Accepts Credit Cards

(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

Administrative, Government and Regulatory Law, Admiralty and Maritime, Business Entities and Finance, Construction, Condominium Las, Debtor/Creditor, Divorce and Family Law, Collaborative and Traditional, Employment and Labor Law, Estate Planning, Estate and Trust Administration and Litigation, Intellectual Property, Trademark and Copyright, Litigation, General and Commercial, Mergers and Acquisitions, Non-Profit Organizations, Public Charities and Tax-Exempt Organizations, Personal Injury, Public and Private Utility Law, Real Estate, Transactions, Development Finance, and Land Use, Syndication, Structures and Tax Incentives, Tax Planning and Representation, Transportation Law, Workers' Compensation and Self Insurance.

Representative Clients:

Abel Construction Company, Inc.
A.D. Harrington Co.
Advance Ready Mix Concrete, Inc.
Advantage Plastics and Engineering
AGA, Inc.
Ambrake Corporation
Branch Banking & Trust Co.
Bright's Bottle Gas Co.
Doric Real Estate
CITY Group Properties, LLC
Columbia Specialty Metals, LLC
Glassworks Properties
Hart County Bank
Highland Cleaners, Inc.
King Southern Bank
K.C. Electronics, Inc.
Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions
Kentucky Department of Personnel
Kentucky Department of Transportation
Kentucky Property Management Co.
Kosair Charities Committee, Inc.
Louisville Metro Government
Louisville Trust Co.
Masonic Homes of Kentucky, Inc.
M.G. Taylor Corp.
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Progress Paints
Quanics Water Systems
The Henry Clay Development
The Sachs Co.
SprintCom, Inc.
Sprint PCS
Ubiquitel, Inc.
Windhurst Partnership Developers
WKB Associates, Inc.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards

• MasterCard
• Visa

Address

One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 1400
Louisville, KY 40202, (Jefferson Co.)

Phone

Phone: 502-584-1000
Fax: 502-584-2318

Website

http://www.tilfordlaw.com

Office Hours

Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Charles W. Dobbins (1916-1992).

Henry J. Tilford (1880-1968).

George S. Wetherby (1905-1954).

Lawrence W. Wetherby (1908-1994).

John T. Metcalf (1890-1974).

Randolph Noe (1939-2003).

Stuart E. Alexander, Jr. (1920-2006).

William A. Buckaway, Jr. (Member) born Bowling Green, Kentucky, December 3, 1934; admitted to bar, 1961, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit. Education: Centre College of Kentucky (A.B., 1956); University of Louisville (J.D., 1961). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Wills Law; Estate Planning; Probate Law; Non-Profit Organizations; Business Law.Email: William A. Buckaway, Jr.

Charles W. Dobbins, Jr. (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, March 31, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Kentucky; 1975, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., with distinction, 1970); University of Virginia (J.D., 1974). Omicron Delta Kappa. Law Clerk to Hon. Charles M. Allen, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 1974-1976. Member: Louisville (General Counsel, Board of Directors, 1994-1996), Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Finance; Secured Transactions; Real Estate; Real Estate Development; Historic Preservation.Email: Charles W. Dobbins, Jr.

Terrell L. Black (Member) born Harrodsburg, Kentucky, September 23, 1945; admitted to bar, 1977, Kentucky. Education: Campbellsville College (B.S., 1966); University of Louisville (J.D., 1976). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Civil; Corporate; Administrative Utilities; Telecommunications; Utility Law.Email: Terrell L. Black

Mark Wesley Dobbins (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, February 7, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Kentucky; 1980, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1975); University of Louisville (J.D., 1978). Editor, University of Louisville Law Journal, 1977-1978. Assistant Attorney General, Kentucky, 1978-1980. Assistant City Law Director, City of Louisville, Kentucky, 1980-1986. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Administrative Law; Business Law; Wills; Trusts and Estates; Family Law; Divorce.Email: Mark Wesley Dobbins

Sandra F. Keene (Member) born Hopkinsville, Kentucky, April 15, 1960; admitted to bar, 1992, Kentucky; 1993, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky. Education: University of Louisville (B.H.S., with honors, 1982; J.D., cum laude, 1992). Member, Leadership Oldham County, 1998-1999. Associate Member, Louis Brandeis Inn of Court, 1996-1997. Member: Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations; National Association of Female Executives. Practice Areas: Telecommunications Law; Administrative; Family Law; Public Utility Law.Email: Sandra F. Keene

