Melissa Gayheart

Background

Gayheart, Melissa was born on August 4, 1970 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States.

Education

Eastern Kentucky University (Bachelor of Business Administration, magna cum laude, 1992). University of Kentucky (Juris Doctor, 1995).

Career

Worked at Sullivan, Mountjoy, Stainback & Miller, P.S.C. (Owensboro, Kentucky) specializing in General Civil Practice, Administrative, Corporation, Commercial, Criminal, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Probate, Estate Planning, Labor, Utility, Tax, Employee Benefits, Insurance, Bankruptcy, Trademark and Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1995, Kentucky and United States. District Court, Western District of Kentucky.

Phi Delta Phi (Treasurer, 1994-1995).

Member: Daviess County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Sullivan, Mountjoy, Stainback & Miller, P.S.C., was founded in 1948 as a result of the merger of the firm of Byron and Sandidge, a partnership composed of Carroll East. Byron and Ridley M. Sandidge, Senior, and the firm of Fowler and Holbrook, comprised of O. L. Fowler and Morton J. Holbrook.

Byron, Sandidge, and Holbrook, as the firm was then called, had a diverse civil practice. The firm represented numerous utilities and oil and gas production businesses, and was also involved in insurance defense, estate planning and administration, real estate and bank legal work.

Achievements

• Melissa Gayheart has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member: Daviess County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations.