J. PETER CASSIDY, III
E-mail Address: PCassidy@sturgillturner.com
AREAS OF PRACTICE: Accident and Injury Law, Administrative Law, Appellate Practice, Bankruptcy Litigation and Creditor Representation, Business Tort Litigation, Civil Litigation, Consitutional Law and Civil Rights, Construction Law and Real Estate Litigation, Financial and Fiduciary, Health Care Law, Insurance Defense, Insurance Law, Nursing Home Litigation, Professional Malpractice Defense, Public Entity and Government Defense.
EDUCATION: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1996); University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D., 2000).
BAR ADMISSION: Kentucky, 2000; U. S. District Courts, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; U. S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP: Kentucky Bar Association; Fayette County Bar Association; Federal Bar Association.
BACKGROUND: Peter grew up in Lexington and has been living in Kentucky continuously since 1997. He attended high school in Massachusetts and college in Tennessee, where he studied anthropology and sociology. After working as an archaeologist in the Ohio River Valley and as a legal assistant in New York City, Peter decided to return to Lexington to attend law school. He spent three years working in Frankfort for the Kentucky General Assembly as a legislative analyst with the House, Senate, and Interim Joint Committees on Judiciary before joining Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney. Peter and his wife, Laurel, are raising their daughters, Eva Pace and Emery, while renovating their historic home in downtown Lexington.
