Jackson Kelly PLLC is pleased to announce that 2019 Kentucky Super Lawyers named two attorneys in the firm’s Lexington office, a designation for attorneys who have achieved a significant level of peer recognition and professional achievement.
The attorneys and their recognized practice areas are as follows:
• Robert F. Duncan, Member (Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Defense)
• John W. Hays, Member (Construction Litigation: Business)
“Congratulations to our attorneys whose accomplishments on behalf of their clients and recognition from their peers have earned them selection as among Kentucky’s 2019 Super Lawyers!” said firm Managing Member, Ellen S. Cappellanti.
Duncan practices in the Litigation Practice Group and serves as the office’s Managing Member. His represents clients in a wide variety of civil litigation including the defense of doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers in medical professional liability actions; complex insurance issues; products liability; and construction. He also regularly serves as a mediator in civil litigation matters.
Hays focuses on construction litigation, contracts and commercial litigation. He has extensive training and experience as a mediator in construction, commercial, employment and personal injury disputes and is on the CPR Regional Panel of Neutrals. Hays also serves as an arbitrator and is on the Commercial Arbitration Panel for the American Arbitration Association.
Only the top 5 percent of lawyers in Kentucky are named Super Lawyers. Published by Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers uses independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations to determine the honorees. The Super Lawyers list is published in the Ohio and Kentucky Super Lawyers Magazine, Kentucky Monthly magazine and Cincinnati Magazine. Super Lawyers lists in all states and regions also are distributed to attorneys and ABA-accredited law school libraries.
National Reputation. Industry Insight. Client Focus. Jackson Kelly PLLC is a strong regional law firm with more than 140 attorneys located in 10 offices throughout Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Washington, DC. Focusing on clients’ industry-specific needs, the Firm serves a wide variety of corporate and public clients and enjoys a national reputation in business, labor and employment, litigation, government contracts, tax, safety and health, permitting, natural resource and environmental law.