E-MAIL: kirkland@mmlklaw.com

PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense; Complex Litigation; Administrative Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Employment Law; Appellate Practice; Procurement Law; Wills, Trusts and Estates; Environmental Law.

ADMITTED: 1967, Kentucky; 1969, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1976, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court.

LAW SCHOOL: Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1967). Member: Phi Delta Phi. Moot Court, 1965. Recipient of the Outstanding Associate Justice Award, 1966.

COLLEGE: Centre College of Kentucky (A.B., 1964).

ADDITIONAL HONORS: U.S. Department of Justice Award, 1975. Author: “The Mechanics of a Reclamation Law,” Kentucky State Bar Journal, July 1969. Co-Author: “Kentucky Civil Practice at Trial,” 1989. Senior Attorney, Kentucky Department for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, 1967-1970. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Lexington, Kentucky, 1970-1975; Governor’s Task Force on Education, 1977-1979. Life member, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference; Board, Frankfort Housing Authority, 1980- 2010; Chairman, Merit Selection Panel on Bankruptcy Judgeships, 1989.

MEMBER: Franklin County Bar Association (President, 1991); Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Kentucky Association of Trial Attorneys; American Board of Trial Advocates.

BORN: June 30, 1942, Danville, Kentucky.

Kembra Sexton Taylor

E-MAIL: taylor@mmlklaw.com

PRACTICE AREAS: Personnel, Labor, and Employment Law; Administrative Law; Appellate Practice; Complex Litigation.

ADMITTED: 1981, Kentucky; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1987, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

LAW SCHOOL: University of Kentucky (J.D. 1981); Moot Court Best Brief Award, 1979; Am Jur Book Award, Domestic Relations, 1981; Member: Phi Delta Phi.

COLLEGE: Centre College of Kentucky (B.A. Government, History, With Distinction, 1978). Member: Phi Delta Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa. Named to Who’s Who Among College Students, 1978.

ADDITIONAL HONORS: Deputy General Counsel, General Counsel, Deputy Secretary, Chief of Staff, Kentucky Labor Cabinet, 1992-2009. Author: “Occupational Safety and Health Compliance in Kentucky,” Kentucky Employment Law Handbook. Named to Who’s Who Among Women in the Law, 2002.

MEMBER: Kentucky and American Bar Associations.

BORN: July 15, 1956, Whitesburg, Kentucky.

G. Michael Cain II

E-MAIL: cain@mmlklaw.com

PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Bankruptcy; Creditor’s Rights; Civil Rights Defense; Employment Law; Education Law; Criminal Defense; Administrative Law.

ADMITTED: 1998, Kentucky; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; Northern and Southern District of Indiana.

LAW SCHOOL: University of Dayton (J.D., 1997).

COLLEGE: Morehead State University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1993).

MEMBER: Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Franklin County Bar Association.

BORN: August 10, 1971, Ashland, Kentucky.

Matthew H. Kleinert

E-MAIL: kleinert@mmlklaw.com

PRACTICE AREAS: Bankruptcy; Creditor’s Rights.

ADMITTED: 2008 Kentucky Bar Association, 2010 U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky.

LAW SCHOOL: University of Kentucky (J.D. 2008).

COLLEGE: Bellarmine University (B.A. in History and Philosophy, 2005, magna cum laude).

MEMBER: Kentucky and American Bar Association.

BORN: May 22, 1983, Lexington, Kentucky.