Casey Hinkle - Louisville, KY

Overview

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. The number provided represents the number of attorneys at the firm that have been selected to the Super Lawyers or Rising Stars lists.

Casey Hinkle included in a Super Lawyers® list

Education

• Legal Education

  • Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, 2005
    J.D.
    Law Journal: Journal of Law and Public Policy, Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 2002
    B.A.
    Major: History & Political Science

Representative Clients

• Defended issuer of life insurance policies in class actions alleging breach of policy provisions relating to cost of insurance charges.

• Represented majority owner of pari-mutuel wagering business in dispute with minority owner and lender. Negotiated favorable buy-out on eve of trial after prevailing on summary judgment motions and discovery disputes.

• Defended rehabilitation facility, doctors, and pharmacists in investigations by enforcement and licensing authorities, including the Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure.

• Defended former management employees of manufacturing company against complaint alleging misappropriation of trade secrets. Devised discovery and summary judgment strategy which resulted in plaintiff voluntarily dismissing litigation.

• Defended regional bank and wealth management employees against alleged violations of non-competition and non-solicitation covenants in stock option agreements.

• Defended Louisville Metro Government in constitutional challenge to anti-discrimination ordinance and related appeal.

Bar Admissions

• Kentucky
• New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Kentucky
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Kentucky
• U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York