Patrick T. Schmidt (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, June 5, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S. Accounting, 1989; J.D., 1992). Beta Alpha Psi. Member, Moot Court Board. Certified Public Accountant, USA, 1994. Member: Louisville (Past Chair, Tax Law Committee), Kentucky and American (Past Chair, Young Lawyers Division Tax Law Committee) Bar Associations; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Tax; Corporate.Email: Patrick T. Schmidt

Stuart E. Alexander, III (Member) born Heidelberg, Germany, October 3, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: St. John's University (B.A., 1974); University of Louisville (J.D., 1978). Staff Attorney, Jefferson District Public Defender, 1980-1983. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Insurance Law; Workers Compensation Defense.Email: Stuart E. Alexander, III

William J. Walsh, IV (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, May 22, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Georgia; 1992, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and Northern District of Illinois; 1999, Kentucky, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th and 6th Circuits. Education: St. Joseph's College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1985); Harvard University (J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Corporate Law.Email: William J. Walsh, IV

Terrence L. McCoy (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, May 3, 1942; admitted to bar, 1970, Kentucky. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1964); Duke University (J.D., 1967). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. (Also practicing individually). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Probate Law.

ASSOCIATES

John A. Wilmes (Associate) born Ferdinand, Indiana, April 12, 1948; admitted to bar, 1977, Kentucky. Education: Indiana University (A.B., 1970); University of Louisville (J.D., 1977). Assistant Jefferson County Attorney, 1978—. Member: Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate; Trusts; Civil; Real Estate; Corporate Law.Email: John A. Wilmes

J.E. Brian Black (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky, August 12, 1970; admitted to bar, 2001, Kentucky. Education: Campbellsville College (B.S., 1994); Ohio Northern University, Claude Pettit School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Civil Litigation.Email: J.E. Brian Black

Kathleen Schoen (Associate) born Anderson, Indiana, January 31, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit. Education: John Carroll University (B.A., 1997; M.A., 1999); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., 2002). Member, Law Journal. Member: Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment.

Tacasha E. Bingham (Associate) born Barbourville, Kentucky, January 31, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Kentucky. Education: Union College (B.S., Accounting, valedictorian, 2006); University of Louisville, Brandies School of Law (J.D., 2008). Administrative Editor, University of Louisville, Journal of Law and Education. Author: "Discrimination in Education Public vs. Private," 36 Journal of Law and Education 273 (2007). Formerly with Cotton & Allen, Certified Public Accountants and Advisors. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Taxation; Estate Planning; Probate.Email: Tacasha E. Bingham

OF COUNSEL

Carolyn K. Balleisen (Of Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, June 12, 1930; admitted to bar, 1953, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Tax Court; 1972, Kentucky. Education: Barnard College (A.B., cum laude, 1950); Columbia University (J.D., 1952). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Editor, Columbia Law Review. Author: "The Internal Revenue Code of 1954; Partnerships and Partners," 54 Columbia Law Review 1183, 1954; "Tax Treatment of Corporate Division," 52 Columbia Law Review, 1954; "Stock Redemptions under Section 303, Tax Aspects of Estate Planning," Association of the Bar of the City of New York, March, 1958; "Tax Problems of Service Partnerships," 16 New York University Inst. on Federal Tax 137, 1958; "Death of Partner," 213 Tax Management Portfolio, 1969; "How Woodall Quick Will Affect Basis Adjustment," 37 Journal of Taxation 46, 1972; "Techniques Available to Freeze Estate," Tax Ideas Dec. 15, 1993, RIA State Local Taxes Nationwide Network of Expert Contributors; "Use of Trusts in Estate Planning with Retirement Benefits," 62 Ky. Bar Assoc. Bench & Bar, 1998. Visiting Associate Professor of Law, University of Louisville Law School, 1969-1970. Member: Louisville; Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Federal Income, Estate and Gift Taxation Law; Business Law; Estate Planning Law; Charitable Organizations Law.Email: Carolyn K. Balleisen

Robert A. Donald, III (Of Counsel) born Norfolk, Virginia, May 7, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Kentucky; 1980, Indiana. Education: Indiana University (A.B., 1969); University of Louisville (J.D., 1974). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Louisville, Kentucky, Indiana State and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association; National Employment Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Corporate Commercial Law; Intellectual Property; Employment Law; Maritime Law.Email: Robert A. Donald, III

Edward L. Galloway (Of Counsel) born Owensboro, Kentucky, September 13; admitted to bar, 1974, Kentucky; 1976, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1967); University of Virginia (J.D., 1974); University of Kentucky. Member: Louisville Downtown Rotary Club; Louisville Visual Arts Association; Second Presbyterian Church; Louisville Collegiate School. Member: Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banking; Commercial Transactions; Workouts.Email: Edward L. Galloway