DOUGLAS L. McSWAIN
E-mail Address: dmcswain@sturgillturner.com
AREAS OF PRACTICE: Administrative Law, Appellate Practice, Business and Corporate Law, Business Tort Litigation, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law and Civil Rights, Education Law, Employment and Labor Law, Environmental Law, Equine Racing and Wagering Law, Health Care Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Public Entity and Government Defense.
EDUCATION: Vanderbilt University (B.A. cum laude 1979); University of Kentucky (J.D. with distinction 1983); Order of the Coif; Member, Kentucky Law Journal, 1981-83.
BAR ADMISSION: Kentucky, 1983; U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court.
BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP: American Bar Association; Kentucky Bar Association, Fayette County Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys; American Health Lawyers Association.
PROFESSIONAL: Law Clerk to Hon. Henry R. Wilhoit, Jr., U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Kentucky; Author: "Judicial v. Legislative Power in Kentucky: A Comity of Errors," 71 KY. L.J. 829 (1982-1983); General Counsel, National HBPA, Inc.; Chairman, Joint Local Rules Commission, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; Life Member, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference; 5th District Bar Governor, Kentucky Board of Governors; Past President, Kentucky Bar Foundation; Past President, Young Lawyers Section, Kentucky Bar Association; Certified Mediator, Mediation Center of Kentucky; General Counsel, American Farriers Association; House of Delegates Chair, Kentucky Bar Association.
BACKGROUND: Born into a minister's family, Doug has lived in Owensboro, Paducah, Richmond, Grayson and Lexington, Kentucky. After earning a B.A. in Political Science at Vanderbilt University, a J.D. at the University of Kentucky College of Law, and a 2-year clerkship with U.S. District Court Judge Henry R. Wilhoit, Jr., Doug began practicing in Owensboro. He joined Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLLC in 1988 which was then Sturgill, Turner & Truitt. Doug is married and has two daughters.
