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Walter A. Ward
Member
Email: wward@whtlaw.com
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Practice Areas:
Workers’ Compensation
Bar Admissions:
1973, Kentucky
1973, US District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky
Education:
Western Kentucky University, BA, with honors, 1970
Omicion Delta Kappa (Leadership Honor Society), Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha (Forensic Honor Society); four year scholarship member, Western Debate Associates
University of Kentucky, J.D., 1973
Moot Court Board.
Memberships:
Fayette County Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
American Bar Association
Born: Bowling Green, Ky, December 4, 1948
Biography:
Walter Ward was a founding member of the firm in 1984, after being a partner in a large prominent Louisville insurance defense firm from 1975 to 1984, and 18 months as a defense trial lawyer for the state of Kentucky. In these 35 years of civil litigation, he is AV peer rated by Martindale-Hubbell as to ability and ethics.
Additionally, he is named by peer review selection in the Best Lawyers of America 1997-2009, inclusive of their 10 year anniversary recognition. He is listed as one of the top attorneys in Kentucky, by peer selection, by the Kentucky Superlawyers publication.
He is married to Reverend Blanca Mikell Ward and parent to four now young adults, ages 21 to 30.
He is a frequent presenter at seminars and institutes sponsored by the Kentucky Bar Association, the University of Kentucky College of Law, the American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians, and employer and insurance clients. He is presently serving on the planning committee for the Biennial Workers’ Compensation Institute, sponsored by the University of Kentucky College of Law.
Publications include:
- “Back Injuries,” Workers’ Compensation in Kentucky, Second Edition, (University of Kentucky, Office of Continuing Legal Education, 1996);
- “Back Injuries,” Workers’ Compensation in Kentucky, Third Edition, (University of Kentucky, Office of Continuing Legal Education, 2002);
- “Unfair Settlement Claims Practices Act,” 13th Biennial Workers’ Compensation Institute (University of Kentucky, College of Law, 2000);
- “Cumulative Trauma,” 14th Biennial Workers’ Compensation Institute (University of Kentucky, College of Law, 2002);
- “Settlement Strategies and Drafting Concerns in Workers’ Compensation,” 15th Biennial Workers’ Compensation Institute (University of Kentucky, College of Law, 2004); and
- “Defenses Required by Special Answer,” 16th Biennial Workers’ Compensation Institute (University of Kentucky, College of Law, 2006)
