Admitted
1962, Kentucky; 1963, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; 1965, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Kentucky, J.D., 1962
Law School Graduation Year
1962
College
University of Kentucky, A.B., 1959; Duke University
Memberships
Fayette County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys (President, 1975-1976); Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Founder and Board Member); TLPJ Foundation (Executive Committee, 1996—; President, 2000-2001); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member: Board of Governors, 1974-1977; Executive Committee, 1980—; Parliamentarian, 1980-1981; Secretary, 1982-1983; Vice President, 1983-1984; President-Elect, 1984-1985; President, 1985-1986; International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Board Member); National Board of Trial Advocacy; American Board of Trial Advocates (Founding Member; Executive Committee, 1987—; President, Kentucky Chapter, 1988; Member, Board of Directors, 1989-1991); Inner Circle of Advocates; International Society of Barristers; Attorneys Information Exchange Group (Member, Board of Directors); National Judicial College (Board of Trustees, 1997); University of Kentucky College of Law, Hall of Fame (1999)
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi (President, 1962). Author: Predictable Human Error: Key to Improved Product Design, Personal Injury Annual, Matthew Bender & Co., 1978; Use of Human Factors Testimony in Products Liability Cases, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Cumberland School of Law, 1978; Nobody Wants to Make a Mistake: Jury Selection Theme in Medical Negligence Cases, Personal Injury Annual, 1980; Seeing Is Believing: Making Proof More Meaningful, Trial, June, 1981; Unsafe Equipment Design-Isn't Coal Mining Tough Enough? Personal Injury Annual, 1982; Innovation in Advocacy: The Continuing Need to Challenge Precedent, Trial Diplomacy Journal, Summer, 1982; Jury Selection in the Products Case-Is the Appearance of Justice the Goal? Trial, November, 1982; Town v. Country: Is Trial Strategy the Same? Trial, September, 1983; Tort Reform: The Other Side of the Story, Mid-America Insurance, May, 1986; The Lawsuit Crisis: Two Perspectives, Insurance Review, May, 1986; At Issue: Don't Punish the Injured, ABA Journal, May, 1986; Don't Blame the Jury System, Health Care Strategic Management, March, 1986; Key to Trial Psychology, Trial, 1987; Profiled in Successful Trial Techniques of Expert Practitioners, Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, Inc. Section on Cross Examination, 1988; Opening Statements, ATLA Press, 1990; Contributing author, Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit, ATLA Press, 1991; Opening Statement: Persuade Through Storytelling, Trial Magazine, February, 1992; Opening Statements Annotated, ATLA Press, 1994; Contributing author: Slaughter on the Highway: A Call for Action, Chapter on Crashworthiness, ATLA Press, 1993; Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit, The Video Series, participant, ATLA/Legal Views production, 1994; The Compelling Opening Statement: Two Minute Markers, Trial, May 1994. Professor of Law, Litigation Skills, University of Kentucky Law School, 1978—. Faculty Member, National College of Advocacy: Harvard, 1973-1975, Suffolk, 1976-1977, Reno, 1976-1982, Georgetown, 1978-1980