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Richard A. Nunnelley

Member, Lexington

859.231.3957

Rick is a Member in Stoll Keenon Ogden's Lexington office and has been with the firm since 1991. He serves as Chair of the Real Estate practice and is also a member of the Business Services practice with a focus on Equine.

Rick's practice focuses on commercial real estate acquisitions, development, financing, leasing and condominium development, equine acquisitions, leasing, syndications, management agreements, service agreements, regulatory law and foreign ownership. While attending the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, Rick served as a member and as a manuscript editor of the Journal of Family Law, was elected as a Senator of the Student Government Association, was inducted into the Brandeis Honor Society, was a member of the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity and was a staff writer for the Louisville Law Examiner. Rick is AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® and is recognized by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers and Kentucky Super Lawyers for his many legal accomplishments.

Rick is a member of the Fayette County, Kentucky and American Bar associations as well as the International Council of Shopping Centers, The Keeneland Club, the Thoroughbred Club of America, the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association KTA/KTOB, the American Horse Counsel and The American College of Equine Attorneys. He also serves on the board of directors for the High Hope Steeplechase Association and Central Kentucky Riding for Hope and the planning committees for the National Equine Law Conference and the UK Biennial Real Estate Law and Practice Institute. He also served on the Personnel Committee and as a deacon for Crestwood Christian Church. He is married with two daughters. Rick has owned Thoroughbred racing and breed interests and enjoys Thoroughbred horse racing, golf and skeet, trap and sporting clays during his free time.

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Practices

Bourbon & Distilled Spirits

Business Services

Equine Transactional

Real Estate

Education

University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
1991, J.D., cum laude

Transylvania University
1988, B.A.

Admissions

Kentucky

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky

Recognition

AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®
Best Lawyers®, Lawyer of the Year, 2019
Best Lawyers®, Real Estate Law, 2009-present

Kentucky Super Lawyers® Honoree, 2015-2020
Chambers USA, Leading Lawyer for Business, Real Estate, 2014-2017
Brandeis Honor Society

Affiliations

Fayette County Bar Association, Equine Law Section, former Chair
Thoroughbred Owners
Breeders Association KTA/KTOB

Kentucky Bar Association
American Bar Association
American Horse Counsel
International Council of Shopping Centers, Member
UKCLE Real Estate Law Institute and Practice, Planning Committee
Central Kentucky Riding For Hope, Inc., Board of Directors
High Hope Steeplechase Association, Inc., Board of Directors
Crestwood Christian Church, Personnel Committee, 2006-2008; Past Deacon
National Equine Law Conference, Planning Committee

Work Highlights

Landowner Defense

Represented numerous individual, agricultural, commercial and industrial landowners in negotiations and litigation against the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways, in connection with acquisitions of right-of-way for road projects and other assorted road and highway issues.

Acquisitions & Syndications

SKO represented clients in the acquisition of significant breeding interests in five Thoroughbreds which became ranked among the 10 leading sires of 2011 as well as three of the past six winners of the Kentucky Derby. SKO continued to be active in the syndication of stallions rotating between hemispheres, including stallions rotating between Europe and Australasia, the United States and South America, and the United States and Australia, and the related tax issues involved.

Horse Farm Transactions

SKO has represented numerous domestic and international clients with the acquisition and disposition of premier horse farms and related properties throughout the United States.

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News Publications Seminars

118 SKO Attorneys Named to “2023 U.S. News Best Lawyers® in America”, Aug. 18, 2022

77 STOLL KEENON OGDEN ATTORNEYS HONORED IN “BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA” 2022 Edition, Aug. 19, 2021

73 Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC attorneys are recognized in the 2021 edition of the Best Lawyers in America®, one of the most respected legal peer-review guides in the world., Aug. 20, 2020

SKO’s Horsepower in the Hemp Industry is a Lead Story in Business First, Dec. 18, 2019

Kentucky Super Lawyers Recognizes 47 Stoll Keenon Ogden Attorneys, Nov. 27, 2019

SKO Attorneys Recognized Among 2020 Best Lawyers in America®, Aug. 15, 2019

Kentucky Super Lawyers Recognizes 52 Stoll Keenon Ogden Attorneys, Dec. 11, 2018

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

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

Chambers USA Recognizes 24 SKO Attorneys, Feb. 22, 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

28 SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2015, Apr. 1, 2015

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

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

25 SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2014, Mar. 12, 2014

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

22 SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2013, June 5, 2013

22 SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2013, Feb. 10, 2013

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

22 SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2012, June 7, 2012

SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2012, Feb. 28, 2012

53 SKO Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America® 2012, Sep. 6, 2011

SKO Attorneys Ranked in Chambers USA 2011, June 10, 2011

SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2011, Mar. 16, 2011

SKO Receives 27 Top-Tier Rankings in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” Rankings, Sep. 15, 2010

53 SKO Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America® 2011, Aug. 6, 2010

SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA, June 14, 2010

SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2010, Apr. 15, 2010

49 SKO Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America, Aug. 6, 2009

SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2009, June 15, 2009

Lawyers Honored by Chambers USA, June 19, 2008

Commercial Tenant & Landlord Issues, Feb. 1, 2013

Foreign Ownership of Real Property in Kentucky, Jan. 1, 2005

Biennial Case Law & Legislative Update for the Real Estate Attorney, University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of
Law, 16th Biennial Real Estate Law & Practice Institute, Speaker, 2021

Legislative Update, 15th Biennial UK Real Estate Law & Practice Institute, Presenter, 2019

Multi Perspective Panel on Foreign Persons Doing Equine Activities in the U.S., 34th Annual National Conference on
Equine Law, Panelist, 2019

Legislative Update, 14th Biennial UK Real Estate Law & Practice Institute, Presenter, 2017

Ownership, Syndicates and International Racing , Second Pan American Conference, Panelist, 2017

An Overview of Ownership: What Every Owner Should Know, Second National Thoroughbred Owner Conference, Panelist, 2016

Equine Real Estate: Buying and Selling a Horse Farm, 30th Annual National Conference on Equine Law, Presenter, 2015

TOBA New Owners Seminar, Panelist, 2014

Buying and Selling Thoroughbred Horses, The Eighth Annual ABA GPSolo National Solo & Small Firm Conference, Presenter, 2013

Legal & Practical Tips in Condominium Developments, Downtown Expo, Presenter, 2007

7th Biennial UK Real Estate Law & Practice Institute, Foreign Ownership of Real Property, Pesenter;, 2000

SKO Hemp Seminar, Oct. 29, 2019