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Taylor, Keller, Dunaway & Tooms, PLLC
1306 West 5th Street
London, Kentucky 40741
Telephone: 606-878-8844
Fax: 606-878-5547
Emer/After Hrs: 606-864-8746
E-Mail: tkd@tkdlaw.com
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Mailing Address: P.O. Box 905, London, KY 40743-0905
(Lexington, KY Office: Hamburg Place Office Park, 1795 Alysheba Way, Suite 2201, 40509)
     (Tel: 859-543-1613)
     (Fax: 859-543-1654)
Established: 1948
Trial Practice, Automobile Liability, Property, Insurance Coverage, Product Liability, Premises Liability, Subrogation, Insurance Fraud, Bad Faith, Governmental Liability, General Insurance and Corporate Defense; Eminent Domain
Firm Profile
The firm of Taylor, Keller, Dunaway & Tooms, PLLC, has an extensive civil practice throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky with an emphasis on all types of insurance and corporate defense, subrogation, insurance fraud, business and government litigation, and eminent domain. The firm strives to provide high-quality legal services to its clients and relies on an excellent legal support staff and the most modern information technology to achieve this goal.

Client Information
Insurance Company Clients
ACUITYAdriatic Insurance Company
AIGAllstate Insurance Company
American Commerce Insurance CompanyAmerican General Life and Accident Insurance Company
American General Property Insurance CompanyAmerican Indemnity Group/United Fire Group
American National Property and Casualty CompanyBerkley Specialty Underwriting Managers, LLC
Bristol West Insurance CompanyCanal Insurance Company
Carolina Casualty Insurance CompanyCelina Insurance Group
Central Insurance CompaniesCentury Insurance Group
Cincinnati Insurance CompanyCrowe Overseas Insurance Company
Direct Insurance CompanyElectric Insurance Company
EMC Insurance CompaniesEncompass Insurance Company
Federated Rural Electric Insurance ExchangeFirst Mercury Insurance Company
Grocers Insurance CompanyGuideOne Insurance
Gulf Insurance CompanyHarco National Insurance Company
The Hartford Insurance GroupKemper Auto and Home
Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance CompanyKentucky Municipal Risk Management Association
Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company of KentuckyLiberty Mutual Insurance Company
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyMetropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company
Motorists Mutual Insurance CompanyMotor Transport Underwriters, Inc.
National Union Fire Insurance CompanyNorthland Insurance Company
Ohio Casualty Insurance CompanyPennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company
Philadelphia Insurance CompanySt. Paul Insurance Company
The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc.Seneca Insurance Company, Inc.
Sentry InsuranceSGI Canada
State Auto Insurance CompanyState Farm Fire and Casualty Company
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyTennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Travelers Insurance CompanyUnited Farm Family Mutual Insurance Company
United Services Automobile Association (USAA)United States Liability Insurance Group
Workmen's Auto Insurance Company
Non-Insurance Company Clients
Commonwealth of KentuckyCooper Industries, Inc.
Georgia Gulf Sulfur CorporationIFC Credit Corporation
Jackson Energy CooperativeKentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
McLarens Young InternationalMurdock Claim Management Company
National Claims ManagementTransportation Claims, Inc.

Personnel Information
Partners
BOYD F. TAYLOR — (Retired)
J. WARREN KELLER — 1954 — Rider College, B.A. (with honors), 1976; College of William & Mary, J.D., 1979 — Phi Alpha Delta — Admitted to Bar, 1979, Kentucky; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court — Member American (Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section; Property Insurance Law Committee, Vice-Chair, 1992-1997), Kentucky (Board of Governors, 1996-2002) and Laurel County (President, 1992-1993) Bar Associations; Kentucky Arson Task Force; National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators (Kentucky Chapter President, 1998-2000; National Board Member, 2000-2001; National President, 2003-2004); Kentucky Bar Foundation (President, 2006-2007); International Association of Arson Investigators; Florida Advisory Committee on Arson Prevention; Kentucky Defense Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel - E-Mail: wkeller@tkdlaw.com
R. WILLIAM TOOMS — 1945 — University of Kentucky, B.A., 1967; J.D. (with distinction), 1974 — Admitted to Bar, 1974, Kentucky; 1974, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1995, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court — Member American and Kentucky Bar Associations; Kentucky Defense Counsel (President, 1992-1993); Defense Research Institute (Board of Directors, 1997-2000; State Representative, 1995-1997; State Chair, 1993-1995); Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (State Representative, 2002-2006; Admissions Committee, 2004-2010; Chair, Federation Committee, 2010-present); Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; American Board of Trial Advocates; Kentucky Bar Foundation (Board of Directors, 1986-1997; President 1995-1996) - E-Mail: btooms@tkdlaw.com
BRIDGET L. DUNAWAY, CPCU — 1962 — Eastern Kentucky University, B.A. (summa cum laude), 1984; University of Kentucky, J.D., 1989 — Phi Delta Phi — Admitted to Bar, 1989, Kentucky; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1996, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court — Member Kentucky and Laurel County (President, 1997) Bar Associations; Kentucky Defense Counsel (Board of Directors, 1995-1999); National Association Insurance Women; CPCU Society; Defense Research Institute; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys - E-Mail: bdunaway@tkdlaw.com
Associates
CLAYTON O. OSWALD — 1976 — Eastern Kentucky University, B.A. (cum laude), 1997; University of Kentucky, J.D. (cum laude), 2004 — Admitted to Bar, 2004, Kentucky; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky — Member American, Kentucky and Laurel County Bar Associations; National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators; Bluegrass Claims Association - E-Mail: coswald@tkdlaw.com
MICHAEL J. BENDER — University of Northern Iowa, B.M. (magna cum laude), 1998; Creighton University School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2007 — Admitted to Bar, 2008, Kentucky — U.S. Air Force (1998-2004) - E-Mail: mbender@tkdlaw.com


 

 

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