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Hiram Ely
Hiram is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group, and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Team Chair. He has over 30 years of business litigation experience, including as lead counsel in more than 50 jury trials. He serves as outside general counsel for several businesses and is a certified mediator and arbitrator, including as a listed neutral for the American Health Lawyers Association and the National Arbitration Forum. Hiram is a past Chairman of the Litigation Section of the Louisville Bar Association and has experience in handling healthcare, trade secret, non-competition, product liability, tax court, insurance, condemnation, antitrust, and securities matters, among others.
He is listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, in Best Lawyers in America, in Benchmark: America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys; and in Lawdragon. Based on third-party client interviews, Chambers has written that "Hiram Ely wins equal praise for his skills in the courtroom and his abilities in alternate dispute resolution. Clients recommend him as 'a true gentleman with a great imagination that allows him to come up with solutions that nobody else has thought of,' and describe him as an 'ethical, sharp-witted trial attorney' with an 'effortless demeanor in the courtroom' and as 'a savvy cross-examiner with a tenacious approach.'"
Education
B.A., Centre College of Kentucky, 1973
J.D., Washington and Lee University, 1976, School of Law
Admitted to Practice
Kentucky, 1976
Courts Admitted to Practice
U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 1976
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 1979
U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1979
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1979
United States Tax Court, 1984
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 2000
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
Louisville Bar Association; Past Chair of Litigation Section and CLE Section
Louisville Bar Foundation, Board of Directors, Past President
Kentucky Defense Lawyers
Defense Research Institute
Kentucky Bar Association
American Bar Association
Professional Leadership
Chairman, Kentucky Attorney General Fred Cowan's Special Task Force on Election Fraud
Leadership Louisville
Leadership Kentucky
Vice-Chairman, Policy Committee, Louisville Central Area Downtown Action Plan
Achievements in Areas of Concentration
Business and tort litigation in both federal and state courts in numerous jurisdictions
Lead counsel in over 50 jury trials as well as numerous bench trials
Product liability claim prevention and defense, including the nationwide management of product liability litigation and preventive counseling programs
Representation of clients in various forms of alternate dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration
Certified mediator and arbitrator, including as a listed neutral for the National Arbitration Forum and the American Health Lawyers Association
Law Clerk to Hon. James C. Turk, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
Honors and Awards
Listed by CHAMBERS & PARTNERS as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business," based on interviews with clients and peers
Listed in "Best Lawyers in America" based on surveys of peers.
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