Shawn Rosso Alcott
Andrea Potter Anderson
Jason B. Bell
H. Brent Brennenstuhl
D. Michael Coyle
Karl N. Crandall
Laura M. Hagan
Matthew C. Hess
Thomas N. Kerrick
Scott D. Laufenberg
Jason K. Murrie
Jeffrey R. Ogrody
Russell S. Sizemore
S. Frank Smith, Jr.
Greg N. Stivers
Stephen W. Van Zant
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Thomas N. Kerrick
Managing Member, Bowling Green Office
Born: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, August 2, 1955.
Admitted to Bar 1980, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., 1977; J.D., 1980). Member, University of Kentucky, College of Law Alumni Board (President, 1997-2000). Special Justice, Supreme Court of Kentucky.
Member: Bowling Green, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys; Kentucky Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate).
Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Insurance Defense Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation; Products Liability; Construction Litigation; Medical Malpractice.
Tom began trying insurance defense cases almost immediately upon graduation from law school. He quickly developed a reputation as a trial lawyer, trying all types of cases ranging from automobile accidents, slip-and-falls, arsons, construction claims, and products liability. Tom’s reputation for relating to jurors encouraged other attorneys to refer clients with personal injury claims to him. Tom has successfully represented clients on both sides of the courtroom and sincerely believes that trying cases from both perspectives allows him to more thoroughly and objectively guide his clients through litigation. Tom’s experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants, combined with his reputation for reasonableness, has lead to a successful practice as a mediator.
Tom received an “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell at a relatively young age and continues to hold this highest designation. He has also been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America publication. He has served as a Special Justice to the Kentucky Supreme Court and was fortunate to write the opinion. Tom has remained an active alumnus for the University of Kentucky College of Law. He still serves as a Director for the College of Law Alumni Board and served as President to the Alumni Association for three years, from 1997-2000. Tom has been active in the Bowling Green community by serving on various boards, including Crimestoppers, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), Rotary and Leadership Bowling Green Alumni Association.
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Greg N. Stivers
Member, Bowling Green Office
Born: Hazard, Kentucky, June 20, 1960.
Admitted to Bar: 1985, Kentucky; 1986, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky.
Education: Eastern Kentucky University (B.A., with distinction, 1982); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1985).
Member: Bowling Green, Kentucky (Member, Sections of: Corporate, Banking and Business Law, Municipal and Local Governments Law) and American (Member, Section of Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations; Kentucky Bankers Association, Bank Counsel Division, Defense Research Institute.
Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Real Estate.
Community Involvement: Western Kentucky University Research Foundation, Hilltopper Athletic Foundation, St. Joseph Cemetery Board, Big Brothers and Sisters (past President).
Greg’s practice involves various aspects of business and employment law. Greg works with clients in employment-related disputes, primarily representing employers in matters such as wrongful discharge and claims of religious, sexual, race, and disability discrimination. His practice also includes representing municipalities in a wide range of litigation, including zoning, taxation, and code enforcement, as well as employment issues. Greg also has extensive experience in the area of workers compensation claims, primarily from the employer’s perspective.
In the business area, he has represented both lenders and borrowers in a wide range of commercial transactions. He has worked with buyers and sellers of business enterprises and counseled clients in the selection of corporate form and formation of partnerships, corporations and limited liability entities, including buy/sell agreements. Greg also has experience in real estate matters, including sales, leases and tax-free exchanges. In addition to working on transactions, Greg has also represented clients involved in litigating business disputes, from breach of contract actions to shareholder disputes seeking judicial dissolution.
Greg has served as a board member and past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Kentucky; is a founding board member of the Western Kentucky University Research Foundation; serves on the Hilltopper Athletic Foundation Board; and has served as counsel to the St. Joseph’s Cemetery Foundation. He is also a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys and the Association of University Technology Managers.
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D. Michael Coyle
Member, Elizabethtown Office
Born: Jeffersonville, Indiana, May 8, 1940.
