Kentucky Lawyers Phil Rich to Rheanne Falkner

, Louisville , Kentucky 40213

Practice Areas: general practice attorney

Firm: Blankenship Massey & Associates PLLC

504 Erlanger Rd , Erlanger , Kentucky 41018

Practice Areas: Family, Litigation, Personal Injury, Employment, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury

Randy J. Blankenship is a magna cum laude graduate of Chase College of Law, where he graduated first in his class. He is admitted to practice in Ohio and Kentucky. He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court and the United States Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.. Randy has over 30 years experience in civil litigation, including personal injury, employment law, consumer protection, business litigation and family law.. Randy is involved in many social activities including membership on the Erlanger City Council and on the Boards of the Erlanger Housing and Development Corporation, Baptist Life Communities, and Envision Learning Center. He is an active member of the Mercy Church.. Randy resides in Erlanger, KY with his wife Kathy.  His daughter, Amy, works for Fidelity Investments and his son, Ben, is a member of the United States Army, 82nd Airborne Division. He enjoys reading, ventriloquism, history and travel.

Firm: Napier & Kuhn, PLLC

101 N 7th St , Louisville , Kentucky 40202

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Firm: The Heinrich Firm, PLLC

800 Monmouth , Newport , Kentucky 41071

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

As a lawyer, I realize that most of my clients come to me through referrals.  It's important to me that every client understands their particular situation, and is comfortable enough with me to ask any question.  I know that while court may be an every day experience for me, it's not for most of my clients, and I try my best to take some of the fear out of the process.  Most importantly, I do my best to cut through the bull, and give advice that I would give to any family member.. Despite what some may think, divorce is not a win/lose endeavor.  The goal of every divorce is to find solutions that work for the family.  While there are times to take the gloves off and fight there also are times to step back and try and find common resolutions.. As a product of divorce, I understand the complexities of raising children during these difficult situations.  As a mother of three children, and three stepchildren, I understand that it's not always easy.  I run a child-centered practice.. In my spare time (who has spare time! ), I love traveling to new places with my kids, boating, reading, and spending time outside.  If you have any questions, feel free to drop me an email.

Firm: English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP

1101 College St , Bowling Green , Kentucky 42101

Practice Areas: Education

Regina Jackson believes law to be the merger of several of her passions. She likes solving puzzles, seeking answers to problems and analyzing results. “I like the logic of it,” Regina says. “I like analysis. You start with a question, and you have to find the best solution. It’s like putting together a puzzle.”. Regina worked for Wyatt Tarrant & Combs in Lexington, primarily practicing employment law, before joining ELPO in 1993. “There was opportunity here,” Regina says. “I was coming from a large firm, and I wanted something similar on a smaller scale. I got the professionalism of the attorneys here and the challenge of the work. I would put ELPO lawyers against any of the lawyers from the large firms.”. Since coming to ELPO, she’s used her extensive knowledge of employment law every day in working with clients. Regina is considered extremely knowledgeable regarding the Family Medical Leave Act. This law requires employers of a certain size to allow employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a sick family member or their own serious health condition, recover from childbirth, or other similar reasons. The law was changed recently to accommodate the needs of active military personnel. “Certainly, any employer wants to try to accommodate employees who have serious health conditions,” Regina says. “But there seems to be a handful of people who abuse the good intentions of the FMLA, and do so often enough that the business is really hampered because the employee is missing a lot of work time. I can advise them as to the best methods to handle the situation that are fair and legal for all involved.”. She also applies her employment law knowledge in working with school districts, and that experience stretches all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1998, she filed an Amicus Brief on behalf of the Kentucky School Boards Association in the case of Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District (in Texas). In that case, a parent sued the school district after their child was sexually involved with a teacher, arguing that the district was responsible for the teacher’s behavior. The brief that Regina filed argued that a school district was only responsible if those with the power to change the situation knew about it and did nothing. The Supreme Court sided with the districts, agreeing with Regina’s position. The Kentucky School Boards Association hired ELPO to write the Amicus Brief to help protect the interests of school districts in Kentucky. “If the case had gone the other way, it would have allowed school districts to be held responsible for the actions of individual teachers in all types of situations, when, in almost all cases, the district’s administrators do not know that anything improper is taking place,” Regina said. “The responsibility lies with the individual teachers to behave properly with students, as administrators can’t be present in every classroom ensuring proper behavior.”. Bowling Green has become home to Regina. It’s a “big city on a small scale,” she says. She is married and has a daughter, Leah, who was adopted from China. “Having Leah adds a whole new level of interest for me in working with school systems,” Regina says. “I’m even more interested now in how the system operates and with helping students succeed.”

