Doug is Of Counsel in Stoll Keenon Ogden’s Lexington office and has been with the firm since 1983. He is a member of the Trusts, Estates & Family Law, Equine Transactional, Tax and Arbitration & Mediation practices.

Doug has advised closely held and publicly-owned businesses on a wide range of issues affecting their operations, including corporate and individual income tax planning, acquisitions and dispositions of assets and businesses, the administrative protest of proposed tax deficiencies before the Internal Revenue Service and the Kentucky Department of Revenue, and litigation of tax cases in state and federal courts and legislative counseling. Doug regularly counsels persons engaged in the horse industry, including structuring U.S. operations of foreign nationals and defending taxpayers from challenges by the Internal Revenue Service to the use of horse-related losses under the hobby loss and passive activity loss tax rules.

Doug is AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated™ by Martindale-Hubbell® and is recognized as a Best Lawyer and a Kentucky Super Lawyer in the field of Tax Law for his many legal accomplishments. He also has experience assisting clients in minimizing estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes, including the preparation of wills, trusts, family-limited partnerships, and private foundations. In addition, he has served as a court-appointed mediator and expert witness regarding disputes concerning the professional responsibility of tax professionals.

Doug is a member of the Fayette County, Kentucky, Florida, Virginia, and American Bar associations. He is also a member of the American Horse Council Tax Advisory Board and the American College of Equine Attorneys. He attends Good Shepherd Episcopal Church. Married with four children, he enjoys hunting, fishing, golf, hiking, and jogging in his free time.