education: Boston College (B.A., English and Philosophy, 1991); Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law (J.D., 1999). Managing Editor, 1998-1999 and Staff Member, 1997-1998, Temple Law Review. Law Clerk, Hon. Jerome B. Simandle, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1999-2001. Member: Philadelphia, Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation(55%); Products Liability(20%); Class Action Defense(15%); White Collar Criminal Litigation(10%). Email: Oliver H. (Scott) Barber, III | | Mark W. Leach (Member) admitted to bar, 1998, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Sixth Circuits. Education: Bradley University (B.A., History, Political Science and Spanish with minor in Western European Studies, magna cum laude, 1995); Tulane University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Member, Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law. Author: "Defining the Right of Self-Defense: Working Toward a Use of Deadly Force Appendix to the Standing Rules of Engagement," 31 U. Balt. L. Rev. 157, June 2002. Co-Author: with Lester H. Brune, "Congress During the Korean War," The Korean War: Handbook of the Literature and Research, Lester H. Brune ed., 1996. Member: Louisville, Kentucky, Federal and American Bar Associations. [Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, U.S. Air Force, 1998-2002]. Reported Cases: Lab. Corp. of Am. Holdings v. Rudolph, 184 S.W.3d 68 (Ky. Ct. App. 2005). Practice Areas: Business Litigation. Email: Mark W. Leach | | Matthew A. Gillies (Member) born Fort Rucker, Alabama, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., Civil Engineering, 1995; J.D., 1999). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American (Member, Forum on Construction Industry) Bar Associations; National Society of Professional Engineers; Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Arbitration; Intellectual Property; Patents. Email: Matthew A. Gillies | | Allen N. Bradley (Member) (Admitted in Georgia; Not admitted in Kentucky); (Also at Atlanta, Georgia office). | | Jeff D. Woodward (Member) (Admitted in Georgia; Not admitted in Kentucky); (Also at Atlanta, Georgia office). | | William H. Mathieu (Member) (Admitted in Georgia; Not admitted in Kentucky); (Also at Atlanta, Georgia office). | | SENIOR ATTORNEY | | T. Gregory Ehrhard (Senior Attorney) admitted to bar, 2001, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., 1997); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: T. Gregory Ehrhard | | —————————— | | Monica E. Henderson (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky; admitted to bar, 1998, Kentucky. Education: Furman University (B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, 1990); University of Louisville School of Law (J.D., 1998). Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. Secretary, Brandeis Society. Chosen Outstanding Law Student by Faculty and Staff, 1998. Recipient, Edwin O. Davis Award (Salutatorian). Member, 1996-1997 and Sr. Notes Editor, 1997-1998, Journal of Family Law. Law Clerk to the Honorable John G. Heyburn, II, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 1998-1999. Speaker on Conservation Easements: 29th Annual Midwest/Midsouth Estate Planning Institute at the University of Kentucky; 8th Biennial UK/CLE Real Estate Law & Practice Institute, Probate and Estate Section, Louisville Bar Association. Volunteer Facilitator, NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill), Family-to-Family Class. Member, Board of Directors and Chair of Governance and Personnel Committees, NAMI Kentucky. Member, Land of Trust Alliance. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Conservation Easements; Real Estate Financing; Conduit Lending. Email: Monica E. Henderson | | Robert "Bert" S. Greenwell (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, New Jersey. (Not admitted in Kentucky). Education: University of Louisville (B.A., History, 1995); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., 1998). Dean's List, Spring 1996. Recipient: Book Award in Torts II; Corpus Juris Secundum Award, West Publishing Co., 1997. Pirtle Washer Competition Participant, semi-final round, 1997; Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, England, 1996. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Conduit Lending; Corporate Services. Email: Robert "Bert" S. Greenwell | | Brian H. Meldrum (Associate) born Mt. Clemens, Michigan, December 22, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. (Not admitted in Kentucky). Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1997; J.D., 1999). Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Bankruptcy; Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy; Commercial Finance. Email: Brian H. Meldrum | | Demetrius O. Holloway (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky, December 12, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Kentucky. Education: University of Louisville (B.A., 1997); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., 2000). Member, Journal of Law and Education. Member, 1997-2000 and President, 1999-2000, Black Law Students Association. Recipient, Chief Justice John S. Palmore Distinguished Leadership Award, 2000. