Ernest H. Jones II

PARTNER

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Insurance defense litigation is the focus of Hank’s legal practice, and the bulk of his work is done for major national insurance providers, reviewing insurance policies, assessing claims and representing their insureds when litigation arises. His knowledge in this area of the law runs the gamut from fraud and arson claims, to bad faith and extra-contractual liability practices, to catastrophic injury claims, to swimming pool accidents. Hank’s litigation experience has taken him to courthouses across the Commonwealth—he has handled cases in almost three-fourths of Kentucky’s counties, and has taken cases to trial in about half of those counties.

Hank is a certified mediator, and has been actively mediating cases since 1999. The cases he mediates typically involve tort claims, such as soft tissue injuries, slip and fall cases and motor vehicle injuries.  

He is a frequent lecturer for CLE programs sponsored by the Kentucky Bar Association, the Kentucky Defense Counsel and the National Business Institute, on topics such as insurance coverage, declaratory judgment actions, voir dire strategy and trial tactics.

DISTINCTIONS

• Mediation Center of Kentucky, Certified mediator
• CLE presenter for the Kentucky Bar Association, Fayette County Bar Association, Kentucky Defense Counsel and the National Business Institute
• Kentucky Super Lawyers (2009-Present), Civil Litigation Defense, Insurance Coverage, Personal Injury Defense: General
• Kentucky Defense Counsel, President

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

• Fayette County Bar Association, Sergeant-At-Arms, Board of Governors (1975-76)
• Kentucky and American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice and Labor Relations Law Sections
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Kentucky Defense Counsel, Board of Directors (1984-89, 1992-99), President (1988-89, 1997-98)
• Defense Research Institute