Admitted to Bar: 1965, Kentucky, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Tax Court.
Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., Accounting, 1962; J.D., 1965). Certified Public Accountant, 1968 – Circuit Court Judge, Hardin Circuit Court, 1981-1986. Master Commissioner for Hardin Circuit Court, 1996 – Domestic Relations Commissioner for Hardin Circuit Court, 1996 – 2002. Certified Mediator, Contracts and Commercial Disputes.
Member: Hardin County Bar Association (President, 1974-1975).
Practice Areas: Corporate; Trusts and Estates; Probate Law; Real Property Law; Litigation.
Community Involvement: Member – Elizabethtown Industrial Foundation, Current President – Hardin County Community Foundation, Member and Past President – Elizabethtown Noon Rotary Club, and Member – Hospice & Palliative Care of Central Kentucky Foundation.
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H. Brent Brennenstuhl
Member, Bowling Green Office
Born: Williamsburg, Kentucky, February 1, 1963.
Admitted to Bar: 1988, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court, Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1985; J.D., 1988); Managing Editor, Kentucky Law Journal, 1987-1988; Trial Advocacy Board Trial Competition National Team, 1988; Order of Barristers.
Author: “Children’s Claim for Loss of Parental Consortium: A Cause of Action Untested on its Merits in Kentucky," Kentucky Bench & Bar, Vol. 59, No. 2; “Kentucky Law of Torts,” Harrison Co., 1996; “Negligent Misrepresentation As ‘Accident’ or ‘Occurrence’ Warranting Insurance Coverage,” 58 ALR 5th 483.
Member: Bowling Green-Warren County (President, 1996) and Kentucky Bar Associations; Kentucky Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute.
Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability Law; Errors and Omissions; Employment Law; Civil Rights; Medical Negligence.
Community Involvement: Bowling Green Public Library Board of Trustees; Regional Child Development Clinics Board of Directors; New Beginnings Therapeutic Riding Board of Directors; Kiwanis Club of Bowling Green Board of Directors; Bowling Green Soap Box Derby; Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Bowling Green Board of Directors (Past); Leadership Bowling Green (1992).
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Laura M. Hagan
Member, Bowling Green Office
Born: New Haven, Kentucky, April 2, 1964.
Admitted to Bar: 1993, Kentucky; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Education: University of Kentucky (B.H.S., 1987; J.D., 1993). Member, American Society of Medical Technologists, 1987-1993. ASCP Board of Registry Registrant, 1987.
Member: Bowling Green, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Association of University Technology Managers; Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys.
Practice Areas: Patents; Copyrights; Trademarks; Insurance Defense Litigation; Unfair Competition; Intellectual Property Litigation.
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Shawn Rosso Alcott
Member, Bowling Green Office
Born: Carbondale, Illinois, December 28, 1967.
Admitted to Bar: 1993, Kentucky.
Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A. 1990); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1993). Business Manager, Kentucky Law Journal.
Author: “Acid Rain: The Use of Diplomacy, Policy and the Courts to Solve a Transboundary Pollution Policy,” Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law, Vol. 8, No. 2. Co-Author Chapter 8, “Hospital and Health Care Provider Liability,” Kentucky Health Law, University of Kentucky Office of Legal Education, Third Edition, 2000 & Fourth Edition, 2004. Law Clerk, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1993-1994. Adjunct Professor, Environmental Law, Geology Department, Western Kentucky University (1999 - 2001). Assistant, Warren County Attorney's Office, 1994-1995.
Member: Bowling Green-Warren County and Kentucky Bar Associations; Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys; American Health Lawyers Association.
Practice Areas: Health Care Law, Medical Malpractice Litigation, Environmental Law, Civil Litigation.
Community Involvement: Board of Directors of Big Brothers & Big Sisters of South Central Kentucky (1998-2004); Board of Directors of Girls Inc. (1994- 1997); Junior Achievement Volunteer (1998-1999); Leadership Bowling Green 1998.
