Previous Law Firm Name

• Frederick C. Dolt PSC, January 1, 1990
• Dolt, Thompson, and Shepherd, P.S.C.
• Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd & Kinney, P.S.C.

Law Firm Overview

The firm's senior partner, Tyler Thompson, is committed to the ideal of securing justice for victims of accident injuries and medical negligence. In 2003, Mr. Thompson was the youngest attorney to receive the Peter Perlman Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award. This prestigious award, named for the past president of the American Trial Lawyers Association, is given annually to an attorney who has demonstrated excellence in trial practice. He is the immediate past President of the Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys and lectures frequently to other lawyers about how to handle personal injury claims such as car accidents, truck accidents and medical negligence, as well as how to conduct focus groups to prepare for trials. On two occasions, Mr. Thompson has obtained jury verdicts for accident injury victims in excess of $20,000,000.00.

Liz Shepherd has handled primarily medical negligence cases since she graduated from law school and has been with the firm since 1994. She is on the Board of Governors for the Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys. Associate Martin Kinney handled railroad defense and products liability cases for a major personal injury law firm before joining the firm. Jeffrey Freeman has worked extensively in the areas of personal injury and civil rights litigation.

Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd & Kinney is widely known for its ability to handle medical malpractice and medical negligence cases. All of our attorneys are leaders in continuing legal education seminars, bar association activities and civic affairs.

• Medical Malpractice
• Failure to Diagnose Cancer
• Failure to Diagnose Aneurysms
• Surgical / Anesthesia Errors
• Birth Injuries
• Cerebral Palsy
• Birth Asphyxia
• Failure to Perform C-Section
• Heart Attack and Stroke
• Brain Tumors

Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd, Kinney & Wilt, PSC is a personal injury law firm in Louisville, Kentucky, representing injured people throughout the cities of Frankfort, Lexington, Richmond, Bowling Green, Pikeville, Hazard, Paducah, Owensboro, Hopkinsville, Elizabethtown, Glasgow, Somerset, and throughout Jefferson County, Fayette County, Warren County, Kenton County, Hardin County, and Daviess County.

Areas of Practice

• Medical Malpractice 45%
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff 45%
• Products Liability Law 10%
• Admiralty & Maritime Law
• Class Actions -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Nursing Home
• Railroad Worker Injury/FELA
• Toxic Torts
• Medical Negligence
• Birth Injury
• Diagnose
• Medical Errors
• Products Liability
• Catastrophic MVA

West Practice Categories

Admiralty & Maritime Law, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Nursing Home, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Railroad Worker Injury/FELA, Toxic Torts