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McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC | | 300 Whitaker Bank Building | | Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 |
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| Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1100, Frankfort, KY 40602-1100 |
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| (Greenup, KY Office: Main and Harrison Streets, P.O. Box 280, 41144-0280) | | (Tel: 606-473-7303) | | (Fax: 606-473-9003) | | (Louisville, KY Office: 9300 Shelbyville Road, Suite 201, 40222) | | (Tel: 502-327-5400) | | (Fax: 502-327-5444) | | (Lexington, KY Office: 201 East Main Street, Suite 1000, 40507) | | (Tel: 859-231-8780) |
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| Insurance Law, Personal Injury, Casualty Defense, Subrogation, Investigation and Adjustment, Administrative Law, General Litigation |
| | Firm Profile | | Founded in 1963 by W. Terry McBrayer in Greenup, Kentucky, McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland has grown to a full-service firm with a state-wide and regional practice. The firm has 42 attorneys with offices in Greenup, Lexington, Frankfort and Louisville, Kentucky. The Frankfort office opened in the early 1980's. The firm has a very broad range of clientele, including Fortune 500 companies and national financial institutions, together with local businesses throughout Kentucky. Although the experience of each office is diverse, the Frankfort office practices extensively in the areas of insurance defense, administrative law and creditors' rights. The Frankfort office also has a full-time Governmental Relations department to effectively represent the interests of clients before the General Assembly and state agencies. The firm is Kentucky's exclusive representative in the State Capital Law Firm Group, a consortium of fifty law firms, each with an office in its state capital. Member firms of the State Capital Law Firm Group practice independently and not in a relationship for the joint practice of law. |
| WATSON CLAY — (1908-1985) | |
| W. TERRY MCBRAYER — 1937 — Morehead State University, B.S., 1959; University of Louisville, LL.B., 1962 — Admitted to Bar, 1962, Kentucky — Member American, Kentucky, Fayette County and Greenup County Bar Associations — Kentucky House of Representatives, 1966-1975; Speaker, Pro Tem, 1968-1969; Majority Leader, 1970-1971 — Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation | |
| WILLIAM D. KIRKLAND — 1942 — Centre College of Kentucky, B.A., 1964; Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1967 — Admitted to Bar, 1967, Kentucky; 1969, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1976, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court — Member American, Kentucky and Franklin County Bar Associations; Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference (Life Member); Kentucky Board of Elections (2002-Present); Kentucky Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates — Attorney for Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1967-1970; Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1970-1976 — Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation | |
| G. MICHAEL CAIN, II — 1971 — Morehead State University, B.B.A. (magna cum laude), 1993; University of Dayton School of Law, J.D., 1997 — Admitted to Bar, 1998, Kentucky; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky — Member American, Kentucky and Franklin County Bar Associations — Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Commercial Law | |
| MATTHEW H. KLEINERT — 1983 — Bellarmine University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2001; University of Kentucky, J.D., 2005 — Admitted to Bar, 2008, Kentucky; 2010, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky — Member American, Kentucky and Franklin County Bar Associations — Kentucky Law Journal (2006-2008) — Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Real Estate | |
| KEMBRA SEXTON TAYLOR — 1956 — Centre College of Kentucky, B.A., 1978; University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., 1981 — Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta — Admitted to Bar, 1981, Kentucky; 1985, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit — Languages: German | |
| REX L. HUNT — 1953 — University of Kentucky, B.A., 1975; J.D., 1980 — Admitted to Bar, 1980, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky | |
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