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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • JD, University of Kentucky College of Law, 1992
  • BA, Vanderbilt University, 1985-1989

Professional Experience

  • JD, University of Kentucky College of Law, 1992
  • BA, Vanderbilt University, 1985-1989
  • Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Kentucy, 2014-present
  • Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Kentucy, June 19, 2014
  • Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Kentucy, December 3, 2014
  • United States Attorney, Western District of Kentucy, 2010-2014
  • Counsel, Reed Weitkamp Schell and Vice Professional Limited Liability Company, 1999-2010
  • Vice President, RWSCV Collection Corporation, 2003-2009
  • Secretary, Fern Creek Christian Church, Incorporation, 2000-2008
  • Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Kentucky, 1995-1999
  • Associate, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, 1992-1994

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • JD, University of Kentucky College of Law, 1992
  • BA, Vanderbilt University, 1985-1989
  • Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Kentucy, 2014-present
  • Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Kentucy, June 19, 2014
  • Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Kentucy, December 3, 2014
  • United States Attorney, Western District of Kentucy, 2010-2014
  • Counsel, Reed Weitkamp Schell and Vice Professional Limited Liability Company, 1999-2010
  • Vice President, RWSCV Collection Corporation, 2003-2009
  • Secretary, Fern Creek Christian Church, Incorporation, 2000-2008
  • Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Kentucky, 1995-1999
  • Associate, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, 1992-1994
  • Board Member, Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, 2010-present
  • Emeritus Member, University of Kentucky College of Law, 2010-present
  • Member, The Law Club, 2009-present
  • Participant, Leadership Kentucky, 2002-present
  • Member, Kentucky Bar Association, 1992-present
  • Member, University of Kentucky College of Law Alumni Association, 1992-present
  • Director, Kentucky/Southeast Indiana Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • Member, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2013
  • Board Member, Fern Creek Christian Church, Incorporated, 1996-2010
  • Member, Kentucky Educational Television Louisville Regional Advisory Committee, 2003-2010
  • Committee Member, University of Kentucky College of Law, 2008-2010
  • Member, Cincinnati Christian University President's Advisory Board, 2007-2009
  • Board Member, Louisville Urban League, 2002-2009
  • Board Member, Kentucky YMCA Youth Association, 1994-2006
  • Board Member, Kentucky Authority for Educational Television and Foundation, 2001-2005
  • Vice-Chair, Kentucky Authority for Educational Television and Foundation, 2004-2005
  • Member, The Jefferson Club, 1999-2005
  • Member, Vanderbilt University Alumni Association, 1995-2001

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Appalachia HIDTA Director's Award (2013)

    AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 rating by Martindale-Hubbell (2008-present)

    Listing, The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation (2010 ed.)

    Louisville Defender Professional Achievement Award (2010)

    Named to Louisville Business First Forty Under 40 Emerging Young Leaders (2006)

    Listing, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Kentucky,

  • Commercial Litigation (2005-2010)

    U.S. Attorney's Award for outstanding performance in assistance to victims/witnesses,

  • U.S. Attorney's Office (1999)

    Recipient, Boehl Stopher & Graves Scholarship, awarded following competitive selection

  • to the University of Kentucky College of Law National Moot Court Team, for the
  • academic year (1991-1992)

— Publications:

  • With John S. Reed, Business Torts: A Fifty State Guide (Kentucky chapter) (M.
  • DaUer ed., Aspen 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010).