Practice Areas:
Bankruptcy
Family Law
Personal Injury
Criminal Law
Bank & Lender Liability
Richard M. Rawdon, Jr. a 1968 graduate of Louis Brandeis College of Law of the University of Louisville and a 1965 graduate of Colgate University, is a former President and current Board of Governors Member of the Kentucky Justice Association, former Governor of the American Association of Justice, an invited American Board of Trial Advocates and current KY Chapter of its Board of Directors, and the National Trial Lawyers. His is the former Scott County Attorney.Â
Mr. Rawdon regularly achieves over 50 continuing legal education hours per year. He has attended the Lawyers' Post-Graduate Clinic in Chicago, two Court Practice Institutes, each a week long in Chicago, the week-long National College Advocacy's Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course in Miami and Post-Ultimate Trial Advocacy course in Charleston, S.C. He attends seminars sponsored by American Association of Justice, and KJA. He has given presentation in California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Kentucky for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, North Dakota Trial Lawyers, Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, University of Kentucky, and Northern Kentucky University.
He served/chaired numerous committees for AAJ, KJA, and KBA. Active in local civic organizations, he served as president of the Ruritan Club, Optimist Club, and the Georgetown-Scott County Chamber of Commerce. He has refereed high school football for over 30 years. Mr. Rawdon was a charter member of Leadership Kentucky in 1985.
Education
University of Louisville School of Law, Louisville, Kentucky
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 1968
Colgate University, Hamilton, New York
B.A., Bachelor of Arts - 1965
Bar Admissions
Kentucky, 1968
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 1972
U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1990
U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals, 1972
Fraternities or Sororities
Phi Alpha Delta
Sigma Nu
Professional Associations
Kentucky Justice Association, Governor - 1978, President - 1984, 1984
American Association for Justice, Board of Governors 1985-1991, 1974 to Present
American Board of Trial Advocates, (KY Chapter Representative of the Board of Directors, 2020), 1997 to Present
Kentucky Bar Association, Former Member, Ethics Committee, Communications Committee
Stamping Ground Ruritan Club, 3 Time President
Georgetown Scott County Chamber of Commerce, President-1979, 1996
Central Kentucky Football Officials Association, President-1983
Kentucky Growers Insurance Company, Director-2000 to present
National Trial Lawyers, 2009 to Present
Marathons
Dick’s hobby is running marathons. Since 2001, he has run 12 marathons in Europe and over 45 altogether. His marathons include Boston (nine times), New York, San Francisco, Big Sur (Carmel, California), Paris, Vienna, Stockholm, Berlin, Dublin, Amsterdam plus smaller races in Italy, France, Salzburg, Austria and Davos, Switzerland.
Amsterdam Marathon, Netherlands
The Asheville Marathon at the Biltmore Estates
Boston Marathon
Dublin Marathon, Ireland
Big International Sur Marathon
Charlottesville Marathon
Outer Banks Marathon
San Francisco Marathon
Maui Marathon
Moose Mountain Marathon
Louisville Marathon
Parke County Marathon
Vienna City Marathon
Berlin Marathon
Jung Frau Marathon
International Lake Garda Marathon, Italy
Paris Marathon
Stockholm Marathon, Sweden
2012 Jubilee Marathon, Sweden
Bob Potts Marathon, York, Pennsylvania
Fort Wayne Marathon
YMCA Pacer Marathon
Xterra Georgia Trail Marathon
Birmingham Marathon
Luberon Marathon, France
Missoula Marathon
Aspen Valley Marathon
Capital City River Run Marathon
Horse Capital Marathon
New York City Marathon
Swiss Alpine Marathon, Switzerland
Mozart 100 Marathon