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Jason B. Bell
Member, Elizabethtown Office
Born: Beardstown, Illinois, February 12, 1970.
Admitted to Bar: 1995, Supreme Court of Kentucky, Supreme Court of Indiana, United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern District of Indiana, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.
Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A. 1992); University of Louisville (J.D., 1995).
Member: Kentucky Bar Association, Indiana Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association, Elizabethtown Bar Association, Kentucky Defense Counsel, Defense Research Institute, Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys, and the Christian Legal Society.
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense, Hospital Law, Insurance Defense, Products Liability, Premises Liability, Business and Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, and General Civil Litigation.
Community Involvement: Member of Elizabethtown-Hardin County Chamber of Commerce; 1997 Graduate of Leadership Elizabethtown; Past Chairman of Elizabethtown Civil Service Commission; Heartland Crisis Pregnancy Center Board of Directors; Severns Valley Baptist Church Deacon, Vice-Chairman of Board of Trustees, Chairman of Personnel Administration Team, prayer ministry member, Upward Basketball Coach, and Sunday School Teacher.
Jason attended Vanderbilt University where he majored in English Literature. He received his law degree from the University of Louisville. Jason is licensed in both Kentucky and Indiana. He currently is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, the Indiana Bar Association, the Louisville Bar Association, the Elizabethtown Bar Association, Kentucky Defense Counsel, Defense Research Institute, Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys, Trucking Industry Defense Association, and the Christian Legal Society.
Jason is a trial attorney. He has a heavy caseload and concentrates his practice in civil litigation, where he handles a wide variety of cases involving medical malpractice defense, hospital law, motor vehicle accidents, premises liability claims, construction issues, products liability actions, insurance defense, and commercial and banking litigation. He also serves as general counsel for several area corporations, schools, and church-based organizations. Jason recently was rated by his peers with a "BV" peer rating from Martindale-Hubbell, an excellent rating for a relatively young attorney.
Jason is admitted to the Supreme Court of Kentucky, Supreme Court of Indiana, United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern District of Indiana, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He has tried and argued at all levels of our court system. He recently argued a case before the Sixth Circuit United States Court of Appeals. He is a frequent lecturer at seminars and local schools.
Jason is active in the Elizabethtown community where he is as a member of the Elizabethtown-Hardin County Chamber of Commerce. He is a 1997 Graduate of Leadership Elizabethtown and has served as the Chairman of Elizabethtown Civil Service Commission. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Heartland Crisis Pregnancy Center. Jason is active in his local church where he has served as a Deacon, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of Personnel Administration Team, prayer ministry member, and as an Upward Basketball coach. He currently enjoys teaching Sunday School, running, and spending time with his wife Janae and their two (2) young daughters, Ann Elizabeth and Mary.
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Karl N. Crandall
Associate, Bowling Green Office
Born: Akron, Ohio, November 13, 1942.
Admitted to Bar: 1967, Kentucky.
Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1964; J.D., 1967). Phi Delta Phi.
Member: Bowling Green-Warren County and Kentucky Bar Associations.
Practice Areas: Civil Practice.
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Scott D. Laufenberg
Associate, Bowling Green Office
Born: Madison, Wisconsin, July 26, 1973.
Admitted to Bar: 2000, Kentucky, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court; 2008, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky.
Education: University of Wisconsin at Platteville (B.S., 1996); Drake University (J.D.; M.P.A., 1999). Delta Theta Phi. Editor-In-Chief, Drake Journal of Agricultural Law, 1998-1999. Law Clerk, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1999-2000.
Author: "The Struggle of Cities to Implement the Safe Drinking Water Act in the Context of Intergovernmental Relations," Drake Journal of Agricultural Law, Vol. 3, No. 2. Adjunct Professor, Management, Western Kentucky University.
