Providing legal excellence for over 65 years in Kentucky
Biography
Judicial Nominee, Fayette Circuit Court, 2019.
Education
- University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky
- J.D. - 2005
- Honors: Book Award - Professional Responsibility
- Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
- A.B. - 2000
- Honors: Academic Citation - Music & Computers
- Major: Government
Bar Admission
- Kentucky, 2005
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 2008
- U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 2011
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2011
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2018
Practice Areas
- Mediation
- Arbitration
- Worker’s Compensation
- Employment Law
- Insurance Defense
- Premises Liability Defense
- Personal Injury Defense
- Contracts
- Bad Faith Defense
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Legal Malpractice Defense
- Wrongful Death Defense
- Construction Defense
- Professional Liability Defense
- Property Damage Defense
Honors
- Frost Brown Todd Scholarship
- Outstanding 2L Staff Award, Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law
- ATLA National Trial Team Member
- President, Trial Advocacy Board
- Student Public Interest Law Foundation Grant Recipient
- Book Award, Professional Responsibility
- Executive Editor, Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law
- Academic Citation, Music & Computers
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated
- Best Lawyers in America, 2021-2024 Litigation - Insurance
Past Positions
- Hon. D. Bruce Petrie, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 50th Judicial Circuit, Family Division, Judicial Staff Attorney, 2005 to 2007
Professional Associations
- Kentucky Bar Association, Member, 2005 to Present
- Fayette County Bar Association, Member, 2007 to Present
- Dartmouth Lawyers Association, Member, 2005 to Present
- American Bar Association, Member, 2004 to 2010
- Dartmouth Club of Kentucky – District Enrollment Director, past President
- Dartmouth Alumni Council, Regional At-Large Representative for the Atlantic States, 2014 to 2017
Fraternities and Sororities
- Phi Alpha Delta
- Phi Tau
Current Employment Position
- Partner
Classes and Seminars
- Troubleshooting HR Legal Nightmares, Speaker, National Business Institute, June 2017
- “Navigating Complicated FMLA Issues: A look at current case law”, Speaker, Greater Lexington Paralegals Association, October, 2016
- Women of the Bluegrass – Seminar on Women in the Medical Field, Speaker, Delta Delta Delta at Transylvania University, – 2010
- FMLA and ADA: A Critical Compliance Guide, Speaker, National Business Institute, May 2016
- Civil Trial From Start to Finish, Speaker, National Business Institute, June 2019
- Employment Law Update, Speaker, National Business Institute, Feburary 2020
- Continued Learning Legal, NBI, 2020 – Present