Kevin G. Henry

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khenry@sturgillturner.com | 859.255.8581

Kevin is Sturgill Turner’s most experienced business litigator concentrating in financial and fiduciary litigation. His more than 20 jury trials and 40 appeals have involved banking, bankruptcy, will contests, trust mismanagement, contracts, director and officer liability, class action defense, shareholder disputes, equine disputes, securities fraud, representation of Ponzi scheme victims, lawyer and accountant malpractice, and insurance coverage disputes.

Kevin has organized and advised several non-profit entities, and served as counsel to boards of directors of for-profit companies, charities and governmental entities. He has successfully registered a number of federal trademarks, and closed more than 20 asset purchase/sale transactions. Kevin has done estate planning for individuals and business owners for more than 20 years.

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Areas of Practice

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Business Law & Litigation

Employment Law

Wills, Trusts & Estates

Representative Experience

Represented creditors and litigants in several prominent bankruptcy cases such as the Calumet Farm Trophy litigation, the Lew Perrin McGee Ponzi scheme bankruptcy, the Zayat Stables Chapter 11 case, and the Pacer Health Management bankruptcy (Knox County Hospital).

Successfully defended (a) the City of Frankfort and its employees, and (b) the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Airport Board in important cases clarifying the governmental immunity of municipal planning and sewer functions and county boards and affiliated corporations. Greenway Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Frankfort, 148 S.W.3d 298 (Ky. App. 2004); Comair, Inc. v. LFUCG Airport Board, et al., 295 S.W.3d 91 (Ky. 2009).

Advised a Division I university athletics department on the largest multimedia-rights contract of its kind.

Successfully defended antitrust litigation concerning Division I intercollegiate sports. Bassett v. NCAA and University of Kentucky, 528 F.3d 426 (6th Cir. 2009).

Obtained critical vendor settlements in major Chapter 11 cases in NY, VA and KY.

Won summary judgment for a major retailer in a $1.5 million build-to-suit lease dispute, and was granted costs and attorneys’ fees in the full amount expended by the client.

Legal advisor to several large family businesses including automobile dealerships, for 30 years.

Represented beneficiaries of several of the largest trusts in Lexington for over 20 years.

Obtained favorable 501(c)(3) determination letter from Exempt Organizations office for several Kentucky nonprofits.

Obtained summary judgments for employers in several discrimination cases.

Successfully registered federal trademarks for several restaurants and retail businesses, as well as higher education institutions.

Accolades

Best Lawyers in America® Banking & Finance Litigation Lexington Lawyer of the Year (2013, 2021)

Best Lawyers in America® Trusts & Estates Litigation Lexington Lawyer of the Year (2012, 2022)

Best Lawyers in America® Bankruptcy Litigation Lexington Lawyer of the Year (2016)

Best Lawyers in America®: Banking & Finance Litigation, Bankruptcy Litigation, Employment Litigation, Trusts & Estates Litigation

Kentucky Super Lawyers®: Business Litigation

AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®

Publications

Appellate Review of Jury Selection Issues: A long hike in rocky terrain (KBA Appellate Advocacy section, September 2021)

Author of two chapters in the 2015 and 2020 editions of Kentucky Estate Administration published by UK/CLE

Author of chapter in the 2021 edition of Elder Law in Kentucky published by UK/CLE

Estate Litigation Issues in Modern Practice, University of Kentucky CLE, Midwest/Midsouth Estate Planning Institute (July 2013)

Protecting the inheritance of your children in a Second Marriage, Business Lexington (January 2013)

Statutes of Limitations and Breach of Fiduciary Duties, University of Kentucky CLE, Kentucky Estate Administration & Fiduciary Law seminar (July 2007)

Bad Faith Litigation in Kentucky, National Business Institute CLE (July 2003)