Providing legal excellence for over 65 years in Kentucky

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Justin Baxter

Education

  • Pace Law School, White Plains, New York
    • J.D. - 2016
    • Honors: cum laude
    • Honors: National Environmental Legal Moot Court Competition: Board Member (2013) & Vice Chair (2014); Student Bar Association Representative; Library Research Assistant; and, Pace Environmental Law Clinic Board of Directors and Staff Member (2015)
  • Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky
    • B.A. English Literature - 2012

Bar Admission

  • Kentucky, 2017
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 2018
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 2021

Practice Areas

  • Civil Litigation Defense
  • Insurance Defense Litigation
  • Products Liability
  • Insurance Coverage Law
  • Slip and Fall – Defense
  • Wrongful Death – Defense
  • Professional Liability- Defense
  • Construction
  • Medical Malpractice- Defense
  • Long Term Care and Assisted Living Facilities Litigation
  • Complex Litigation
  • Environmental
  • Administrative Law

Honors

  • Kentucky Super Lawyer, Medical Malpractice Attorney, Rising Star Selection

Past Positions

  • Quintairos, Prieto, Wood, Boyer P.A., Attorney, 2020-2022
  • Kinkead & Stilz, PLLC, Attorney, 2017-2020
  • Hon. Gregory Lay, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 27th Judicial Circuit, 1st Division, Judicial Staff Attorney, 2016-2017
  • Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, P.C., Student Associate, 2016
  • Pace Environmental Law Clinic, Student Staff Member and Board Member, 2015
  • Southern Environmental Law Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Summer Associate, 2015
  • Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom, E.D.N.Y, Brooklyn, NY, Judicial Intern, 2015
  • Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Washington, D.C., Intern, 2014

Professional Associations

  • Kentucky Bar Association
  • Fayette County Bar Association
  • Kentucky Defense Council