Insurance Life

BRUCE A. BRIGHTWELL

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812-***-**** ● *****@**********-***.***

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT

Sole Practitioner - Offices in Louisville and New Albany August 1998 - present Focused on Elder Law, Estate Planning and Probate since 2010 General civil and criminal litigation practice prior to 2010 Trautwein & Keeney PLLC - Louisville, KY - Associate July 1996 - August 1998 Kruger, Schwartz & Morreau - Louisville, KY - Associate July 1993 - July 1996 Boehl Stopher & Graves - Louisville, KY - Associate April 1992 - July 1993 Law Offices of Steve Voelker - Jeffersonville, IN - Law Clerk Summer, 1990 and 1991 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law

Adjunct Professor - Decedent’s Estates Spring Semester, 2018 EDUCATION

Indiana University School of Law- Bloomington, IN, 1992 J.D., magna cum laude

Order of the Barristers

Instructor, Appellate Advocacy (1991 - 1992)

Research Assistant, Professor Mary Ellen O'Connell (1992) Am. Jur Award, Criminal Procedure (1991)

National Moot Court Team (1991)

Quarter-finalist, Midwest Regional (1991)

Jessup Moot Court Team (1991, 1992)

Quarter-finalist, Midwest Regional (1991)

American Moot Court Team (1992)

Indiana University School of Journalism - Bloomington, IN, 1989 B.A. in Journalism with minor in Business (graduated in three years) IU Speech Team (1986 - 1989)

Won numerous awards at state and national competitions Society of Professional Journalists (1986 - 1989)

President (1989)

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LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION

Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by National Board of Trial Advocacy (2010 - present)

Registry of Indiana Civil and Family Law Mediators (2002 - present) Licensed Life and Health Insurance Agent, Kentucky and Indiana (February 2016 - present)

Accredited Attorney with Veterans Administration (2010 - present) Completed Indiana Guardian Ad Litem training (2014) DOT Certified Breath Alcohol Evidence Technician (2007) Certificate of Competency, BAC DataMaster and Basic Science of Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing (2006)

PUBLICATIONS

Book Review, The Caregivers: A Support Group’s Stories of Slow Loss, Courage, and Love, by Nell Lake. 11 NAELA Journal 73 (2015)

Police ‘Expert’ Testimony Regarding Drug Trafficking Should be Examined under the Daubert Test, The Advocate (May/June 2002)

Engaging Issue - Who Gets to Keep the Engagement Ring When the Marriage is Called Off? 28 The Advocate, Vol. 4, 14 (2001)

Liability of Creditor and Repossession Agent for Wrongful Repossession and Tortious Acts Committed During Repossession, 42 Am Jur Proof of Facts 3d 355 (1997) Negligent Issuance of Life Insurance Policy Resulting in Injury to, or Death of, Insured, 37 Am Jur Proof of Facts 3d 149 (1996)

The Hague Convention on Service of Process Abroad: An Overview, 37 Res Gestae 420

(1994)

Availability of Jury Trials for Statutory Damages in Copyright Infringement Cases: The Easy Answer, 8 Adelphia L.J. 145 (1992)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

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National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (2010 - present) Member, Editorial Board, NAELA Law Journal (2012 - present) Executive Editor, NAELA Law Journal (June 2016 - present) Louisville Bar Association (1992 - present)

Communications Committee, Member (2005 - present)

Chair (June 2016 - present)

Probate Section, Chair (2017)

Vice-chair (2016)

Young Lawyers Section, Chair (1996-1997)

Solo and Small Firm Section, Chair (1997-1998)

Professional Responsibility Committee, Member (1996 - 1998) Law Week Committee, Member (1997, 1998)

Louis D. Brandeis American Inn of Court, Barrister (2002-2004) Sherman Minton American Inn of Court, Barrister (2006 - 2013, 2017 - present) American College of Legal Medicine (2000 - 2016)

American Bar Association (1992 - 2017)

TIPS Appellate Committee (1997 - 2003)

Council of Appellate Lawyers (2000 - 2004)

Nominating Committee (2001)

Chair, Publications Committee (2001 - 2002)

Associate's Club (1992-1996)

President (1995-1996)

Jefferson County Law Library Technology Committee, Chair (1995 - 1998) AWARDS

American College of Legal Medicine, President’s Award (2003) Kentucky Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Award (2003, 2004) Louisville Bar Association Pro Bono Service Award (1997) SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

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Louisville Bar Association, Louisville, KY (May 2016) Ethics in Estate Planning & Elder Law

Sterling Educational Services, Louisville, KY (April 2016) Ethics in Estate Planning & Elder Law

NAELA Annual Meeting, Seattle WA (April 2012)

Law Office Technology

National Business Institute, Louisville, KY

Legal Writing (June 2005)

Challenges in Insurance Coverage (October 2002)

Bad Faith Litigation (April 2000)

Basic Insurance Law for the Paralegal (February 1999) Third Party Coverage in Insurance Law (May 1998)

ABA TIPS Mid Year Meeting, San Diego, CA (February 1999) Appeals in Insurance Coverage Cases

REPORTED CASES

Schultz v. General Electric Healthcare Financial Services Inc., 360 S.W.3d 171 (Ky. 2012)

Yeager v. McLellan, 177 S.W.3d 807 (Ky. 2005)

Rakhman v. Zusstone, 957 S.W.2d 241 (Ky. 1997)

In re Clark, 206 B.R. 439 (Bkrtcy.W.D.Ky.1996)

DesJardins v. State, 759 N.E.2d 1036 (Ind.2001)

Jeffries v. Clark Memorial Hospital, 832 N.E.2d 571 (Ind.App. 2005) Deloney v. State, 938 N.E.2d 724 (Ind.App. 2010)

Schrenger v. Caesars Indiana, 825 N.E.2d 879 (Ind.App. 2005) In re Commitment of Berryman, 797 N.E.2d 820 (Ind.App.2003) Russell v. Richards, 384 F.3d 444 (C.A.7 (Ind.) 2004) 4

Doan v. Watson, 168 F.Supp.2d 932 (S.D.Ind.2001)

Higginbottom ex rel. Davis v. Keithley, 103 F.Supp.2d 1075 (S.D.Ind. 1999) BRIEFS

Co-author, Amicus Brief, American College of Legal Medicine, Kentucky Ass'n of Health Plans, Inc. v. Miller, 538 U.S. 329, 123 S.Ct. 1471 (2003) CIVIC ACTIVITIES

Louisville Theatrical Association Board of Directors (2012-present) Focus Louisville Graduate (2003)

Toastmasters International (1990-1998)

President-Advanced Toastmasters Club (1993)

Area Governor (1994)

MEDIA APPEARANCES

WHAS Radio, Mock Trial Presentation (October 1996) WHAS Radio, Ask The Lawyers Program (April 1997, September 1998, May 1999, December 1999, March 2001, March 2004, May 2005, April 2006, February 2007) WKJK Radio, Ask the Lawyers Program (February 2016, March 2017) BAR ADMISSIONS

Indiana and Kentucky (1992)

Southern District of Indiana, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky (1992) Sixth Circuit (1993)

Seventh Circuit (2000)

United States Supreme Court (2000)

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