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Business Litigation. Email: Demetrius O. Holloway | | Jamie K. Neal (Associate) born Crawfordsville, Indiana, September 14, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth, Seventh and Ninth Circuits. Education: Purdue University (B.S., 1996); University of Louisville (J.D., summa cum laude, 2000). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Women Lawyer's Association of Jefferson County. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Jamie K. Neal | | John D. Ryan (Associate) born Secember 4, 1970; admitted to bar, 2001, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.B.A. with honors, Finance, 1992; M.B.A., 1995); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Civil Procedure I Book Award Fall 1997; Third Place Kentucky Bar Association student writing competition, 1998-99; Journal of Law and Education, 2000. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banking Law; Finance; Business Law; Corporate Law. Email: John D. Ryan | | Sheldon L. Haden (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky, January 18, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Kentucky. Education: University of Louisville (B.A., magna cum laude, 1997); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Book Awards: Property, Criminal Procedure, Domestic Relations. Member, Brandeis Law Journal, Fall and Spring, 2000. Member, Labor Law Moot Court Team. Member: Louisville, Kentucky, Federal and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation. Email: Sheldon L. Haden | | Jennifer Landrum Elliott (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky, February 17, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Kentucky. Education: Centre College (B.S., 1996); Saint Louis University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Order of the Woolsack; Academic Scholarship Recipient; Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society; Academic Achievement Award in Health Care Law; Listed in Who's Who: American Law Students; Saint Louis University Law Journal, Managing Editor 2000-01, Staff Editor 1999-2000. Author: "Will Charlie Brown Finally Kick the Football?: Missouri Enacts the Next Generation of Partial Birth Abortion Restrictions," 44 St. Louis U. L.J. (2000). Federalist Forum, Staff Editor 1998-99. Member, Health Law Association, 1998-2001. Co-Author: "Managed Care Law" in Kentucky Health Law (4th ed. 2004); "Medical Staff Credentialing" in Kentucky Health Law (4th ed. 2004). Speaker: "HIPAA Update for Employers," Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Louisville, KY, May 2006; "EMTALA," Western Baptist Hospital, Paducah, KY, Feb. 2006; "The Stark II Regulations in Kentucky," Lorman Education Services, Lexington, KY, Oct. 2004; "Confidentiality of Medical Records in Kentucky: Comprehensive Federal HIPAA Privacy Regulations," Lorman Education Services, Lexington, KY, Aug. 2004. Board Member, Centre College Alumni Association, 2002—. Member: Louisville (Member, Health Law Section), Kentucky (Secretary and Member, Health Law Section) and American (Member, Health Law Section) Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys. Practice Areas: Health Care(100%). Email: Jennifer Landrum Elliott | | Julie M. McDonnell (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana. Education: Transylvania University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Brandeis Law Journal, Managing Editor, 2000-01, Member, 1999-2000; Author, "Sutton v. United Air Lines: Unfairly Narrowing the Scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act," Brandeis Law Journal, Volume 39, 2000-01; Health Law Moot Court Team Member, 1999; Highest Grade Award in Torts I and Basic Income Taxation; Joseph L. Lenihan Memorial Scholarship, 1998- 2001. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Louis D. Brandeis Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Torts; Nursing Home Litigation. Email: Julie M. McDonnell | | James Daly, IV (Registered Patent Attorney) born Dearborn, Michigan, September 2, 1968; admitted to bar, 2001, Kentucky; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Bellarmine College (B.A., Biology, 1991); University of Louisville, School of Medicine (Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology, 1998); University of Louisville (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property and Technology; Patent Prosecution and Protection; Medical Intellectual Property; Biotechnology; Biomedical Technology; Genetics; Immunology; Microbiology. Email: James Daly, IV | | John W. Gragg (Associate) born November 19, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Kentucky. Education: Transylvania University (B.A., Business Administration, 1999); University of Dayton School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Member: Fayette County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banking Law. Email: John W. Gragg | | Christopher W. Haden (Associate) born March 24, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Kentucky. