Background
Walters, John W. was born on August 19, 1968 in Frankfort, Kentucky, United States.
Walters, John W. was born on August 19, 1968 in Frankfort, Kentucky, United States.
Transylvania University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1990). University of Kentucky (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1995. Master of Business Administration, 1995).
Worked at Jackson & Kelly (Charleston, West Virginia) specializing in Natural Resources (Coal, Oil and Gas, Metals, Aggregates and Other Minerals), Admiralty, Environmental, Labor and Employment, Legislative Services, Litigation (Including Administrative, Civil, Insurance Defense and White Collar Crime), Pension and Benefit Programs, Occupational Safety, Injury and Disease (OSHA, MSHA), Workers' Compensation (Federal, State), Federal Black Lung, Business and Commercial, Banking, Bankruptcy, Public Finance, Corporate, Health Care and Hospitals, Public Utilities and Motor Carriers, Real Estate, Securities, Taxes, Trusts and Estates, Antitrust, Administrative, Transportation, Construction, Public Agencies, Insurance Regulation and Delinquency Proceedings. Venture Capital.
Admitted to the bar, 1995, Kentucky. Notes Editor, Kentucky Law Journal, 1994-1995.
Member, Trial Advocacy Board National Team, 1995. Author: "The Constitutional Duty of Teachers to Protect Students: Employing the Sufficient Custody Test," Kentucky Law Journal, Volume 83, Number 1, 1994-1995. Member: Fayette County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations.
(Lexington, Kentucky Office). Jackson & Kelly, with 10 offices located in Charleston, Martinsburg, Morgantown, New Martinsville, Fairmont, Wheeling, Parkersburg, West Virginia. Lexington, Kentucky, Washington, D.C. and Denver, Colorado is one of the region's oldest and largest law firms and has provided legal services to clients since the early 1800s.
Initially regional in nature, the Firm's practice now extends throughout the United States and overseas.
Member, Trial Advocacy Board National Team, 1995.