Education
University of Kentucky College of Law
Lexington, Kentucky
- J.D. – 1993
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
- B.A. – 1990
Bar Admission
- Kentucky, 1993
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1993
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, 2013
Professional Associations, Honors & Awards
- Kentucky Super Lawyer, 2020 & 2021
- Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished
- Defense Research Institute
- Kentucky Defense Counsel, Ins. (Past President- 2018/2019, Board of Directors- 201__ to Present)
- CLM Institute
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Johnson County Bar Association
Practice Areas
- Insurance Bad Faith Litigation
- Insurance Coverage Analysis and Litigation
- General Insurance Defense
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Premises Liability
- Property Damage
- Personal Injury and Property Damage Defense
- Nursing Home Negligence – Defense
- Product Liability – Defense
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Litigation
Represented Clients
- State Farm Insurance Company
- Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
- GEICO General Insurance Company
- Progressive Insurance Company
- Allstate Insurance Company
- Nationwide Property and Casualty Company
- Erie Insurance Company
- Root Insurance Company
- Everett Cash Mutual Insurance Company
Representative Appellate Cases
- Miller v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2020 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 159, 2020 WL 1074788 (Ky. App. 2020)
- Wood v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., 2020 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 259, 2020 WL 1898401 (Ky. App. 2020)
- Romans v. Kentucky Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., 2017 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 356, 2017 WL 2210747 (Ky. App. 2017)
- Conley v. Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co, 2018 Ky. App. Lexis 933, 2018 WL 6721327 (Ky. App. 2018)
- Parks v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124897, 2012 WL 3835837 (E.D. Ky. 2012)
- Adler v. Elk Glenn, LLC, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 176527, 2013 WL 6632057 (E.D. Ky. 2013)
- McFerrin v. Allstate Property & Casualty Co., 29 F. Supp. 3d 924, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87500, 2014 WL 2920808 (E.D. Ky. 2014)
- Hill v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7683, 2014 WL 241469 (E.D. Ky. 2014)
- Salyers v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 99312, 2014 WL 3611306 (E.D. Ky, 2014)
- Durham v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92921, 2016 WL 3926263 (E.D. Ky. 2016)
- Frost v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2013 WL 4746333 (E.D. Ky. 2014)