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., English, 1997); Louis D. Bradeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., 2002). Member, Saul Lefkowitz Trademark Moot Court Team. Recipient: Miller and Chevalier Scholarship; Chief Justice Joseph Lambert Scholarship; Book Awards in Trial Practice and Basic Legal Skills. First Place, Pirtle-Washer Moot Court Competition. Member, Brandeis Law Journal. Member and Regional Editor, Journal of Law and Education. Author: "Foul! The Exploitation of the Student-Athlete: Student-Athletes Deserve Compensation for Their Play in the College Athletic Arena," 30 J.L. & Educ. 673 (2001). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Tort Defense; Toxic Tort Defense; Products Liability Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Dental Malpractice Defense; Premises Liability Defense; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Negligence Defense; Food Products Liability; Business Litigation; Insurance Defense; Automobile Insurance Defense; Automobile Liability Defense; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Defense. Email: Christopher W. Haden | | Jennifer L. Kovalcik (Associate) born November 25, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Kentucky. Education: University of Louisville (B.Mus., Vocal Performance, with highest honors, 1999); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., summa cum laude, 2002). Vice President, Brandeis Honor Society, 2001. Member: ABA Negotiations Competition Team, 2001; Saul Lefkowitz Trademark Competition Team, 2002. Finalist, Pirtle Washer Internal Moot Court Competition, 2001. Board Member, Moot Court, 2000. Member, Brandeis Law Journal, 2000. Author: Note, "Troxel v. Granville: In the Battle Between Grandparent Visitation Statutes and Parental Rights, 'The Best Interest of the Child's Standard Needs Reform," Brandeis Law Journal, 2001. Property Tutor, 2000. Member: Kosair Charities, 1995—; Prevent Child Abuse America, 1995—; Kentucky Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse, 1995—. Member: Louisville (Member, Intellectual Property Section), Kentucky and American (Member, Intellectual Property Section) Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (Trademark Committee, Liason). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Trademarks; Copyrights; Trade Secrets; Licensing; Software Development; Franchise Law; Litigation; Media Law. Email: Jennifer L. Kovalcik | | Mandy W. Decker (Associate) born September 21, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., Chemistry, Honors, 1997; J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Order of the Coif. Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Lynn Bennett Memorial Scholarship; Judge Joe Lee Scholarship; Academic Excellence Scholarship; ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Intellectual Property Law. Staff Member, Kentucky Law Journal, 2000-2002. Research Assistant for Professor Harold R. Weinberg. Author: "Pharmaceutical Patent Protection: More Generic Favored Legislation May Cause Pioneer Drug Companies to Pull the Plug on Innovation," 90 Kentucky Law Journal 495 (2002). Co-Author: with E.L. Jacobson, M.J. Roberts and M.K. Jacobson: Abstract, "Functional Pathways of NAD Biosynthesis in Human Skin Fibroblasts and Keratinocytes," 114 Journal of Investigative Dermatology 850, 2000; Abstract, "Niacin Status of Human Fibroblasts and Keratinocytes and Cellular Responses to Genotoxic Stress," 114 Journal of Investigative Dermatology 848, 2000; with W.M. Shieh, J.-C. Amé, L.-Q. Wang, D. Koh, M.K. Jacobson and E.L. Jacobson, "PARP Null Mouse Cells Synthesize ADP-ribose Polymers," 273 Journal of Biological Chemistry 30069, 1998. Member: Louisville (Member, Intellectual Property Section), Kentucky, and American (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section) Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Association of University Technology Managers (Affiliate Member). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Litigation. Email: Mandy W. Decker | | Jennifer B. Swyers (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Oregon; 2005, Kentucky. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., Geology and Environmental Studies, 1998); Vermont Law School (J.D., Master of Studies in Environmental Law, 2002). Member: Louisville, Kentucky, Oregon State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Advocacy; Business Litigation; Commercial Disputes; Environmental Law. Email: Jennifer B. Swyers | | Jamie L. Cox (Associate) born Goldsboro, North Carolina, October 15, 1969; admitted to bar, 2003, Kentucky. Education: University of North Carolina at Wilmington (B.A., summa cum laude, Philosophy, 1990); Duke University (M.A., Philosophy, 1993); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Brandeis Honor Society. