Estill D. Banks II
888-322-2505
859-514-7252 (Direct)
Areas of Practice
- Insurance Coverage & Defense
- Assault & Battery -- Defense
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Transportation & Shippers
- Creditors Rights & Bankruptcy
- Defamation & Privacy -- Defense
- Federal & State Trial & Appellate Practice
- Insurance Subrogation
- Legal Malpractice
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Property & Casualty
- Property Damage -- Defense
- Slip and Fall -- Defense
- Trucking Industry Defense
- Wrongful Death -- Defense
Bar Admissions
- Kentucky, 1991
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 1997
- U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1992
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 2011
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Kentucky, 2011
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
Education
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan
- J.D. (Cum Laude) - 1991
- Law Review: Thomas M. Cooley Law School
- Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky
- B.S. - 1986
- Major: Finance/Marketing
Honors and Awards
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Fayette County Bar Association, Member, 1997 - Present
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)
- DRI
- Litigation Counsel of America
- National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys
Past Employment Positions
- United States Marine Corps (Active and Reserve), Military Police Officer (LtCol), 1989 - 2009
- Kelly Brown and Willams, Attorney, 1994 - 1997



















