We Fight For You
Kenneth R. Haggard
- Attorney
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Practice Areas:
- Personal Injury
- Criminal Law
- DUI/DWI
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Disability & Illness Discrimination
- Police Misconduct
- Race Discrimination
- Religious Discrimination
- Sex Discrimination
- Sexual Harassment
- Discrimination
- Freedom of Information
- Prisoners' Rights
- Search & Seizure Protections
- Voting Rights
- Criminal Fraud
- Drug Violations
- Federal
- Felonies
- Grand Jury Proceedings
- Misdemeanor
- Sex Offenses
- Traffic Violations
- Victims' Rights
- White Collar Crimes
- Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee
- Employee Rights -- Employee
- Employment Discrimination -- Employee
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee
- Animal Bites -- Plaintiff
- Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff
- Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff
- Premises Liability -- Plaintiff
- Property Damage -- Plaintiff
- Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff
- Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff
- Products Liability Law
- Machinery & Tools
- Medical Products & Devices
- Pharmaceutical Products
- Professional Malpractice Law
- Dental Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice
- Other Professionals Malpractice
- Age Discrimination
Education
- University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky
- J.D. - 1984
- Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
- B.S. - 1981
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Minor: Political Science
- Minor: Accounting
Bar Admission
- Kentucky, 1984
- U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1989
Representative Cases
- Poe v. Commonwealth, 201 S.W.3d 37, 2006, Ky. Ct. App.
- Pace v. Burke, 150 S.W.3d 62, 2004, Ky. Ct. App.
- Birdsong v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 74 S.W.3d 754, 2001, Ky. Ct. App.
Honors
- Kentucky Super Lawyer, 2007
- Kentucky Colonel, 1977 - Present
- Named Life Fellow, Kentucky Bar Foundation, 2009
Classes & Seminars
- Taught Business Law, University of Kentucky, 1991
- Presented "Civil Damages in Police Brutality Cases" Seminar, Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, 1989
Pro-Bono Activities
- Board Member - Kentucky IOLTA Board, 2007 - Present
- Iolta Chairman, 2012 to 2013
Fraternities or Sororities
- Sigma Chi
Professional Associations
- Kentucky Association of Justice, 1984 to Present
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1999
- American Association of Justice, 1984
- Kentucky Bar Association-Audit and Budget Committee Member, 2012 to 2013
- Committee Member and Member of the Directors of the Kentucky Bar Foundation , 2012 to 2013