Nine attorneys with Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC have been named a 2016 “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers^®. 

Of the firm’s nine honorees, three are based in Lexington and six practice from the firm’s Louisville office.

The attorneys and their respective areas of practice are:

• James D. Allen, Labor Law – Management (Lexington)
• Perry M. Bentley, Bet-the-Company Litigation (Lexington)
• Scott W. Brinkman, Corporate Law (Louisville)
• Samuel D. Hinkle IV, Bankruptcy Litigation (Louisville)
• W. Gregory King, Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants (Louisville)
• James B. Martin, Jr., Tax Law (Louisville)
• Sharon A. Mattingly, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Louisville)
• Jackson W. White, Tax Law (Lexington)
• Thomas M. Williams, Employment Law – Management (Louisville)

The “Lawyer of the Year” honor is given to one lawyer in each practice area in each community. Best Lawyers^® compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

Lawyers honored as “Lawyers of the Year” are selected based on the ratings received from their peers.  Those selected have earned a high level of respect among other leading lawyers in their home communities for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.

Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC is proud to announce that nine of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® as a 2015 “Lawyer of the Year.” The attorneys and their respective areas of practice are as follows:

C. Joseph Beavin, Lexington – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Perry M. Bentley, Lexington – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Douglas F. Brent, Louisville – Communications Law
R. David Lester, Lexington – Corporate Law
Eileen M. O’Brien, Lexington – Insurance Law
Kendrick R. Riggs, Louisville – Administrative/Regulatory Law
Douglas P. Romaine, Lexington – Tax Law
David T. Royse, Lexington – Litigation – Banking & Finance
Bruce Simpson Jr., Lexington – Mediation

Only one lawyer in each practice from each community can be honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” were selected because they received particularly high ratings from their peers. The selected lawyers have earned a high level of respect among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practices for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.

Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC is proud to announce that eight of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers as a 2014 “Lawyer of the Year.”  The attorneys and their respective areas of practice are as follows:

Perry M. Bentley: Lexington, Bet-the-Company Litigation
John W. Bilby: Louisville, Litigation – Real Estate and Litigation – Securities
Lea Pauley Goff: Louisville, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Samuel D. Hinkle IV: Louisville, Litigation – Antitrust
William M. Lear Jr.: Lexington, Land Use & Zoning Law
Steven B. Loy: Lexington, Litigation – Banking & Finance
Richard H. Mains: Lexington, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
David T. Royse: Lexington, Litigation – Real Estate

Only one lawyer in each practice from each community can be honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” were selected because they received particularly high ratings from their peers. The selected lawyers have earned a high level of respect among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practices for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.

Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC is proud to announce that eight of the firm attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers as a 2013 “Lawyer of the Year.” The attorneys and their respective areas of practice are as follows:

Joe Beavin: Lexington, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Perry Bentley: Lexington, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants

Rick Griffith: Lexington, Employment Law-Management

Kent Hatfield: Louisville, Administrative/Regulatory Law

Sam Hinkle: Louisville, Litigation-Land Use & Zoning

Bill Lear: Lexington, Litigation-Real Estate

Doug Romaine: Lexington, Tax Law

Larry Sykes: Lexington, Labor Law-Management

Only one lawyer in each practice from each community can be honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” were selected because they received particularly high ratings from their peers. The selected lawyers have earned a high level of respect among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practices for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.