Member: Bowling Green-Warren County (Board of Directors, 2002, 2004-06, 2008-Present; Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 2004-2005), Kentucky (Member, Board of Governors, 2008-Present; Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 2008-Present; Chair, Civil Litigation Section, 2008-Present), and American Bar Associations (Communications Director, 2007-Present; District Representative for District 16, 2007-Present; Editor-In-Chief, The Affiliate, 2006-2007). Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Probate; Business Law; Municipal Law; Employment Law; Trademarks; Copyrights; Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice.
Scott’s practice is both transactional and litigation in nature. He advises entrepreneurs on issues relating to starting and operating businesses. He also advises businesses on company policy, contract, employment law, copyright, and trademark issues. He assists clients with their estate planning needs and families probating the estate of a deceased family member.
As part of his litigation practice, he has represented business owners involved in internal business disputes, and employers sued for allegedly violating employment and anti-discrimination laws. He has also defended municipalities, their officials, and employees against civil rights and employment-related claims. Prior to joining the firm, Scott served as a staff attorney to Judge Joseph R. Huddleston of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. He has used that experience in representing clients in appeals in state and federal courts. He has argued cases before the Kentucky Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
Since being admitted to the bar, Scott has been continuously active in bar associations at the national, state, and local levels. He currently serves as the Communications Director for the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division and as the District Representative for District 16, which encompasses Kentucky and Tennessee, on the ABA YLD Council. He has had the privilege on being appointed by two different presiding officers to serve as parliamentarian to the ABA Young Lawyers Division Assembly. He was recognized as a 2006-07 Star of the Year by the Chair of the ABA Young Lawyers Division for his work as Editor in Chief of The Affiliate, a publication for local and state bar leaders. He has also been active in the ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division, and he served for several years as an assistant editor of one of its publications and authored several articles.
In Kentucky, Scott has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Kentucky Bar Association Young Lawyers Section since 2001. He currently serves as the Chair of the KBA Young Lawyers Section and on the KBA Board of Governors. He also serves as Chair of the KBA Civil Litigation Section. In 2007-08 bar year, he was appointed to serve on the KBA Budget & Finance Committee.
Locally, Scott presently serves on the Board of the Directors of the Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association. In 2002, he and a small group of local attorneys formed the Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, and he served as its Chair from 2004-05. He currently serves as Trustee/Treasurer of the Warren County Law Library Board of Trustees.
In 2006, he was elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Membership in the Fellows is limited to one-third of one percent of practicing attorneys in each jurisdiction, and Fellows are selected based upon their service to the legal profession and their communities.
Scott’s civic interests focus on educating the community about government and our legal system. Since 1999, he has been an adjunct professor at Western Kentucky University, where he teaches a course on the legal environment of business for business-related majors. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Bowling Green, in which he is active in and chaired the organization’s annual Soap Box Derby race and has served on the organization’s board of directors. He has also been a volunteer with the annual campaign for the United Way of Southern Kentucky and serves on its Investment Committee. He is a graduate of Leadership Bowling Green and has served as President of the Leadership Bowling Green Alumni Association, Inc. In 2007, he received the Leadership Bowling Green Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award.
In addition to his legal experience, Scott has a master’s degree in public administration. At the age of 20, he served as an alderman on the Platteville Common Council in Platteville, Wisconsin, for over two years.
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Jeffrey R. Ogrody
Of Counsel, Bowling Green Office
Born: 1946.
Admitted to Bar: 1971, Kentucky and Florida.
Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A.); University of Kentucky (J.D.).
Member: Kentucky Bar Association; The Florida Bar.
Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Social Security Disability, Civil Trial.
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S. Frank Smith, Jr.
Of Counsel, Bowling Green Office
Born: Memphis, Tennessee, December 17, 1940.
Admitted to Bar: 1973, Kentucky.
Education: Vanderbilt University, Rhodes College (B.A.); University of Memphis (J.D.).
Member: Bowling Green-Warren County and Kentucky Bar Associations.
Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates, Probate, Real Estate, Civil Litigation.
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Stephen W. Van Zant
Member, Elizabethtown Office
Born: Louisville, Kentucky, October 28. 1967.
