Louis P. Winner Louisville, Kentucky
| Senior Associate | |
| phone | 502-632-0164 866-863-0006 |
| fax | 502-583-2100 |
| winner@derbycitylaw.com winner@louisvillefamilylaw.com | |
Louis P. Winner was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His father's side of his family has a long history in Louisville, Kentucky, while on his mothers side he is a first generation American. Mr. Winner's maternal family is from Santiago Chile. Mr. Winner attended high school at St. Francis High School in Louisville, Kentucky, and then attended college at Indiana University. Mr. Winner graduated from college in three years, and then moved to New York City to attend law school.
Mr. Winner attended law school at the prestigious BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW in New York City. During law school Mr. Winner worked at a criminal defense firm that defended white collar crime. Mr. Winner was accepted into the accelerated entry program and graduated from law school in 2 1/2 years. After law school, Mr. Winner moved to Los Angeles, California where he worked as a clerk in an entertainment law firm. In 2001, Mr. Winner re-located to Louisville, Kentucky and began working at the boutique family law firm, Diana Skaggs & Associates.
- Awards and Honors
- Named Best Lawyers Under 40 in Louisville Magazine, 2006 - Present
- Member, Intellectual Property Society and Criminal Law Society
- Memberships
- Local Boy Scout Troup 30, Eagle Scout
- Young Professionals Association of Louisville
- Local Bar, Young Lawyers Section
- Past Chairman
- Kentucky Bar Association, Family Law Section
- Kentucky Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section
- Louisville Bar Association, Family Law Section
- Board of Directors
- Louisville Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section
- Chair
- American Bar Association, Family Law Section
- Kentucky Association of Trial Attorneys
- Hispanic National Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- Admissions and Courts
- Kentucky, 2002
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- Education
- Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York,
2000
J.D. - Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana,
1997
B.A.
Major: Physical Science
Minor: History
Minor: Psychology
Minor: Hebrew
- Past Employment Positions:
- Louis Winner & Associates, PSC, Louisville, KY, Founding Partner and Lead Attorney, 2003 - 2004
- Diana L. Skaggs & Associates, Louisville, KY, Associate Attorney, 2001 - 2003
- Peter D. Gordon, ESQ., Los Angeles, CA, Law Clerk, 2000 - 2001
- Allen Futerfas, New York City, NY, Law Clerk, 1999
- United States Magistrate Judge Henry Pitman, New York City, NY, Law Clerk, 1999
