Background
Ullmer Mendel, Elizabeth was born on July 16, 1957 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Elizabeth Ullmer Mendel
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University of California at Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1979). Northwestern University. University of Louisville (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1982).
Career
Worked at Woodward, Hobson & Fulton (Louisville, Kentucky) specializing in General Civil Practice. Administrative, Admiralty, Antitrust, Construction, Corporation, Employment, Environmental, Toxic Tort Litigation, Insurance, Labor, Litigation, Railroad, Real Property, Probate, Products Liability, Securities, Health and Hospital, Medical Malpractice, Tax Law, Sports Law and Entertainment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Kentucky.
Phi Alpha Delta.
Omicron Delta Kappa. Brandeis Society. Manuscript Editor, Journal of Family Law 1981-1982. Recipient: Robert White Award.
Author: "Custody and the Cohabiting Parent," 20 Journal of Family Law, 697, 1981-1982.
Adjunct Professor, "Products Liability" University of Louisville School of Law, 1991-1993, Member: Louisville (Company-Chair, Appellate Practice, 1996-1997. Member, Litigation and Family Law Sections), Kentucky and American Bar Associations.
Women Lawyer"s Association of Jefferson County (Board Member, 1991-1992). Kentucky Bar Association for Women (Charter Member).
Woodward, Hobson & Fulton was founded in 1917 by Ernest Woodward, Senior after a year"s service as General Attorney for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company.
Members of the firm over its long history have become judges of the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, and one had been Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals (now the Kentucky Supreme Court) before joining the firm. The firm has been well known for many years for its extensive involvement and experience in all areas of civil litigation, representing numerous companies and insurance carriers in tort, product liability, medical and other professional malpractice, and corporate and commercial litigation. With offices in Louisville, Lexington and New Albany, Indiana the firm serves the entire state of Kentucky.
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Membership
Member: Louisville (Company-Chair, Appellate Practice, 1996-1997. Member, Litigation and Family Law Sections), Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Women Lawyer"s Association of Jefferson County (Board Member, 1991-1992).
Kentucky Bar Association for Women (Charter Member).
