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General Defense
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC
300 Whitaker Bank Building
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Telephone: 502-223-1200
Fax: 502-227-7385
E-Mail: kirkland@mmlklaw.com
www.mmlklaw.com


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Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1100, Frankfort, KY 40602-1100
(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)
Established: 1963
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.

Client Information
Insurance Company Clients
Alfa Vision Insurance Corp.American Bankers Life Assurance Company of Florida
American Family Insurance CompanyAmerican Republic Insurance Company
American Specialty Insurance CompanyAmerican United Life Insurance Company
Atlantic American Corp.Clarendon National Insurance Company
CNA Insurance CompanyConseco Insurance Group
Equity Insurance CompanyFounders Insurance Company
Globe American Casualty CompanyGlobe Life and Accident Insurance Company
GoAmerica Auto InsuranceGreat West Casualty Company
Grocers Insurance CompanyHamilton Mutual Insurance Company
Home Insurance CompanyKemper Insurance Companies
Kentucky National Insurance CompanyK & K Insurance Group, Inc.
Lincoln National Health & Casualty Insurance CompanyLloyd's of London
Madison Mutual Insurance CompanyMetLife Auto & Home Group
Midwest Family Mutual Insurance CompanyPhoenix Life and Annuity Company
Reliance Standard Life Insurance CompanyRepublic Insurance Company
Republic Western Insurance CompanySafeway Insurance Company of Alabama
Sentry Insurance Group21st Century Insurance Company
United American Insurance CompanyWestern Surety Company
Non-Insurance Company Clients
Branch Banking and Trust CompanyErnst and Young, LLP
Green Tree Servicing, LLCVanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc.

Personnel Information
Firm Members
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
Associates
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
Of Counsel
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
(This firm is also listed in the Subrogation, Investigation and Adjustment section of this directory)


 

 

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