Attorneys

Paul J. Hershberg
Louisville, Kentucky

Senior Associate
phone	(502) 371-3564
fax	(502) 583-2100
email	hershberg@derbycitylaw.com

Paul Hershberg graduated with distinction from the University of Michigan in 1991, and received his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1996. He concentrates his practice in the areas of civil appellate practice, as well as commercial and insurance litigation. While Paul maintains an active and diverse docket of litigation cases, his primary emphasis is on research and writing. He has briefed matters in all of the state courts of Kentucky, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court, on topics including bankruptcy, insurance coverage, environmental law, toxic tort, as well as Constitutional issues including free speech rights under the First Amendment.

Awards and Honors: Paul J. Hershberg was recently named in Louisville Magazine as a "Top Lawyer" in Appellate Law 2013. The Top Lawyers were picked by their peers.; Named in Kentucky Super Lawyers Magazine in the area of Business Litigation, Appellate, 2012; Paul J. Hershberg was recently named in Louisville Magazine as a "Top Lawyer" in Appellate Law and Insurance Law for 2012. The Top Lawyers were picked by their peers.; Has achieved Martindale-Hubbell distinguished rating of AV Preeminent; Named in Kentucky Super Lawyers magazine in the area of Business Litigation, Appellate, 2011; Named in Kentucky Super Lawyers magazine in the area of Business Litigation, Appellate, 2010.

Memberships: Federal Bar Association; American Bar Association; Kentucky Bar Association; Louisville Bar Association

Admissions and Courts: U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; Kentucky, 1997; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky; U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court

Education: Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1996
J.D.; University of Michigan, 1991
B.A.

Practices: Appellate Practice; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Civil Rights; Automobile Franchise Law; Insurance Coverage Litigation

Published/Notable Cases: Dugle ex rel. Dugle v. Norfolk Southern R. Co., 683 F.3d 263 (Ky. App. 2012); Sae Biang Optical v. Kenmark Optical, Inc., 2012 WL 2354360 (6th Cir.); PNC Bank, Nat. Ass'n v. Fifth Third Bank, 2011 WL 336467 (Ky. App. 2011); McDonald's Corp. v. Ogborn, 309 S.W.3d 274 (Ky. App. 2009); Sae Biang Optical v. Kenmark Optical, Inc., 2009 WL 3211083 (W.D. Ky. 2009); Devasier v. James, 278 S.W.3d 625 (Ky. 2009); Rastogi v. Amex Assur. Co., 2008 WL 5101676 (W.D. Ky. 2008); Flooring Gallery, LLC v. Morel Const. Co., Inc., 2008 WL 4092864 (Ky. App. 2008); Golden Foods, Inc. v. Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer Dist., 240 S.W.3d 679 (Ky. App. 2007); 500 Associates, Inc. v. Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet, 204 S.W.3d 121 (Ky. App. 2006); In re Lowenbraun, 453 F.3d 314 (6th Cir. 2006); Jewell v. Household Life Ins. Co., 2006 WL 1228831 (W.D. Ky. 2006); Foster v. Kentucky Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., 189 S.W.3d 553 (Ky. 2006); Lovelace v. Holiday Inn Hurstbourne, 2006 WL 307913 (Ky. App. 2006); Stratton v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Cabinet for Families and Children, 182 S.W.3d 516 (Ky. 2006); Brown v. Indiana Ins. Co., 184 S.W.3d 528 (Ky. 2005); Louisville Metro Housing Authority v. Burns, 198 S.W.3d 147 (Ky. App. 2005); Lumpkins ex rel. Lumpkins v. City of Louisville, 157 S.W.3d 601 (Ky. 2005); In re Commonwealth Institutional Securities, Inc., 394 F.3d 401 (6th Cir. 2005); L.B. III v. Housing Authority of Louisville, 345 F.Supp.2d 725 (W.D. Ky. 2004); L.B. III v. Housing Authority of Louisville, 344 F.Supp.2d 1009 (W.D. Ky. 2004)