James A. Philpott Jr.

Commercial, Mediation
P.O. Box 54350
Lexington, Kentucky 405554350


Commercial

Admitted

1974, New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1976, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1980, Kentucky; 1981, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Law School

Washington & Lee University, J.D., summa cum laude, 1972

Law School Graduation Year

1972

College

Washington & Lee University, B.S., 1969

Memberships

Fayette County, Kentucky and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations.

Biographical

Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1972. Law Clerk, Honorable J. Braxton Craven, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1973. Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, N.Y., 1974-1980. Director, Breeders' Cup Limited, 1981—. Trustee, Lexington School, 1984-1991. Author: Legal Implications of the Possession, Registration, and Certification of Horses: Papers and the Horse , 1996 National Equine Law Seminar; The Interstate Horseracing Act in the Courts-1994 National Equine Law Conference.

Military

Captain, U.S. Army Reserve, 1972-1973