Background
Bridges, Gailen Wayne was born on January 22, 1933 in Fiskburg, Kentucky, United States. Son of Hobart Glenn and Tobitt (Fling) Bridges.
Bridges, Gailen Wayne was born on January 22, 1933 in Fiskburg, Kentucky, United States. Son of Hobart Glenn and Tobitt (Fling) Bridges.
University of Kentucky (Bachelor of Science, 1955. Juris Doctor, 1957). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Board of Editors, University of Kentucky Law Journal, 1955-1957.
Member, University of Kentucky Moot Court, 1956-1957.
Private practice law, Covington, Kentucky, from 1960. Special justice, Kentucky Supreme Court, 1995. Member government affairs committee Covington Business Council, since 1983.
Author: (weekly column) You and the Law, Kentucky Post newspaper.
President Covington Christian Fellowship, since 1986. Sun. school teacher Calvary Baptist Church, since 1973. Member Association Trial Lawyers American, Northern Kentucky Bar Association (president 1969-1970, Lifetime Achievement award 1997), Kentucky Bar Association (Outstanding Lawyer of the Year 1986), Kentucky Academy Trial Attorneys.
Farming.
Married Glenna Bridges, September 4, 1954. Children: Gailen Wayne, Jody Necamp, Glen, Greg.