Background
McBrayer, W. Terry was born on September 1, 1937 in Ironton, Ohio, United States.
McBrayer, W. Terry was born on September 1, 1937 in Ironton, Ohio, United States.
Morehead State University (Bachelor of Science, 1959). University of Louisville (Bachelor of Laws, 1962).
Worked at McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland (Frankfort, Kentucky) specializing in General Civil Trial, Appellate and Business Practice in all Courts. Insurance Defense, Bankruptcy, Creditor's Rights, Banking, Administrative Hearings and Appeals, ERISA, Environmental Law, Business Collections, Consumer Credit, Mineral Law, Personal Injury, Construction, Employment Law, Products Liability. Admitted to the bar, 1962, Kentucky.
Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Kentucky House of Representatives, 1966-1975. Board of Trustees, University of Kentucky, 1979. Speaker Pro-Tempore, 1968-1969, Majority Leader, 1970-1972, House of Representatives.
Recipient: Outstanding Young Man of Kentucky Award, 1969. Chief Executive Officer, Governor's Office, 1975. Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Commerce, 1977-1978.
Chairman, Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals, 1989. Chairman, Lexington Chamber of Commerce, 1992. Chairman, State Capitol Law Firm Group.
Special Justice, Kentucky Supreme Court. State Chairman, Kentucky Democratic Party, 1995. Member: Greenup County, Fayette County, Boyd County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Founded in 1963 by W. Terry McBrayer in Greenup, Kentucky, McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland has grown to a full-service firm with a state-wide and regional practice. The firm has twenty-six attorneys with offices in Greenup, Lexington and Frankfort, Kentucky.
The Frankfort office opened in the eary 1980's. The firm has a very broad range of clientele, including Fortune 500 companies and national financial institutions, together with local businesses throughout Kentucky. Although the experience of each office is diverse, the Frankfort office practices extensively in the areas of insurance defense, administrative law and creditors' rights.
The Frankfort office also has a full-time Governmental Relations department to effectively represent the interests of clients before the General Assembly and state agencies. The firm is Kentucky's exclusive representative in the State Capital Law Firm Group, a consortium of fifty law firms, each with an office in its state capital. Member firms of the State Capital Law Firm Group practice independently and not in a relationship for the joint practice of law.
Member: Kentucky House of Representatives, 1966-1975. Board of Trustees, University of Kentucky, 1979. Speaker Pro-Tempore, 1968-1969, Majority Leader, 1970-1972, House of Representatives.