eriggs@hwrmlaw.com

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Insurance Defense
• Premise Liability Defense
• Civil Litigation
• Employment Law

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky
  • J.D. – 2023
  • Honors: cum laude
• Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky
  • B.A. – 2020
  • Honors: summa cum laude
  • Honors: Dean’s List
  • Major: Business Management, Concentration in Human Resource Management

Admissions

• Kentucky, 2023
• Fayette County Bar Association
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
• United States District Court, Western District of Kentucky

Terry Sellars

tsellars@hwrmlaw.com

 

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Litigation
• Municipal
• Commercial
• Personal Injury
• Municipal Law

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky
  J.D., 1976
  Cum Laude
  Kentucky Law Journal, Editor
  Order of the Coif
• Chicago-Kent College of Law
  Chicago, Illinois
• David Lipscomb University
  Nashville, Tennessee
  B.A., 1969

 

ADMISSIONS

• Kentucky (1976)
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky (1977)
•  United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (1984)

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Kentucky (1976-1983 and 1987-1988)
• Commissioner of Law, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (1982-1990)
• Commissioner of Public Safety, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (1984-1990)
• Kentucky Bar Association
• Fayette County Bar Association

 

Kara Read Marino

kmarino@hwrmlaw.com

 

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Labor and Employment
• Civil Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Family
• Personal Injury
• Insurance Defense

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• University of Kentucky College of Law
  Lexington, Kentucky
  J.D., 1994
  Kentucky Law Journal, Associate Editor
• University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky
  B.A., 1989
  Honors Program

 

ADMISSIONS

• Kentucky (1994)
• United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky
• United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• American Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association
• Fayette County Bar Association
• Board of Directors (2002 – 2004)
• Women Lawyer’s Association (President 2006 – 2007)

 

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• IPE, The Automobile Injury Case for Paralegals in Kentucky
• IPE, Effective Discovery Strategies for the Litigation Paralegal in Kentucky

 

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Park Early Childhood Center Board of Directors (2001 – 2008, President, 2003)
• Delta Beta House Corporation of Delta Gamma
  • Board of Directors (1998 – 2001)
  • President (1998 – 2000)
• Lawyers Are Reading to Kids (2006 – 2008)
• CARE, Credit Abuse Resistance Education, Volunteer (2009 – Present)

 

John P. Watz

jwatz@hwrmlaw.com

 

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Business Law
• Commercial Real Estate Law
• Collection Law
• Construction Law
• Sale & Acquisition of Businesses

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• University of Kentucky College of Law
  Lexington, Kentucky
  J.D., 1980
• University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky
  B.A., 1976

 

ADMISSIONS

• Kentucky (1980)
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky (1981)

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Kentucky Bar Association
• Fayette County Bar Association
• American Bar Association

 

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Chairperson for Community Ventures Corporation