Kevin G. Henry

MEMBER

khenry@sturgillturner.com

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Kevin is Sturgill Turner’s most experienced business litigator, with a diverse trial and appellate practice hallmarked by several high profile successes. He has been lead counsel in more than 20 jury trials and 40 plus appeals in both federal and state courts, in all manner of financial and fiduciary litigation involving banking, will contests, trust mismanagement, contracts, Director and Officer liability, equine disputes, antitrust, representation of Ponzi scheme and embezzlement victims, and lawyer and accountant malpractice. Kevin also has represented creditors and debtors in several prominent bankruptcy cases in Kentucky, Tennessee and New Jersey. He has been a volunteer coach for the University of Kentucky College of Law’s Bankruptcy Moot Court Team for seven years.

Most notable among Kevin’s recent cases was his successful defense of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Airport Board and the Lexington-Fayette Airport Corporation against Comair in its attack on sovereign immunity, in which the Kentucky Supreme Court adopted his suggestion that the Berns test for sovereign immunity should be refined when dealing with county boards and affiliated corporations. Comair, Inc. v. LFUCG Airport Board, et al., 295 S.W.3d 91 (Ky. 2009). 

DISTINCTIONS

• Best Lawyers in America, Lexington Trusts & Estates Litigation "Lawyer of the Year" (2012)
• Kentucky Super Lawyers (2007 – Present), Business Litigation, Professional Liability: Defense, Employment Litigation: Defense
• Best Lawyers in America (2010 – Present), Litigation - Banking & Finance; Litigation - Bankruptcy; Litigation - Labor & Employment; Litigation - Trusts & Estates
• Member, Judicial Nominating Commission, 22nd Circuit 
• Law Clerk to Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice John S. Palmore (1978-79)
• Speaker, University of Kentucky CLE, Kentucky Estate Administration & Fiduciary Law, "Statutes of Limitations and Breach of Fiduciary Duties" (July 2007)
• National Business Institute CLE Seminar, Co-Chair, "Bad Faith Litigation in Kentucky" (July 2003)

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

• Fayette County Bar Association, President (1991-92)
• Kentucky Bar Association
• American Bar Association (Business Law, Labor and Employment, and Torts and Insurance Practice Sections)
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Defense Research Institute
• Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, District Vice-President (1992‑93), Board of Governors (1988‑1993), Editor, Cause of Action Manual (2d ed.)
• Kentucky Defense Counsel

COMMUNITY & CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

• University of Kentucky College of Law Bankruptcy Moot Court Team, Volunteer Coach 
• Kentucky Bar Foundation, Fellow
• University of Kentucky College of Law, Lafferty Society Fellow
• YMCA of Central Kentucky, Red Triangle Service Award Recipient (2011)
• YMCA Metropolitan Board of Directors (2007-Present), Treasurer (2009-Present), Finance Committee Chair (2009-Present)
• Beaumont Centre Family YMCA Board of Managers (2000-07)
• Toyota Bluegrass Miracle League, Inc., General Counsel