Background
Risley, Michael D. was born on October 29, 1956 in Washington, District of Columbia.
Risley, Michael D. was born on October 29, 1956 in Washington, District of Columbia.
Murray State University (Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, 1977). University of Kentucky (Juris Doctor, with high distinction, 1983). Phi Delta Phi. Order of the Coif.
Articles Editor, Kentucky Law Journal, 1982-1983.
United Mine Workers v. Peabody Coul Company, 38 F.3d 850 (6th Cir 1994); Vacated, 115 South.Ct 2272 (1995); Azadi v. Berry Network, Incorporated., 858 F.Supp 83 (East.D. Texas 1994); In re: Omegas Group, Incorporated., 16 F3d 1443 (6th Circuit 1994); Liberty National Bank v. Life Company of Cincinnati, 901 F2d 539 (6th Circuit 1990); In re: County Boy Waterbeds, Incorporated., 104 BR 822 (1989)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, 1983, Kentucky.
1984, United States.
District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. 1987, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. 1993, United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Delta Phi.
Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Kentucky Law Journal, 1982-1983. Author: Risley and Young, Automobile Insurance Law in Kentucky(1995).
Phillips, Preston & Risley, Kentucky Insurance Law(1992). Comment, "The Destruction of Subpoenaed Corporate Documents," 70 Kentucky Law Journal 859, 1981-1982.
Company-Author: Kentucky Insurance Law, 1992.
Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. 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.
Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Civil Litigation.