KATHERINE M. COLEMAN
E-mail Address: kcoleman@sturgillturner.com
AREAS OF PRACTICE: Civil Litigation: Education Law; Employment and Labor Law; Public Entity and Governmental Defense; Appellate Practice; Business and Corporate Law.
EDUCATION: University of Kentucky (B.B.A., 1985, with honors); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1991).
BAR ADMISSION: Kentucky, 1991; U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts, Eastern District of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP: Kentucky Bar Association (KBA); National Association of College and University Attorneys (Member, Employment Law, Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 1999-2001; Task Force on Electronic Delivery, 2001-2002); past member American Bar Association (ABA), past member Federal Bar Association (FBA), Fayette County Bar Association (FCBA)and Madison County Bar Association (MCBA).
PROFESSIONAL: Professional in Human Resources (PHR) Certified; General Counsel, Eastern Kentucky University (1998-2003); Instructor, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Human Resource Certification and First Line Supervision Programs, Eastern Kentucky University; “ERISA”, Kentucky Employment Law Handbook, (June 1992); “Terror Takes to the Skies: The Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103,” Adelphia Law Journal (Spring 1992); “Prehearing Discovery in Arbitration: An Advance or a Retreat?”, Adelphia Law Journal (Fall 1991); CLE and education lecturer on employment law and education topics; Mediation Center of Kentucky, Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys (KATA, 1995-1999).
BACKGROUND: Kacey was raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, but has called Kentucky home since 1984. As a student at the University of Kentucky College of Law she was the recipient of the Academic Excellence Scholarship and received the Outstanding Oral Advocate, Moot Court Award. Kacey was among the first mediators trained and certified by the Mediation Center of Central Kentucky. She is a certified Professional in Human Resources and provides instruction in employment and human resources matters, including serving as an instructor for the Society for Human Resources Management certification programs.
Kacey is married with two young boys and spends much of her free time at the baseball field with her children.
