Awards and Honors

• University of Louisville School of Business Outstanding Student Award 1966
• Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society, University of Louisville School of Business 1967
• Deans Scholarship Awards, University of Louisville School of Law
• American Jurisprudence Book Awards in Corporations and Torts, University of Louisville School of Law
• Multiple Recipient of Distinguished Service Award by the Louisville Bar Association 2002 and 2004

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association
• Louisville Bar Association, past Board Member, General Counsel
• Bar Associations Sections on Real Estate, Zoning and Construction Laws
• Louisville Bar Center, General Counsel

Admissions and Courts

• Kentucky
• U.S. Supreme Court; Sixth Circuit U.S. Appeals Court; U.S. Western District Court of Kentucky at Louisville; U.S. Southern District Court of Indiana at New Albany; and U.S. Tax Court

Education

• Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, JD 1970
• School of Business, University of Louisville, Bachelors of Science in Commerce 1967

Practices

• Commercial and Retail Real Estate Transactions
• Zoning and Land Use Matters
• Commercial and Retail Leasing and Landlord and Tenant Matters
• Construction Law
• Energy Law
• Corporations and Business Transactions

Published/Notable Cases

• Huber Winery v. Wilcher, 488 F.Supp.2d 592 (W.D.Ky. 2006)
• Cherry Hill Vineyards, LLC. v. Hudgins, 488 F.Supp.2d 601 (W.D.Ky. 2006)
• Son v. Coal Equity, 293 B.R. 392 (W.D.Ky 2003), aff'd in part and rev. in part Son v. Coal Equity, 2004 U.S. App. Lexis 24106 (6th Cir. Ky.)
• Shockey Tours, Inc. v. Miller Transportation, Inc., 984 S.W. 2d 95 (1998)
• Rieke v. City of Louisville, 827 S.W. 2d 694 (Ky. 1991)

Community Organizations/Board Memberships

• Served on the Boards of Directors of a number of organizations involved in real estate transactions