Firm: English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP

1101 College Avenue , Bowling Green , Kentucky 42101

Practice Areas: Family

Family law is at the heart of what matters most to all of us. Over the course of nearly two decades of practice, attorney Rebecca Simpson has come to understand that the issues addressed in the practice of family law are deeply important to everyone. “Family law impacts the security and well-being of our children, the stability of our family relationships, the protection of our homes, and, ultimately, the insurance of our legacies,” Rebecca says. “Still, every case is as unique and as complex as the people involved.”. Rebecca is a Bowling Green native. She graduated from Western Kentucky University with highest honors and earned a full academic scholarship to Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. After graduating with honors from Brandeis law school, Rebecca began her legal career in Louisville, Kentucky where she focused her practice on family law and enjoyed a thriving private practice.. After starting a family of her own, Rebecca returned to Bowling Green where she has continued her dedication to the practice of family law. For eight years, Rebecca served as the Warren County family law litigator for Kentucky Legal Aid. In 2016, she brought her dedication to family law and her commitment to public service to ELPO. She was named partner at the firm in January 2018. “Family law encompasses all facets of the law and has a profound and fundamental impact on our clients and on our community,” Rebecca says. “My family is what matters most to me. When representing a client in a family law case, I recognize and respect that I have been entrusted with what matters most to our client.”. Many times, the family law case represents an extremely difficult time in a person’s life. “I view my relationship with our clients as one of collaboration as we navigate the challenges and triumphs of their case,” Rebecca says. What has continually drawn Rebecca to family law is that, “you learn your client’s stories and the stories of their family. You discover how things began, where they may have gone wrong, and how to guide people forward to a promising future.”. Rebecca understands the impact of divorce actions on all aspects of a client’s life, not the least of which are the repercussions that divorce can have on a client’s assets and estate. The impact of divorce on a client’s holdings and how those holdings may ultimately be distributed must be carefully considered and appropriately addressed within family law proceedings. Rebecca’s understanding of potential pitfalls that may be encountered during divorce is vital to ensuring the protection of our clients’ interests and those of their intended beneficiaries as they move forward in life.. Rebecca is quick to point out that family law isn’t just about divorce. “It is multi-faceted,” she notes. For example, Rebecca also commits her professional efforts to adoption, mediation and appeals.. “Few experiences are as joyful as helping people expand their family,” says Rebecca says when discussing adoption. However, joyful as it is, adoption is a complicated process requiring strict compliance with statutory mandates. Rebecca provides a steady and assuring hand through the complexities of adoption.. Additionally, Rebecca is a trained mediator who has been recognized and approved by the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts and by the Warren County Family Courts. Mediation is a process in which a neutral mediator encourages and helps disputing parties reach a mutually acceptable agreement outside of court. Rebecca identifies the value of mediation as, “giving people the power to solve their own problems. The fact that people, through mediation, are able to fashion their own solutions to their problems helps ensure a resolution that is more likely to last.”. Rebecca also has extensive appellate experience and has successfully represented numerous clients at the appellate level. Most recently, in 2014, Rebecca helped establish Kentucky law regarding child custody jurisdiction in the published opinion of Danaher v. Hopkins, 449 S.W.3d 765 (Ky. App. 2014). Rebecca’s successful appeal in that matter is illustrative of her commitment to the interests of her clients and of her understanding of the nuances of family law.. Throughout her career, Rebecca has been committed to professional excellence and to the improvement of the practice of law. To that end, Rebecca is the Chair of the Altnernative Dispute Resolution Committee for the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association, a Fellow of the Kentucky Bar Foundation, and is a member of the IOLTA Board of Trustees. Also, in 2016, Rebecca was appointed by Chief Justice John Minton, Jr. to serve as a Kentucky Trial Commissioner. As a Trial Commissioner, Rebecca presides over disciplinary actions brought by the Kentucky Bar Association against individuals accused of professional misconduct.

