ROBERT A. WINTER, JR.

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Edgewood, KY 41017

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Practice of Law

Thirty-nine years of experience in trial and appellate practice before federal and state trial and appeals courts, administrative agencies, arbitrators, and mediators on civil matters, including municipal law; employment, discrimination, civil rights and ERISA claim prosecution and defense; regulatory enforcement; breach of contract and commercial claims; real estate; commercial and industrial construction; prosecution and defense of negligence, premises and products liability, personal injury and general tort claims; workers' compensation and unemployment compensation defense; consumer and commercial finance

(secured transactions, chattel and real property mortgages, public and private finance and lender liability); collection of accounts and bankruptcy; general tax matters; and insurance coverages.

Planned for, negotiated, and prepared contracts, leases, construction, residential subdivision planning, and other commercial and municipal agreements and documents.

Participated in initiating, developing, and overseeing client regulatory compliance programs and initiatives.

City Attorney, The City of Park Hills, