Terrence L. McCoy - Louisville, KY
Attorney at Tilford Dobbins & Schmidt, PLLC
Real Estate Lawyers in Louisville, KY
401 West Main Street Suite 1400 Louisville, KY 40202
Louisville Real Estate Lawyer
Updated: 03/02/2026
Areas of Practice
- Real Estate 90%
- Probate 5%
- Other 5%
Litigation: 35%
Attorney Information
Overview
We were married in 1967 in Princeton, NJ and started shortly thereafter to train for the Peace Corps. We served with the Peace Corps in the Independent State of Western Samoa. While in Samoa I worked in the Attorney General's office and with the Law Draftsman. While there I learned about customary Samoan laws, and the Lands & Titles Court which was set up by the Germans after they took control in the late 19th century. When New Zealand became the Trustee of Samoa under the League of Nations it introduced the statutory law of New Zealand which is based on the Common Law. We left Samoa in 1970, travelling home via the Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Djibouti, Greece, Switzerland, Germany, France and the UK.
I started practicing law with my father in 1970 and Martha started medical school. She is now retired from a general surgical practice and I achieved senior counsel status in 2016. We celebrated our fiftieth wedding anniversary on August 26, 2017. For the last twenty-three years Martha and I have had an ownership interest in a farm in the Dordogne region of France. As a result of this I have had a chance to get a glimpse of law based on the Napoleonic Code. As a result of these experiences, I have learned that the " law" means various things in different parts of the world.
Education
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Legal Education
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Duke University School of Law,
Durham,
North Carolina
J.D.
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Duke University School of Law,
Durham,
North Carolina
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Non Legal Education
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Dartmouth College,
Hanover,
New Hampshire
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Major: Classics
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Dartmouth College,
Hanover,
New Hampshire
Current Employment Position(s)
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Member and Partner Emeritus
Past Positions
- McCoy Brockman & McCoy, Partner, 1970 - 1976
- McCoy & Associates, Associate, 1977 - 1998
- Morris, Garlove, Watterman & Johnson, PLLC , 1998 - 2005
- Tilford Dobbins & Schmidt, PLLC, 2005 - Present
Languages
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English
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French
Bar Admissions
- Kentucky, 1970
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- Supreme Court of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- Kentucky Bar Association, 1970 - 2017 (Member)
- Louisville Bar Association, 1970 - 2017 (Member)
- Board of the Cabbage Patch (Past member)
- Board of Louisville (Master Chorale - Past Member)
Contact
401 West Main Street
Suite 1400
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: 502-513-0600
Fax: 502-585-4001
Email: Send a message
Website: https://www.tilfordlaw.com
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