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Tad Thomas has been a trial lawyer for over 20 years. After graduating with honors from law school at Northern Kentucky University, he opened his own practice in Louisville handling criminal and civil cases. He quickly gravitated to the area of personal injury and complex civil litigation, an area where he could assist clients in their time of need.. In 2008, Mr. Thomas started a three year stint with the Office of the Kentucky Attorney General as one of two Assistant Deputy Attorneys General. In addition to handling high profile civil litigation for the office he was responsible for overseeing four divisions and all of the office’s civil litigation. These four divisions consisted of over 100 personnel including lawyers, staff and sworn law enforcement officers.. Mr. Thomas returned to private practice in 2011 and formed Thomas Law Offices in Louisville, Kentucky. Over the years, as Tad’s reputation and practice grew, the firm began expanding its reach beyond Kentucky. Today, the firm has grown to more than a dozen attorneys in four offices while handling cases across the country. Thomas Law Offices has offices in Chicago, IL. Columbia, MO. and Cincinnatti, OH.. In addition to making sure his firm provides quality representation to all of its clients, Mr. Thomas spends a great deal of time advocating for changes in laws to protect consumers and ensuring Americans’ Seventh Amendment right to jury trial is protected. Mr. Thomas is currently the President-Elect of the American Association for Justice, the nation’s largest organization for trial lawyers. Finally, education of his fellow lawyers is also important to Mr. Thomas who spends travels the country speaking at conventions and continuing legal education programs on a wide range of issues such as deposition and trial techniques, ethics and technology.. Practice Areas Include:

Mr. Dutton is Of-Counsel with the Louisville law firm of Goldberg Simpson. His primary areas of practice include utility and energy practice, environmental litigation and regulatory compliance, and administrative law.. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Dutton was an Assistant Attorney General in the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General (OAG), where he represented the Commonwealth in challenges against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before various Federal Circuit Courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Dutton also represented the ratepayers of Kentucky before the Public Service Commission in a variety of matters totaling potential rate impacts of over $2 billion. Representative matters include General rate cases, Certificates of Public Necessity and Convenience, alternative rate filings, smart grid/meter administrative case, abandonment proceedings, and a variety of other administrative proceedings.. Prior to joining the Kentucky OAG, Mr. Dutton worked in the U.S. EPA, Office of Water. There, he advised on legal, regulatory, and policy matters involving state NPDES legal authority, abandoned coal mines, confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs), and municipal and industrial discharges.

Kevin P. Weis is a partner with the Louisville law firm of Goldberg Simpson. His main areas of practice are Personal Injury Law, Automobile Negligence Law, Medical Negligence Law and Products Liability Law on behalf of plaintiffs. He formerly practiced with the firm’s Insurance Defense Litigation Group.. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, after graduating from St. Xavier High School, Mr. Weis earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology cum laude from Bellarmine University in Louisville in 1991. Thereafter he graduated from Texas A&M University with a Master of Science in Genetics in 1995. In 1999, he obtained a Juris Doctor from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, where he was a published member of the Brandeis Law Journal.. Mr. Weis is admitted to practice in all courts in the State of Kentucky, the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky and selected cases in other jurisdictions. He is a member of the Kentucky and Louisville Bar Associations, the Kentucky Justice Association (formerly the Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys) and the American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America).. Mr. Weis formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Bellarmine University Alumni Association. He has been a member of the Kentucky Justice Association’s Board of Governors since 2012 and is Vice Chair of the Membership Committee.