Criminal Law

Retaining an attorney to defend you in criminal proceedings is a very personal decision.  We have practitioners with a wide variety of experience, expertise and skill.  Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC has successfully defended clients charged with non-violent and violent offenses including tax evasion, insider trading, fraud, embezzlement, murder, arson, and others.  We have several attorneys who have served as prosecutors at the State and Federal level.  They understand both sides of a case and are highly qualified to represent you and fight for your liberty.

Areas of Criminal Defense Experience

• Complex White Collar Criminal Defense
• Tax Evasion Defense
• RICO Defense
• Financial Structuring Defense
• Criminal AntiTrust Defense
• Murder Defense
• Arson Defense
• Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Defense
• Criminal Appellate Practice
• Drug and Alcohol Crimes Defense
• Weapons Violations and Endangerment Defense
• Theft, Assault Defense
• Probation Violations
• Traffic Defense

 

Criminal Defense Attorneys

Craig C. Dilger, Chair

Former Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney

Former Assistant Attorney General

B.S., Bellarmine University

J.D., Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law

Publications:

• International White Collar Enforcement, “A Computer: The Gun, Mask and Getaway Car of the 21st Century,” Aspatore Books, January 2010
• Kentucky Municipal Law Journal, “Equal Rights vs. Special Rights,” February 1994
• Bellarmine Journal of Economics, “Revision and Reduction in Welfare,” May 1991
• Bellarmine Journal of Economics, “Europe Stands Together,” May 1990

Burl McCoy

Former Assistant United States Attorney and Director of Litigation for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government

A.B., University of Kentucky

L.L.M., University of Miami

J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law

Lewis G. Paisley

Retired Judge, serving 25 years on the Fayette District Court, Fayette Circuit Court and the Kentucky Court of Appeals

Former President of the Kentucky District Judges’ Association

Former Court of Appeals representative to the Judicial Ethics Committee

B.S., Cum Laude, Georgetown College

J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law

William J. Hunter, Jr.

B.A., Northwestern University

J.D. with Honors, George Washington University

Publications: 

• The Cleveland trust Complaint: Justice Aims Clayton Seven at Institutional Investors, 30 Business Lawyer 807 (1975)
• Fairness in Antitrust Remedies, American Banker (Nov. 1982)
• George Washington Law Review, Articles Editor 1973-1974

Paul C. Harnice

B.S., Wake Forest University

J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law

Adam T. Goebel

Former Assistant Public Defender

B.A., Emory University

J.D., Southern Methodist University

National Criminal Defense College

J. Kent Durning

Former law clerk for Hon. Thomas H. Fulton, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Kentucky and Hon. William S. Cooper, Kentucky Supreme Court

B.A., Cum Laude, Emory University

J.D., Cum Laude, University of Kentucky College of Law

Matthew R. Lindblom

B.M., Indiana University

J.D., Magna Cum Laude, University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law

Publications:

• Contract Termination Rights, Louisville Bar Briefs, July 2009
• Using Products Liability Law in the Grokster File-Sharing Scenario: Why the Sony Rule Should be Refined, 45 BRANDEIS L.J. 129 (2006); received Best Note Award, Brandeis Law Journal, 2005–2006

Christopher E. Schaefer

Former Law Clerk to Hon. John G. Heyburn, II, Judge for U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky

B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Bellarmine University

J.D., Valedictorian, Summa Cum Laude, University of Kentucky College of Law

Barry L. Dunn
Former Social Studies Teacher
Former Intern for a U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Lindsey Wilson College
M.A., University of Cincinnati
J.D., Magna Cum Laude, Outstanding Graduate, University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law

Publications:

• Created After Death: Kentucky Law and Posthumously Conceived Children, 48 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE LAW REVIEW 167 (2009)

Stephen A. Houston

Former Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney

Former Staff Attorney in the Franklin Circuit Court

B.S., University of Louisville

J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law

Nick Nicholson

B.S., Wake Forest University

J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law

Lee A. Webb

Former Clerk for Justice Janet L. Stumbo of the Supreme Court of Kentucky

School of International Training, Ecuador

B.A., with High Distinction, Departmental Honors in Latin American Studies and Spanish, University of Kentucky

J.D., Cum Laude, University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law

Publications:

• Author - A Nation that Values Family, Except When the Family Member is Foreign: An Overview of Proposed Changes in Immigration Law and Their Devastating Effects on Many U.S. Families, published in the Journal of Family Law (1997).