James B. Martin Jr.

Jim is a Member in Stoll Keenon Ogden's Louisville office and has been with the firm since 1988. He is a member of the Tax practice as well as the Trusts, Estates & Family Law practice. He focuses on advising clients on a wide range of tax and business planning matters with particular emphasis on like kind exchanges, business sales and reorganizations, implementation of employee stock ownership plans, New Markets Tax Credit program, incentive planning, CDE certification, all aspects of business start-ups and the facilitation of business succession plans and business divorces. He defends clients in tax, audits, appeals, litigation and Department of Labor investigations.

Jim is AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated™ by Martindale-Hubbell®, is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® and honored as a Kentucky Super Lawyer for his many legal accomplishments. He and Sharon Mattingly have assembled a team of lawyers to advise clients in employee stock ownership transactions. To date, the team has closed in excess of 50 such transactions. He has also received the Outstanding Volunteer Attorney Award in 2003 and the Louisville Bar Association's Distinguished Service Award in 2002.

Jim is a member of the Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations, as well as The Group Inc., Louisville Employee Benefits Council, the ESOP Association and the Small Business Council of America. To give back to the community, he volunteers with Greater Louisville Inc., is a board member for the Catholic Cemeteries, was a board member of the Lakeside Masters Swim Team and is the Louisville Bar Association's Tax Counsel. Jim is married with two adult children, and he enjoys Masters swimming, road biking and travel adventures with his spouse.