Areas of Practice

   
• Personal Injury
   
• Medical Malpractice
   
• Insurance Bad Faith
   
• Product Liability
   
• Slander/Libel
   
• Civil Rights
   
• Employment Discrimination/Harassment
   
• Criminal Defense

Bar Admissions

   
• Kentucky, 1996
   
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 1996
   
• U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 1996
   
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1996

Education

   
• Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Highland Heights, Kentucky
  
     
  • J.D. - 1996
  
  
     
  • Honors: Cum Laude
  
  
   
• Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green
  
     
  • B.A. cum laude - 1993
  
  
     
  • Major: Government
  
  

Representative Cases

   
• Phelps v. State Farm, 736 F.3d 697 (6th 2012)
   
• Eads v. Kentucky Foods (Wayne Circuit)
   
• Walker v. Gosser, Et al., 05-CI-170 (Russell Circuit)
   
• Edwards v. CVA & DIKR (E.D. Ky.)
   
• Manuel v. Traditional Sporting Goods, 22 No. 12 Westlaw Journal, Product Liability 4, January 9, 2012, 5:09-CV-406 (E.D. Ky 2009)
   
• Bertram v. FedEx, 2009 WL 170063 (W.D. Ky.)

Honors and Awards

   
• National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers, 2011 - 2014

   
• Kentucky Justice Association, 1996 - Present
   
• American Association of Justice, 1996 - Present
   
• National Trial Lawyers Association