Sturgill Turner

Catherine E. Bouvier

Catherine E. Bouvier

Katie E. Bouvier

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859.255.8581

Katie’s practice focuses on civil litigation and insurance defense. She serves as Chair of the firm’s Torts and Insurance practice group, and is the current President of the Fayette County Bar Association Women Lawyers’ Association.

Katie’s experience spans a wide variety of cases, including insurance defense, personal injury, premises liability, and more. Prior to joining Sturgill Turner, she worked in private practice in a regional defense firm, and had prosecuted more than five hundred felony cases as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney in Fayette County. She is a contributing author to Kentucky Instructions to Juries (Criminal).

After her graduation from Centre College with degrees in government and Spanish, Katie spent a year as an AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer working for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), an organization which serves to represent abused and neglected children in the court system. She is a member of the Leadership Lexington Class of 2022-23.

Areas of Practice

  • Best Lawyers in America® “Ones to Watch”: Insurance Law (2021-2025)

    Leadership Lexington (Class of 2022-23)

  • Bluegrass Claims Association
    2024 Vice President, Board of Directors

    Kentucky Defense Counsel
    Chair, CLE Committee

    Kentucky Bar Association
    Planning Committee, 2025 Annual Convention

    Fayette County Bar Association

    • President, Women Lawyers’ Association

    • Young Lawyers Division

    Central Kentucky American Inns of Court

    DRI: Defense Research Institute

    Junior Achievement Leadership Lexington Youth Program, Steering Committee

    Sturgill Turner Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee

  • University of Kentucky, J.D.

    Centre College, B.A.

  • In addition to advising clients in civil litigation, Katie is an active member of the Bluegrass Claims Association, an organization of insurance claims professionals and professionals from related industries who meet to advance and support the insurance industry, as well as to raise funds for the Bluegrass community. She has been a member of the BGCA Board of Directors since 2020, and currently serves as Vice President. She also serves on the board of the Bluegrass Community Foundation BGCF365 initiative, and on the Steering Committee of the Junior Achievement Leadership Lexington Youth Program.

 

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