Our Attorneys

Shelby C. Kinkead, Jr.

Area of Practice

Shelby practices in the areas of commercial and business litigation, mineral (coal and gas) acquisitions, complex real estate transactions and litigation, timber rights/conveyance and disputes and personal injury and insurance defense litigation. Shelby has tried over 100 cases resulting in a number of reported decisions and successful verdicts.

Representative Experience

Acquisitions and Dispositions: Emphasize on the acquisition of gas and coal businesses and related properties, conveyances regarding mineral and gas interests and related industries involving debt and equity structuring of such transactions.
Leasing: Negotiates and drafts commercial, mineral and agricultural leases.
Litigation: Represents clients in personal injury actions and wrongful death claims. Shelby also defend and handles civil litigation involving commercial disputes pertaining to oil and gas interests, timber rights and boundary disputes.

Awards and Recognition

Shelby was a Staff Member of the Kentucky Law Journal. Following his graduation, Shelby clerked for Honorable Mac Swinford, United States District Court Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. In 1975 he was asked by Chief Judge Bernard T. Moynahan, Jr. to organize the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Since 1977, he has been in private practice.

In 1995, Shelby was a participant in the Legal Education Conclave sponsored by the Kentucky Bar Association. He served as a trustee of the Kentucky IOLTA Fund from 1996-1999. From 1998 through 2004 he was a member of the Board of Governors of the Kentucky Bar Association. During his tenure on the Board of Governors, he served as Chairperson of the Supreme Court Rules Committee, and served on the Wing II Committee. He is also a Life Fellow of the Kentucky Bar Foundation and served on its Board in 1998.

Shelby also served on the Board of Trustees for the University of the South from 2001 through 2003. He has served as a mentor for the Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass. He is an active member of Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral of Lexington where he has served as Senior Warden, Vestry member, and Chancellor. Shelby is AV rated by the Martindale-Hubbell.

Professional Background

Member, American College of Mortgage Attorneys
Admitted to practice in all courts in Kentucky and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit as well as the United States Supreme Court.
Has participated as lead counsel in cases resulting in more than thirty five published opinions in federal and state courts.
Member of the State Bar of Kentucky.

Education

Preparatory education: University of the South (B.A., 1967)
Legal education: University of Kentucky (J.D., 1970).