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BEST LAWYERS

March 2006




How do you pick the best lawyers in Louisville? As with many other professions, you talk to their peers.

The following list is excerpted from The Best Lawyers in America© 2006, which includes listings for more than 28,000 U.S. lawyers in 57 specialties. State by state and city by city, research was conducted by the book’s publisher, Woodward/White Inc. of Aiken, S.C., which surveyed lawyers and compiled their responses. Attorneys in Louisville were asked to assess their colleagues, as well as nominate worthy ones not already under assessment.

Woodward/White asked, “If you had a close friend or relative who needed a lawyer, and you couldn’t handle the case yourself — for reasons of conflict of interest or time — to whom would you refer them?” Responses were rated under a number of criteria developed by the publisher.

Lawyers with high visibility and long-term name recognition may have the best chances to emerge on the list, but Woodward/White has refined its methodology to make its results as broad-based as possible.

Alternative Dispute Resolution
Louisville

William D. Grubbs
Woodward, Hobson & Fulton
581-8000

Antitrust Law
Louisville

Kenneth J. Tuggle 
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Banking Law
Louisville

Scott W. Brinkman
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

Stewart E. Conner
Wyatt, Tarrant  & Combs
589-5235

Ivan M. Diamond
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

James A. Giesel
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

David W. Harper
David W. Harper
895-2080

Caryn F. Price
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

R. James Straus
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Cynthia W. Young
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Bankruptcy
and Creditor-Debtor
Rights Law
Louisville

John W. Ames
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald

589-4200

David M. Cantor
Seiller Waterman
584-7400

James S. Goldberg
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

Charles R. Keeton
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

John P. Reisz
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Commercial Litigation
Louisville

Douglas C. Ballantine
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

O. Grant Bruton
Middleton Reutlinger
584-1135

Richard H. C. Clay
Woodward, Hobson  & Fulton
581-8000

Philip W. Collier
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

Robert M. Connolly
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

Cornelius E. Coryell
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Donald L. Cox
Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Mahan
589-4215

Charles J. Cronan IV
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

Frank P. Doheny, Jr.
Dinsmore & Shohl
540-2300

Laurel S. Doheny
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald

589-4200

Hiram Ely III
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald

589-4200

William D. Grubbs
Woodward, Hobson & Fulton
581-8000

K. Gregory Haynes
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Samuel D. Hinkle IV
Stoll Keenon Ogden
568-9100

Marvin J. Hirn
Dinsmore & Shohl
540-2300

Eric L. Ison
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald

589-4200

Janet P. Jakubowicz
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald

589-4200

Margaret E. Keane
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald

589-4200

Byron E. Leet
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Winston E. Miller
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

James E. Milliman
Middleton Reutlinger 
584-1135

David R. Monohan
Woodward, Hobson & Fulton 
581-8000

M. Stephen Pitt
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Charles M. Pritchett
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

John S. Reed
Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice 
589-1000

Mark S. Riddle 
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald

589-4200

Virginia Hamilton Snell
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Sheryl G. Snyder 
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Kenneth J. Tuggle
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

R. Kent Westberry
Landrum & Shouse
589-7616

Construction Law
Louisville

David B. Ratterman
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

Corporate Law
Louisville

David L. Beckman, Jr.
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Craig C. Bradley, Jr. 
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

Scott W. Brinkman
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

H. Alexander Campbell
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs 
589-5235

Stewart E. Conner
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Brian A. Cromer
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

Ivan M. Diamond
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

A. Robert Doll
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald

589-4200

Scott W. Dolson 
Frost Brown Todd 
589-5400

C. Edward Glasscock 
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Kevin J. Hable
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

David W. Harper
David W. Harper
895-2080

T. Kennedy Helm III
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

June N. King
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

Peggy B. Lyndrup
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald

589-4200

Alan K. MacDonald
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Patrick W. Mattingly
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs 
589-5235

Francis J. Mellen, Jr.
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs 
589-5235

Edwin H. Perry
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald 

589-4200

Thomas E. Rutledge
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

James C. Seiffert 
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

R. James Straus
Frost Brown Todd 
589-5400

William G. Strench
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Ernest W. Williams
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

Criminal Defense
Louisville

James Barton Adams, Jr.
Haddad Law Offices

Bart Adams & Associates 
583-4881

David A. Lambertus
David A. Lambertus
589-6190

John Tim McCall
John Tim McCall
589-6190

John L. Smith
Smith & Helman
540-5700

R. Kent Westberry
Landrum & Shouse
589-7616


Employee Benefits Law
Louisville

Mark C. Blackwell
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Mary G. Eaves
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

