Current Employment Position(s)

Founding Partner, since 2000

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Civil Litigation
• Insurance Defense
• Municipal Government Defense
• Criminal Litigation
• Commercial Law
• Health Care Law
• Family Law/Domestic Relations
• Appellate Practice

Representative Clients

• Arrow Electric Company
• Paducah & Louisville Railroad
• The Family Place
• Transit Authority of River City

Representative Cases

• James v. Kentucky, 104 S.Ct. 1830 (U.S.Ky. 1984)
• Buchanan v. Kentucky, 107 S.Ct. 2906 (U.S.Ky. 1987)
• Hollis v. Com., 652 S.W.2d 61 (Ky. 1983)
• Bussey v. Com., 697 S.W.2d 139 (Ky. 1985)

Bar Admissions

• Kentucky, 1978
• Indiana, 1987
• U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 1980
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 1981
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1987
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2008
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1980

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member)
• Louisville Bar Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1987 - 1988

Education

• University of Louisville School of Law, Louisville, Kentucky, 1978
  J.D.
• Manhattan College, Bronx, New York, 1972
  B.A.
  Major: Psychology

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Published Works

• "Privacy Revisited", (Co-Author), University of Richmond Law Review, 1977

Address

804 Stone Creek Parkway
Suite One
Louisville, KY 40223-5361

Phones

(502) 426-1661

Faxes

(502) 426-6772

Emails

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Websites

http://www.hectusandstrause.com