Background
Hamilton, Joseph L. was born on July 18, 1951 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
Hamilton, Joseph L. was born on July 18, 1951 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
Williams College (Bachelor of Arts, 1973). University of Louisville (Juris Doctor, 1977). Associate Professor, Legal Systems and Professional Ethics, University of Louisville, 1980.
Law Clerk to Chief Judge Charles M. Allen, United States.
District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 1979.
Worked at Stites & Harbison (Louisville, Kentucky) specializing in General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Acquisitions, Divestitures and Mergers, Administrative Hearings and Appeals, Admiralty, Antitrust, Appellate Practice, Aviation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Charitable Trusts and Foundations, Commercial, Complex Litigation, Construction, Corporation, Defense of Legal and Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury, Dissolution of Marriage, Employment, Environmental, Equine, Estate Planning and Probate Administration, Health Care, Insurance Defense, Labor Legislative Practice, Litigation, Mineral, Planning and Zoning, Public Finance, Products Liability Litigation, Real Estate, Securities, Social Security Disability, Taxation (Local, State, Federal Income, Estate and Gift), Toxic Torts Litigation, Trust(s) and Utilities. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Kentucky and United States.
District Court, Western District of Kentucky.
1982, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky and United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Eleventh Circuits.
1990, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
1995, United States. Supreme Court. Associate Professor, Legal Systems and Professional Ethics, University of Louisville, 1980.
Law Clerk to Chief Judge Charles M. Allen, United States. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 1977-1979.
Member: Louisville (Chairman, Appellate Practice Section, 1987.
Member: Federal Practice Committee, 1984-1985. Professional Responsibility Committee, 1993-1994), Kentucky, Federal and American Bar Associations. National Health Lawyers Association.
Stites & Harbison is successor to one of the oldest continuous law practices in the nation and is one of the largest firms in Kentucky.
The firm has grown steadily over the last decade and practices on a statewide, regional and national basis from offices in Louisville, Lexington, Frankfort and Jeffersonville, Indiana and Washington, District of Columbia Stites & Harbison is a full service firm practicing through departmental groupings with specialty and industry teams whose 5 locations function as a single law office. The firm is the Kentucky editor of the Martindale-Hubbell Law Digest.
Member: Louisville (Chairman, Appellate Practice Section, 1987. Member: Federal Practice Committee, 1984-1985. Professional Responsibility Committee, 1993-1994), Kentucky, Federal and American Bar Associations.
National Health Lawyers Association.