Phillip M. Moloney

MEMBER

pmoloney@sturgillturner.com 

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Phil has a multi-faceted legal practice that includes advising clients in the acquisition and disposition of real estate, providing estate planning and will drafting services and counseling clients on business matters and contract formation and disputes.

Phil currently serves as the City Attorney for the City of Midway, Kentucky, and possesses an extensive knowledge of public entity law, open records and open meetings law, procurement law, easements and zoning issues.

Phil’s practice also features trial work, including insurance defense, personal injury, and construction and real estate litigation. He has been involved in cases involving payment and performance bond issues, construction defects, and allegations of fraud and negligent misrepresentation asserted against contractors and subcontractors. Among his notable cases in this area of the area of construction litigation includes a Kentucky Supreme Court case, which recognized a private cause of action for violation of the Kentucky building code.

DISTINCTIONS

• Leadership Central Kentucky (2006-07)
• Best Lawyers in America (2005-Present), Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Kentucky Super Lawyers (2007-Present), Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Construction Litigation, Business/Corporate
• Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLLC, Managing Member (1999-2009)
• Assistant Fayette County Attorney (1982-86)
• CLE lecturer on personal injury and construction litigation topics

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS 

• Fayette County Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association, Construction Law Section
• American Bar Association, Litigation and Construction Law Sections
• American Association for Justice
• Kentucky Justice Association

COMMUNITY & CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

• Lexington Directions, Past President
• Lexington Historical Museum, Board of Trustees (2005-Present)
• Rotary Club of Lexington (Sunrise), President (2006-07)
• Kentucky Bar Foundation, Board of Directors (2004-Present), President (2009-10), Life Fellow