Admitted
1972, Kentucky; 1974, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Kentucky, J.D., 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
Paducah Junior College, A.A., 1968; University of Kentucky, B.A., 1970
Memberships
McCracken County Bar Association; Kentucky Bar Association (Kentucky Rules of Evidence Study Committee, 1989-1992; Federal Court Liaison Committee, 1989-1991; House of Delegates, 1992-1998; Pattern Jury Instructions Committee, 1992—); Kentucky Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Graduate: Ultimate College of Trial Advocacy, Harvard School of Law, March 2000, March 2001 and March 2002; National College of Trial Advocacy, 1976; Advanced College of Trial Advocacy, 1978); National Institute of Trial Advocacy (Graduate, 1988).
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi (Vice Dean, 1972); Order of the Coif, 1972. Editorial Board, Kentucky Law Journal, 1971-1972; Articles Editor, Kentucky Law Journal, 1972; Recipient, Richardson Trial Practice Award, 1972. Director, Legal Intern Program, University of Kentucky School of Law, 1972. Law Clerk, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1972. Co-Author: Trial Handbook for Kentucky Lawyers, First Edition, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (1984); Co-Author: Kentucky Civil Practice Before Trial, University of Kentucky School of Law, First Edition(1989); Author: Trial Handbook for Kentucky Lawyers, Second Edition, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (1992); Comment, Parent-Child Immunity - Suit Against Parent's Estate, Volume 59, Kentucky Law Journal 205 (1971). Faculty, University of Kentucky School of Law Trial Practice Institute, 1985-1988. Commonwealth Attorney of McCracken County, 1990-1995. Kentucky Commonwealth Attorney of the Year, 1993. (Also Member: Bryant, Kautz & Osborne, PLLC; Osborne & Harris, PLLC)