Firm: Simms Russell Law, PLLC

6006 Brownsboro Park Blvd , Louisville , Kentucky 40207

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

I was on Western Kentucky's Forensics Team (speech and debate) where I honed my love of research and writing. From there, I spent a year with a law firm before actually attending law school.  During law school, I externed with a local family judge and decided this was the area of practice for me.  I only pracitce family law and primarily practice in Jefferson and Oldham Counties. When I am not practicing law, I spend time with my husband and sons, play co-ed softball, and cook.

Firm: Attum Law Office

500 W Jefferson St , Louisville , Kentucky 40202

Practice Areas: Immigration

Rania Attum is an award winning immigration, personal injury and criminal defense attorney engaged in defending the rights of individuals in and around the Louisville, Kentucky and Southern Indiana area.. With years of trial experience, Rania has built an impressive record, achieving not guilty verdicts, reduced sentences, favorable plea bargains, and closed investigations on behalf of clients. She has also built great relationships with prosecutors, judges, and police officers, along the way. Rania has a reputation for listening to her clients and their families, catering to their individual concerns, and protecting their interests.. Her experience, impressive record, and personal touch is what makes her stand out as the right attorney to fight for your rights and protect your interests.

P.0. Box 266 , Richmond , Kentucky 40476

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Personal Injury

Firm: Rachelle N Howell, Attorney at Law

600 W Main St , Louisville , Kentucky 40202

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Divorce & Family, Criminal Defense

Firm: Law Office of Philip J. Beaton

3418 Frankfort Avenue , Louisville , Kentucky 40207

Practice Areas: Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Firm: Stephen McGinnis

1608 Carter Avenue , Ashland , Kentucky 41102

Practice Areas: Appellate , Collections, Criminal Defense , Domestic Partnership, General Practice, Personal Injury, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation

Firm: Law Offices of Preston J. Wade, PLLC

818 N. Elm Street , Henderson , Kentucky 42420

Practice Areas: Administrative , Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense

I am a Christian, the father of two incredible children, and a blessed son of two magnificent parents.. I am living proof that expereince matters a great deal.  More importantly, successful experience matters most.  Actual jury trial and courtroom experience coupled with a great deal of success is the formula for an awesome attorney.  I have had well over 150 jury trials in both criminal and civil matters and I still maintian a 94.8% success rate.  As a former prosecutor, I know that my expereince helps my clients, because it demands respect from my adversaries.  I vow to never take that for granted.. I have a passion for the practice of law and my own personal situations (i.e. divorce and custody battle) have helped me to become quite accomplished at not only explaining the laws to my clients, but also to relay to them the many perhaps unspoken, and sometimes unforeseen, consequences that years of experience have revealed to me. For example, prior to my divorce, I could competently tell people what the normal proceudres and eventual outcomes would be would be for their divorce/custody cases. After my divorce, I provide much more in depth analysis and explanations to help prepare them for the inevitable changes that are about to take place in their lives. Some of these these changes are welcomed and others are unwelcomed. From the emotional and mental anguish, to the strain on friends and families, and to the financial pitfalls that can be avoided, I have personal experience to add to and to aid my twenty-three years of practicing law.. In my spare time, I like to practice martial arts and play piano.  However, with two very active and energetic young kids, I have very little "spare" time.