G. Alexander Hamilton
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Sharon A. Mattingly
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

Joseph C. Oldham
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

Alan D. Pauw
Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice 
589-1000

Debbie Reiss Hardesty
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

George B. Sanders, Jr.
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

Ivan J. Schell
Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice
589-1000

Alison Stemler
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Energy Law
Louisville

C. Kent Hatfield
Stoll Keenon Ogden
568-9100

Kendrick R. Riggs
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

Environmental Law
Louisville

Dennis J. Conniff
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

W. Patrick Stallard
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

Family Law
Louisville

Mitchell A. Charney
Goldberg & Simpson
589-4440

Fred M. Goldberg
Goldberg & Simpson
589-4440

Ann B. Oldfather
Oldfather & Morris
637-7200

First Amendment Law
Louisville

Jon L. Fleischaker
Dinsmore & Shohl
540-2300

Health Care Law
Louisville

Joseph L. Ardery
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Vickie Yates Brown
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

J. Larry Cashen
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Mary Zeller Wing Ceridan
Sturm, Paletti & Wilson
589-9254

Carole D. Christian
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Charles J. Cronan IV
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

John R. Cummins
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

Thomas A. Hoy
Woodward, Hobson & Fulton
581-8000

Theodore T. Myre, Jr.
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Rene Remek Savarise
Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman
568-1890

Immigration Law
Louisville

J. Gregory Clare
Wetterer & Clare
451-3030

Dan L. Owens
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Ron Russell
Russell Immigration Law Firm
587-7791

Information Technology Law
Louisville

Joel T. Beres
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

Charles R. Keeton
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Cynthia L. Stewart
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Kenneth J. Tuggle
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Intellectual Property Law
Louisville

Amy B. Berge
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

James R. Higgins, Jr.
Middleton Reutlinger
584-1135

William H. Hollander
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Charles G. Lamb, Jr.
Middleton Reutlinger
584-1135

Labor and Employment Law
Louisville

Richard S. Cleary
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

James D. Cockrum
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Tony C. Coleman
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Irwin H. Cutler, Jr.
Priddy Cutler Miller & Meade
587-8600

Kimberly K. Greene
Dinsmore & Shohl
540-2300

Raymond C. Haley
Woodward, Hobson & Fulton
581-8000

Edwin S. Hopson
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

John T. Lovett
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

D. Patton Pelfrey
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Alton D. Priddy
Priddy, Cutler, Miller & Meade
569-2741

Kathryn A. Quesenberry
Woodward, Hobson & Fulton
581-8000

Walter L. Sales
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

Jeffrey A. Savarise
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

Herbert L. Segal
Segal, Stewart, Lindsay, Janes & Berry
568-5600

James U. Smith III
Smith and Smith
587-0761

W. Kevin Smith
Smith and Smith
587-0761

Thomas M. Williams
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

C. Laurence Woods
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Legal Malpractice Law
Louisville

Elizabeth Ulmer Mendel
Woodward, Hobson & Fulton
581-8000

Douglas H. Morris II
Oldfather & Morris
637-7200

Ann B. Oldfather
Oldfather & Morris
637-7200

Raymond G. Smith
Boehl Stopher & Graves
589-5980

Edward H. Stopher
Boehl Stopher & Graves
589-5980

Gary M. Weiss
Weiss & Cobb
583-4455

Personal Injury Litigation
Louisville

John T. Ballantine
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

Donald K. Brown, Jr.
O’Bryan, Brown & Toner
585-4700

Richard H. C. Clay
Woodward, Hobson & Fulton
581-8000

F. Thomas Conway
Conway and Conway
583-4433

Charles J. Cronan IV
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

Frank P. Doheny, Jr.
Dinsmore & Shohl
540-2300

Richard W. Edwards
Boehl Stopher & Graves
589-5980

Larry B. Franklin
Franklin and Hance
637-6000

William D. Grubbs
Woodward, Hobson & Fulton
581-8000

Gary R. Hillerich
Gary R. Hillerich
736-8100

W. Gregory King
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

Armer H. Mahan, Jr.
Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Mahan
589-4215

