E-mail Address: sbarker@sturgillturner.com

AREAS OF PRACTICE: Administrative Law, Appellate Practice, Automobile Dealer Law, Business and Corporate Law, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law and Civil Rights, Education Law, Employment and Labor Law, Professional Malpractice Defense, Public Entity and Government Defense, Wills Trusts and Estates.

EDUCATION: University of Tennessee (B.S. with
honors 1972); University of Kentucky (J.D. with distinction 1975); Order of the Coif; Member, Kentucky Law Journal.

BAR ADMISSION: Kentucky, 1975; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky.

BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP: American Bar Association (ABA), Employment Law Section; Defense Research Institute; Kentucky Bar Association (KBA), Inquiry Commission Member (2005-Present), KBA House of Delegates Member (1986-92); National Association of College and University Attorneys (Co-Chair, Section of Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1998-2000); President, Fayette County Bar Association (FCBA) 2003-04.

PROFESSIONAL: Trained Mediator; Member, Lexington-Urban County Government Ethics Commission, 1999-2003 ; Editorial Board, Kentucky Labor Letter, 1999-2001; Special Prosecutor, Office of Fayette County Attorney, 1993; Assistant Fayette County Attorney, 1975-81; Director, Fayette County Legal Aid, 1984-; CLE lecturer and author on litigation, employment law and education topics; Best Lawyers in America, 2003-Present; Outstanding Lawyers of America, 2003-Present; Kentucky Super Lawyers (Schools and Education) 2007-Present.