Admitted to Bar: 1994, Admitted to U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., with high distinction, 1990); University of Louisville (J.D., 1993).
Member: Kentucky Bar Association.
Practice Areas: Real Estate, Business Law, Wills & Trusts, Probate, Creditor’s Rights.
Community Involvement: Provides pro-bono legal services for The Advocacy and Support Center of Elizabethtown and Northeastern Christian Church of Louisville.
Steve Van Zant became the fourteenth lawyer in his family’s history in 1994. He began working in the field of law at the age of fifteen for his father’s and uncle’s law firm – running real estate titles. Since graduation from law school, he has practiced in the areas of business, banking, creditor’s rights, and real estate, as well as general civil litigation. For a number of years, Steve has supervised a relatively large real estate and collection department.
Steve is married with four children and is a member of Northeast Christian Church.
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Matthew C. Hess
Member, Elizabethtown Office
Born: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, November 10, 1972.
Admitted to Bar: 1998, Kentucky; 1999, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky.
Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., Agriculture, 1995; J.D., 1998).
Member: Hardin County and Kentucky Bar Associations.
Practice Areas: Personal injury, civil litigation, product liability, premises liability, insurance, corporate, probate, appellate litigation, banking litigation and commercial litigation.
Reported Cases: Schwindel v. Meade County, 113 S.W.3d 159 (Ky. 2003); James v. Wilson, 95 S.W.3d 875 (Ky.App. 2002); Kentucky Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Thompson, 1 S.W.3d 475 (Ky. 1999); Hardin v. Action Graphics, 57 S.W.3d 844 (Ky.App. 2001).
Community Involvement: Hardin County A.M. Rotary Club; Deacon, Severns Valley Baptist Church; America’s Second Harvest of Kentucky’s Heartland, Board of Directors.
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Russell S. Sizemore
Associate, Elizabethtown Office
Born: Hazard, Kentucky, March 9, 1970.
Admitted to Bar: 1995, Kentucky.
Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1992); University of Louisville (J.D., 1995).
Practice Areas: Real Estate and Creditor Rights.
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Andrea Potter Anderson
Associate, Bowling Green Office
Born: Bowling Green, Kentucky; August 3, 1981.
Admitted to Bar: Kentucky, 2006; U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 2006; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 2006;
Education: Western Kentucky University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2003); University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D. 2006).
Member: Kentucky Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section of the Kentucky Bar Association, Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association.
Practice Areas: Insurance; Insurance Defense; Litigation.
Biography: Trial Advocacy Board.
Community Involvement: Leadership Bowling Green, Bowling Green Junior Woman’s Club.
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Jason K. Murrie
Associate, Bowling Green Office
Born: Bowling Green, Kentucky; October 1, 1980.
Admitted to Bar: Kentucky, 2006; U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 2006; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 2006.
Education: University of Florida (B.A., with Honors, 2002); University of Louisville (J.D. 2006).
Member: Kentucky Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section of the Kentucky Bar Association, Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association.
Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Business and Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Employment Law; General Civil Litigation.
Jason joined Kerrick, Stivers, Coyle & Van Zant, PLC in 2006 and shortly thereafter found himself actively involved in all aspects of general civil litigation. Indeed, in his relatively short time with the firm, Jason has successfully tried cases in circuit court, the Board of Claims, and various administrative hearings. Jason handles a wide variety of civil litigation matters, ranging from personal injury lawsuits to corporate and contractual disputes.
Practicing not only as a litigator, Jason has established a position with the firm’s real estate practice, working on both residential and commercial transactions. Jason also assists with corporate and employment matters.
A Bowling Green native, Jason has become actively involved in the community since his return. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Landmark Association of Bowling Green and was on the committee for the American Cancer Society’s Mardi Gras Mania fundraiser. Jason also volunteers as a teacher through Junior Achievement of South Central Kentucky.
Jason returns to Kerrick, Stivers, Coyle & Van Zant, PLC after working as a law clerk for the firm during the summer of 2004.
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