Firm: Premiere Cleaning

211 Townepark Cir , Louisville , Kentucky 40243

Practice Areas: Home Cleaning, Office Cleaning, Air Duct Cleaning

Firm: Pitt & Frank

6450 Dutchmans Pkwy , Louisville , Kentucky 40205

Practice Areas: Real Estate Law,

Firm: Pitt & Emison

10525 Timberwood Cir , Louisville , Kentucky 40223

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Elder

Firm: Landrum & Shouse, LLP

106 West Vine Street , Lexington , Kentucky 40507

Practice Areas: Mediation

Pierce W. Hamblin is a partner in the law firm of Landrum & Shouse, LLP in Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky.  Mr. Hamblin has also been, and continues to be, an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University Kentucky College of Law.  For the past 34 years, he has taught a course in trial work and trial tactics known as LITIGATION SKILLS to Senior Law Students at the College of Law.  He also teaches another course to Senior Law Students at the Law School known as NEGOTIATIONS.  He is an “AV” rated trial lawyer in Martidale-Hubbell, and has been so for 15 years.. In 2006, Mr. Hamblin was inducted into the University of Kentucky College of Law Hall of Fame.  In 2000, Mr. Hamblin was appointed by the Johnson Circuit Court as a Trial Commissioner or Special Master to handle mass tort litigation in this Eastern Kentucky jurisdiction.   He served in that position for several years.. Most recently, he was appointed by order of multiple Courts to serve as a Special Master Commissioner in a multiple claim litigation throughout eastern Kentucky.. He is a past member of the Board of Directors for the Kentucky Bar Foundation of the Kentucky Bar Association.  Mr. Hamblin is the Chairman for the Fayette County Bar Association Civil Litigation Section.  In this capacity, he is responsible for arranging continuing legal education training programs for civil trial attorneys in Lexington, Kentucky.  he is President-Elect of the Fayette County Bar Association and will serve as President in 2014.. He is a recipient of the American Juris Prudence Award for both Property and Corporate Finance Law. He has been selected as a Best Lawyer for the past 10 years (2004-2014).  He was recently named the 2014 Best Lawyer for Mediation in Lexington by Best Lawyers of America.. Mr. Hamblin has spent the past 36 years litigating cases.  He has tried cases throughout Central and Eastern Kentucky ranging from personal injury, wrongful death and product liability to medical/legal malpractice and municipal civil rights cases and police pursuit cases.  He has defended multiple insurance companies in Bad Faith litigation throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  He has been lead trial counsel for many insurance companies in this area of Kentucky, having been so for a number of years.  He has spoken on numerous occasions to the Kentucky State Claims Association and many local Kentucky Bar Associations on the Law of Bad Faith, Trial Tactics, Opening Statements, Closing Arguments and Insurance Defense/Coverage Litigation.  He has addressed the Defense Research Institute Annual Products Liability Conference on evaluation of Injury and Death Claims at multiple conventions.. Mr. Hamblin is a trained and certified mediator through the Mediation Center of Central Kentucky.  He has mediated over 6,000 large civil and medical malpractice cases involving multiple litigants in the past twelve years.  Mr. Hamblin was nominated and selected for the Best Lawyers in America, after an exhaustive peer-review study by lawyers in his specialties of mediation and arbitration.. Mr. Hamblin served as a Captain in the United States Army and Army Reserves with intensive training in the specialty of Military Intelligence.  He was The Distinguished Graduate of the Military Intelligence Officer Basic Course provided by the Army for 1977 and he is certified both as a Tactical Intelligence Officer and a Counter-Intelligence Officer.  He also received a degree in Military Law from the University of Virginia College of Law. Thereafter, he served as the Judge Advocate for an Army Training Brigade.. Mr. Hamblin has been a mentor for every law school in the Commonwealth for students participating in the Kentucky Legal Education Opportunities (KLEO) Programs.  He has served in this program since its inception.  This program provides guidance for entering law students from underrepresented and diverse areas of the state.. He is the 2013 recipient of the Kentucky Service to Young Lawyers Award, presented by the Young Lawyers Division of the Kentucky Bar Association at the KBA Annual Convention.. He is married and has the three best looking children in the world.

1001 Trevilian way , Louisville , Kentucky 40213

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Firm: Isaacs & Isaacs

1601 Business Center Ct , Louisville , Kentucky 40299

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Firm: Miller & Falkner

325 W Main St , Louisville , Kentucky 40202

Practice Areas: Animal Bites, Asbestos , Assault & Battery, Civil Rights, Constitutional , Consumer Protection, Contracts, Discrimination, Drugs & Medical Devices, Landlord & Tenant, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Sexual Harassment, Toxic Substances, Transportation , Wrongful Death, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

Rheanne Dodson Falkner is a partner at Miller & Falkner Law Offices, an employment law and personal injury law firm serving the people of Kentucky and Indiana. She is a Kentucky native and loves helping people.  Earlier in her career, she spent six years working for Louisville-area firms representing large companies in litigation cases. Since joining Miller & Falkner in 2003, she has put that experience to use as a Kentucky employment law and personal injury attorney, protecting the rights of wrongfully terminated and injured individuals. Her practice focuses exclusively on representing the rights of people, not companies or insurers. She devotes at least ninety percent of her practice to litigation.