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate. Email: Jamie L. Cox | | Whitney Frazier Watt (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky, February 27, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Davidson College (B.A., English, 2000); University of Kentucky (J.D., 2003). Stoll, Keenon & Park Scholarship for Outstanding Service to the Kentucky Law Journal, 2002; J. Richard Oexmann Criminal Law Award, 2002; Best Oral Argument, Gilliam Writing Club, 2001; UK Legal Clinic, Spring 2003; Member, 2001-2003 and Managing Editor, 2002-2003, University of Kentucky College of Law, Kentucky Law Journal. Member, Trial Advocacy Board, 2001-2003. Author: "The Constitutionality of Detainment in the Wake of September 11th," 90 Kentucky Law Journal 1089 (2002); "Removing to Federal Court?" Litigation Leader, v. 1, no. 1, March 2005. Member: Dress for Success Louisville Board of Directors; Executive Committee, East Jefferson County Relay for Life (to benefit the American Cancer Society). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations, Defense Research Institute; Kentucky Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Products Liability; Professional Liability. Email: Whitney Frazier Watt | | Lucy M. Heskins (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky, September 3, 1970; admitted to bar, 2003, Kentucky; 2004, U. S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. Education: Hanover College (B.A., 1992); University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work (M.S., Social Work, 1994); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., 2003). Louis D. Brandeis American Inn of Court. Recipient, Sam and Helen K. Evans Award for Academic Excellence. Member, Brandeis Law Journal; Chair, 2001 and Member, Honor Council; Class and School Representative, American Bar Association; Environmental Law Society; Student Animal Legal Defense Fund; Orientation Leader. Project Safe Place and Clark County Youth Shelter & Family Services Volunteer. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Tort Defense; Insurance Defense; Products Liability. Email: Lucy M. Heskins | | Jennifer P. Stephens (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Kentucky. Education: Bellarmine University (B.A., Economics & Philosophy, 2000); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Phi Delta Phi. Best Oralist & Octofinalist, Sherman Moot Court Competition; Finalist & Best Brief, National Telecommunication Moot Court Competition, 2002; Head Coach, National Telecommunication Moot Court Competition, 2003; Senior Business Manager, Federal Communications Law Journal; Federal Communications Bar Association; Student Member, Nashville Bar Association. Bellarmine University: Thesis: Economic Reforms to the Medical Malpractice Industry, May 2000; Co-Founder & Reporter, Phi Beta Lambda; State winner/national competitor in impromptu speaking; Congressional Campaign, 1996 & 1998. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American (Member, Title Insurance Litigation Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation(5%); Land Title Litigation(95%). Email: Jennifer P. Stephens | | Andrew G. Beshear (Associate) born Lexington, Kentucky, November 29, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 2004, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, District of Columbia. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000); University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Litigation; Class Action Defense; Antitrust Litigation. Email: Andrew G. Beshear | | W. Robert Meyer (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. Education: Bellarmine College (B.A., Economics, English and Philosophy, 1996); London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England (Certificate of International Business Strategy and Finance, 2001); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., 2002). Recipient: IU School of Law Merit Scholarship, 1999, 2000; Maurice B. Miller Merit Scholarship, 2001. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy. Email: W. Robert Meyer | | Kimberly K. Ballard (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky; admitted to bar, 2004, Kentucky. Education: University of Louisville College of Arts and Sciences (B.S., with honors, 2000); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Delta Theta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Brandeis Honor Society. Recipient: 2004 Kentucky District Judges' Association Award; 2004 Samuel L. Greenebaum Writing Award; International Academy of Trial Lawyers 2004 Student Advocacy Award; Charles Berry Alumni Academic Recruiting Scholarship. Student Bar Association Secretary; Moot Court Board Vice-President of Public Relations. Notes Editor, Brandeis Law Journal. Best Note Honorable Mention: "Res Ipsa Loquitur - A Step Along the Road to Liability Without Fault". Civil Procedure Tutor, Fall 2002 and Spring 2003; Admissions Recruitment Committee. Pirtle-Washer Oral Advocacy Champion, Oct. 2003; Kentucky Mock Trial Competition, State Championship Team, Nov. 2003; ATLA Mock Trial Competition, semi-finalist, Feb. 2004; Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges, 2003/2004; Brandeis Inn of Court. