Background
Kirkland, William D. was born on June 30, 1942 in Danville, Kentucky, United States.
Kirkland, William D. was born on June 30, 1942 in Danville, Kentucky, United States.
Centre College of Kentucky (Bachelor of Arts, 1964). Vanderbilt University (Juris Doctor, 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Moot Court, 1965.
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, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Environmental Law, Business Collections, Consumer Credit, Mineral Law, Personal Injury, Construction, Employment Law, Products Liability. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Kentucky.
1969, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky. 1970, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. 1976, United States. District Court, Western District of Kentucky.
1979, United States.
Supreme Court. Phi Delta Phi. Moot Court, 1965. Recipient: Outstanding Associate Justice Award, 1966.
United States. Department of Justice Award, 1975.
Author: "The Mechanics of a Reclamation Law," Kentucky State Bar Journal, July 1969. Company-Author: "Kentucky Civil Practice at Trial," 1989.
Senior Attorney, Kentucky Department for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, 1967-1970. Assistant United States.
Attorney, Lexington, Kentucky, 1970-1975.
Governor"s Task Force on Education, 1977-1979. Delegate, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1982. Board, Frankfort Housing Authority, 1980.
Chairman, Merit Selection Panel on Bankruptcy Judgeships, 1989.
Member: Franklin County (President, 1991), Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Kentucky Association of Trial Attorneys.
Founded in 1963 by West. 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"son
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: Franklin County (President-Elect), Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Kentucky Association of Trial Attorneys.