Ward, Hocker & Thornton, PLLC, founded in 1984 in Lexington, Kentucky, is a full-service litigation firm. With offices in Lexington and Louisville, our firm is able to serve the entire state of Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The vast majority of our clients are major insurance carriers, national adjusting companies, self-insured groups, and self-insured companies. As such, we handle the entire spectrum of insurance litigation including claims related to automobile accidents, workers' compensation, products liability, premises liability, municipal liability, toxic tort, state and federal discrimination, labor and employment, fidelity and surety, medical and legal malpractice, and contracts.

Statement of Practice

Civil Litigation including Workers Compensation, Insurance Defense, Medical and Legal Malpractice, Health and Hospital Law, Products Liability, Environmental Law, Toxic Torts, Fidelity and Surety Law. Appellate Practice, Construction Law, Municipal Liability, Employment Law, Administrative Law, Fire and Casualty, Labor Law and Personal Injury Law.

Address

The Mueller Building, Suite 201
716 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202, (Jefferson Co.)

Phone

Phone: 502-583-7012
Telecopier: 502-583-7018

Website

http://www.whtlaw.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For complete biographical data on all personnel, see Professional Biographies at Lexington, Kentucky)

RESIDENT MEMBER

Brian H. Stephenson (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, January 15, 1974; admitted to bar, 1998, Kentucky, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.S., 1995); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1998). Member: Fayette County and Kentucky Bar Associations; Kentucky Defense Counsel and Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation; Commercial Law; Corporate Law.Email: Brian H. Stephenson

RESIDENT ASSOCIATES

Scott C. Wilhoit (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky, October 19, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1990, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1985; J.D., 1989). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation; Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Civil Rights; Employment Law.Email: Scott C. Wilhoit

Thomas M. Edelen (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky, May 7, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Kentucky; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. Education: University of Louisville (B.A., magna cum laude, 1992); Southern Illinois University (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Member: Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation; Civil Litigation.Email: Thomas M. Edelen

Noelle J. Bailey (Associate) born Winchester, Kentucky, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Kentucky. Education: Transylvania University (B.A., 2003); University of Kentucky (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense.Email: Noelle J. Bailey

Taylor P. Sorrels (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky, November 8, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.B.A, Finance, 2004); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 2007); Northern Kentucky University. Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. Member: Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation.Email: Taylor P. Sorrels

Kathleen E. Savatiel (Associate) born Dearborn, Michigan, July 31, 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky. Education: University of Louisville (B.A., 1997); Loyola University College of Law (J.D., 2001). Associate, Louis D. Brandeis Inn of Court, 2002-2003. Member: Louisville Bar Association; Kentucky Bar Association; American Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.Email: Kathleen E. Savatiel

Ian M. Godfrey (Associate) born Weston, West Virginia, January 3, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Kentucky. Education: University of Louisville (B.S., Political Science, 2005); Brandeis School of Law (J.D., 2008). Member: Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation.Email: Ian M. Godfrey