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Culver V. Halliday

Member, Louisville

502.568.5707

Culver is a Member in Stoll Keenon Ogden's Louisville office. He is a member of the Business Litigation practice and serves as Chair of the Securities Litigation practice. Culver is also a member of the Arbitration & Mediation, Banking Litigation, Trust & Estate Litigation, Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring and Environmental practices. His practice includes litigating actions in federal and state trial and appeals courts involving contract, note, securities, pension, fiduciary duty, franchise, employment, environmental, estate, zoning and lender liability issues.

For his many legal accomplishments, Culver is listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, recognized as a "Future Litigation Star" by Benchmark Litigation and honored as a Kentucky Super Lawyer. He is a member of the Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar associations, as well as the Federal Bar Association.

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Practices

Arbitration & Mediation

Banking Litigation

Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring

Business Litigation

Environmental Litigation

Securities Litigation

Trust & Estate Litigation

Education

Duke University Private Adjudication Center
1995

University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
1984, J.D.

Centre College
1980, B.A.

Admissions

Kentucky

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana

U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan

Recognition

Benchmark Litigation, Future Litigation Star, Lender Liability; Securities, 2015-2017
Listed in Best Lawyers in America®, 2013 - present
Louisville Magazine Top Lawyer, Business Litigation and General Litigation, 2013; General Litigation, 2016

Kentucky Super Lawyer, Business Litigation
Law clerk for the Honorable Thomas A. Ballantine, judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, 1984-1986

Affiliations

American Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
Louisville Bar Association

University of Louisville School of Law, alumni board
Bunbury Repertory Theatre Company, board of directors

Work Highlights

Lender Liability Defense

Represented a Kentucky community bank in defense of a borrower’s claims related to his investment with another borrower. The bank won summary judgment on all claims.

Related Practices: Banking, Banking Litigation

Abuse of Power of Attorney & Joint Account

SKO successfully represented a trust company appointed as conservator for an individual diagnosed with dementia who had millions of dollars taken from him by his attorney-in-fact (power of attorney) who also fraudulently created joint survivorship accounts. The individual also generated a will in his favor. SKO successfully voided the will and recovered more than $16 million in assets.

Rights of Nonprofit Members to Inspect Corporate Records

SKO represented certain members of a Kentucky nonprofit equine corporation in litigation against the nonprofit. When “significant deficiencies” were identified in the nonprofit’s $2 million annual budget, the organization refused to produce accounting records to the members who requested them. SKO obtained a summary judgment on behalf of its clients and defeated nonprofit’s motion for a stay of the judgment pending appeal. SKO also established that the nonprofit destroyed records, computer hard drives and backup servers during the pendency of the litigation. The Fayette Circuit Court held the nonprofit in contempt and ordered it to pay SKO’s fees. The nonprofit sought relief in the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Following the conclusion of the briefing by both parties, the nonprofit agreed to dismiss its appeals and to comply with the judgments entered in the Fayette Circuit Court action. This was a case of first impression in Kentucky. The Court held that, under Kentucky law, all Kentucky nonprofit corporations must allow their members to inspect and copy all of the corporation’s books and records.

Kentucky Supreme Court Ruling & Selling of Interest

Successfully obtained a ruling from the Kentucky Supreme Court that enforced an oral contract between a beneficiary and the estate requiring the beneficiary to sell his interest with the estate’s interest in a bank.

Related Practices: Banking, Trust & Estate Litigation, Business Litigation

Suitability Claims

SKO successfully represented a bank acting in a fiduciary capacity in pursuing suitability claims against a securities firm. The amount recovered for our client was approximately $10,000,000.

Related Practices: Banking, Securities Litigation, Business Litigation

Securities Fraud

SKO’s client was one of several defendants sued by a group of disappointed investors alleging securities law violations. SKO mounted an aggressive defense, and while the plaintiffs settled with other defendants, they agreed to simply dismiss their claims against SKO’s client.

News

SKO Attorneys Recognized Among 2019 Best Lawyers in America, Aug. 15, 2018

SKO Named Litigation Firm of the Year for the Seventh Time, Feb. 16, 2018

SKO Attorneys Recognized Among Best Lawyers in America, Aug. 16, 2017

Five SKO Attorneys Recognized Among Top 50 Kentucky Super Lawyers, Nov. 18, 2016

Seven SKO Attorneys Named 2017 Local Litigation Stars, Nov. 14, 2016

Best Lawyers in America Chooses 61 SKO Attorneys for 2017 Publication, Aug. 30, 2016

30 SKO Attorneys Named “Top Lawyer” by Louisville Magazine, Mar. 2, 2016

Lea Pauley Goff and Richard G. Griffith named among Top 50 Kentucky Super Lawyers, Nov. 30, 2015

SKO Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America® 2016, Aug. 17, 2015

Kentucky Super Lawyers Recognizes 57 Stoll Keenon Ogden Attorneys, Nov. 24, 2014

SKO Recognized by Benchmark Litigation for Outstanding Service, Sep. 17, 2014

SKO Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America® 2015, Aug. 18, 2014

Kentucky Super Lawyers Recognizes 42 Stoll Keenon Ogden Attorneys, Nov. 26, 2013

SKO Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America® 2014, Aug. 19, 2013

34 SKO Attorneys Names “Top Lawyer” by Louisville Magazine, Mar. 5, 2013

61 SKO Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America® 2013, Sep. 7, 2012

Kentucky Super Lawyers Recognizes 31 Stoll Keenon Ogden Attorneys, July 20, 2012

Culver Halliday Selected for the Bingham Fellows Class of 2010, Jan. 20, 2010