John R. Martin, Jr.
Landrum & Shouse
589-7616

David R. Monohan
Woodward, Hobson & Fulton
581-8000

Douglas H. Morris II
Oldfather & Morris
637-7200

Christopher P. O’Bryan
O’Bryan, Brown & Toner
585-4700

Ann B. Oldfather
Oldfather & Morris
637-7200

W.R. (Pat) Patterson, Jr.
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

John W. Phillips 
Phillips Parker Orberson & Moore
583-9900

Susan D. Phillips
Phillips Parker Orberson & Moore
583-9900

Stephen F. Schuster
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

Edward H. Stopher
Boehl Stopher & Graves
589-5980

Robert E. Stopher
Boehl Stopher & Graves
589-5980

John L. Tate
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

Gary M. Weiss
Weiss & Cobb 
583-4455

Joseph L. White
White, Johnson & Associates
634-4454

Public Finance Law
Louisville

William W. Davis
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

Spencer E. Harper, Jr.
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

Kennedy Helm III
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

William L. Skees, Jr.
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Real Estate Law
Louisville

Dale E. Ahearn
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

L. Jude Clark, Jr.
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Marshall P. Eldred, Jr.
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Michael M. Fleishman
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

William H. Haden, Jr.
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

Barry A. Hines
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

Alfred S. Joseph III
Stites & Harbison
587-3400

Timothy W. Martin
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Grover C. Potts, Jr.
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Glenn A. Price, Jr.
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

Michael G. Shaikun
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

Michael B. Vincenti
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Paul B. Whitty
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

Tax Law
Louisville

Thomas A. Brown
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

Paul J. Cox
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Timothy J. Eifler
Stoll Keenon Ogden
582-1601

Charles Fassler
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

Charles J. Lavelle
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

Thomas J. Luber
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Theodore T. Myre, Jr.
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Mark F. Sommer
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

Gary R. Weitkamp
Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice
589-1000

Trusts and Estates
Louisville

Turney P. Berry
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

John T. Bondurant
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

James L. Coorssen
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

John R. Cummins
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
589-4200

Bruce K. Dudley
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Martin P. Duffy
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

F. Gerald Greenwell
Frost Brown Todd
589-5400

Robert L. Hallenberg
Woodward, Hobson & Fulton
581-8000

Homer Parrent III
Parrent & Oyler
584-7500

Gordon B. Wright
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Jefferey M. Yussman
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
589-5235

Workers’ Compensation Law
Louisville

Robert L. Catlett, Jr.
Sales Tillman Wallbaum Catlett & Satterley
589-5600

Tamara Todd Cotton
Tamara Todd Cotton & Associates
569-2711

Wayne C. Daub
Wayne C. Daub Attorney at Law
589-6190

Wesley G. Gatlin
Boehl Stopher & Graves
589-5980

Peter J. Glauber
Boehl Stopher & Graves
589-5980

Larry L. Johnson
Boehl Stopher & Graves
589-5980

W. David Klingman
Klingman Matheis & Weinstein
587-7007

Robert M. Lindsay
Segal, Stewart, Lindsay, Janes & Berry
568-5600

David L. Murphy
Clark & Ward
583-7012

Timothy P. O’Mara
Middleton Reutlinger
584-1135

Philip J. Reverman, Jr.
Boehl Stopher & Graves
589-5980

Douglas A. U’Sellis
U’Sellis & Kitchen
736-3600

James R. Wagoner
Ferreri & Fogle
582-1381


 

From left: Olu A. Stevens, Brian Edwards, Jonathan Heck and Chastity Beyl.  (Not shown: Stephanie Pearce-Burke, Craig C. Dilger, Paul Mullins, Angela Rea and Louis P. Winner.)
Picks of the Judges
The Best Lawyers in America list of top Louisville attorneys provides us with a peer-generated roster of outstanding names in the legal field, many of whom have been prominent in their specialties for a number of years. We decided that another interested party — the 40 circuit, district and family court judges in Jefferson County — could give us a perspective on the top young talent. So we polled those judges, half of whom responded, asking them to name the best lawyers under age 40 that they see appearing before them in the courtroom. The following attorneys received multiple votes from the judges who see them at trial.

Chastity Beyl, 30, Public Defenders Office, 574-3800 • Stephanie Pearce-Burke, 36, Burke Law Office, 581-1900 • Craig C. Dilger, 37, Stoll Keenon Ogden, 582-1601 • Brian Edwards, 35, Edwards Law Office, 587-7571 • Jonathan Heck, 31, Commonwealth Attorney’s Office, 595-2300 • Paul Mullins,
34, Hagan & Mullins, 589-2607 • Angela Rea, 32, Public Defenders Office, 574-3800 • Olu A. Stevens, 35,
540-5865 • Louis P. Winner, 30, Seiller Waterman, 584-7400.

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