Pro Bono Committee, Coordinator

Recruiting Committee, Member

• Kentucky, 2002

• Courts of Commonwealth of Kentucky
• U.S. District Courts in Kentucky
• U.S. District Courts in Indiana

• University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, J.D., 2002, magna cum laude
• • Editor-in-Chief, Brandeis Law Journal
  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
    
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    University of Kentucky, B.A., 1996

Jeremiah is a trial lawyer in Frost Brown Todd LLC's litigation department. Jeremiah focuses his practice in the areas of personal injury defense, fire litigation, and insurance coverage. He has experience at all stages of litigation, including prelitigation dispute resolution, arbitration, pretrial discovery, trial, and appeal. Jeremiah has served as first-chair trial counsel in numerous civil jury trials and devotes a substantial amount of his time to defending insurers and self-insured entities.

Jeremiah is a personal injury defense lawyer who currently represents numerous national insurers, gas and electric utilities, product manufacturers, and other local, regional, and national companies. He represents clients in defense of claims ranging from residential fires to large-scale disasters. He also litigates complex business disputes, insurance coverage issues, indemnity claims, and bad faith actions.

Experience

Wallace Wales v. Louisville Gas and Electric Company, et al., Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, Kentucky - Gained summary judgment in favor of a gas and electric utility on personal injury claims in motorcycle case seeking more than $4M in compensatory and punitive damages

The Estate of David Avant, et al. v. Kentucky Utilities Company, Bell Circuit Court, Pineville, Kentucky - After aggressive incident investigation and extensive pre-trial discovery, obtained summary judgment in favor of a gas and electric utility in an electrical contact wrongful death case seeking more than $50M in damages

Chris Hart v. AMK Instrument Company, Inc., Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, Kentucky - Served as lead trial counsel and obtained a defense verdict on product liability claims in favor of the seller of a leveling instrument

James Murphy v. Louisville Gas and Electric Company, United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky - Obtained summary judgment in favor of a gas and electric utility on wrongful death and loss of consortium claims related to a workplace accident

Elswick v. Mizpah Hotel, LLC, Washoe District Court, Reno, Nevada – Defended the owner/operator of the historic Mizpah Hotel in Reno, Nevada, the site of an October 31, 2006 arson fire resulting in twelve deaths and over thirty injuries

Allen v. Greenville Hotel Partners, Inc., 409 F. Supp. 2d 672 (D.S.C. 2006) - Obtained summary judgment in favor of international hotel franchise company sued by four victims of an arson fire at the Comfort Inn in Greenville, South Carolina

Vail v. Kentucky Utilities and Asplundh Tree Expert Company, Union Circuit Court, Morganfield, Kentucky – Served as lead trial counsel and obtained a defense verdict in favor of an electrical utility and tree trimming company on property damage claims related to a tree fall accident

John C. Gerstle v. Louisville Gas and Electric Company, Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, Kentucky – Attained summary judgment in favor of a gas and electric utility on property damage claims brought after a residential fire

Stephen Williams v. Louisville Gas and Electric Company, Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, Kentucky – Gained summary judgment in favor of a gas and electric utility on personal injury claims related to a workplace burn injury

Kentucky National Insurance Company v. W.M. Barr & Company, Inc., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky – Obtained summary judgment in favor of a manufacturer of paint stripping gel in product liability action arising out of a residential fire

Ivan Ware & Son, Inc. and ACE Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Cascades Tissue Group, Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, Kentucky – Prosecuted property damage and subrogation claims against a premises owner related to a boiler explosion

Real Estate Arbitration – Achieved a $180,000 arbitration award for an individual who was fraudulently induced into purchasing $665,000 home in Louisville

• Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell®

• American Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association
• Louisville Bar Association