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Women Lawyer's Association of Jefferson County; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Medical Liability Defense; Multi-State, Multi-District and Serial Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Professional Liability. Email: Kimberly K. Ballard | | Erika R. Barnes (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky. Education: Tennessee Technological University (B.A., Foreign Language, French, magna cum laude, B.S., World Cultures and Business, magna cum laude, 2000; M.B.A., 2001); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 2004). Phi Delta Phi; Moot Court Board. Recipient: Carl J. Ruskowski Clinic Legal Education Award; Vanderbilt Scholastic Excellence Awards in Federal Income Tax and Regulation of Financial Institutions. Notes Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment Law and Practice. Layout, Octo-Finalist, Intramural Moot Court Competition. Vanderbilt Community and Economic Development Clinic. President and First Year Rep., Vanderbilt Law School Ambassadors. Layout Editor, Obiter Dictum. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Women Law Students Association; International Law Society; Law & Business Society. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy. Email: Erika R. Barnes | | Lawrence C. Droege (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Kentucky. Education: Thomas More College (B.A., summa cum laude, Accountancy, 2001); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Phi Kappa Phi; Brandeis Honor Society. Member, Moot Court Board. Listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Conduit Lending; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate. Email: Lawrence C. Droege | | Chadwick A. McTighe (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., cum laude, Program of Liberal Studies, 2001); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 2004). Article Editor, University of Notre Dame Law Review. Member: Intellectual Property Law Society; Business Law Association. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Class Action Defense; Commercial Disputes; Company Failure, Rehabilitation and Liquidation; Multi-State, Multi-District and Serial Litigation; Trial Practice. Email: Chadwick A. McTighe | | James Tanner Nichols (Associate) born Princeton, Kentucky, 1971; admitted to bar, 2004, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., Mathematics Education, 1995); Murray State University (M.A., Educational Administration, 2000); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Conduit Lending; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate. Email: James Tanner Nichols | | David B. Owsley (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., Cognitive Science and Psychology, 2000); Washington University (J.D., 2004). Executive Articles Editor, Wash. U. L.Q. Recipient: Virginia Tomasulo Anthes Scholar at Law Scholarship; Honor Scholar Award; Judge Myron D. Mills Award; A.B.A. Urban, State & Local Government Law Prize; CALI Excellence Awards in Evidence, Immigrants' Rights, State and Local Government; Appellate Clinic (assisted drafting amicus brief to U.S. Supreme Court in TSAC v. Hood, 124 S.Ct. 1905, 2004); International Public Interest Stipend Program: South Africa, 2002). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Advocacy; Business Litigation; Class Action Defense; Commercial Disputes. Email: David B. Owsley | | Angela R. Stephens (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Kentucky. Education: University of Louisville, Speed Scientific School (B.S., with high honors, Civil Engineering, 2001); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Moot Court and Professional Skills Board - President, Sponsor National Health Law Moot Court Team; Career Day Committee, Practitioner Recruitment Subcommittee Chair, Publicity Committee; Law Journal; Brandeis Inn of Court, 2002-03; Brandeis Society; Intrastate Mock Trial Team, State Champions; Who's Who Among American Law Students. Recipient: Outstanding Graduating Senior Award; Edward M. Post Award; Book Award, Decedent's Estates. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American (Member, Forum on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations; Women Lawyer's Association of Jefferson County; Young Lawyers Group. Practice Areas: </ |
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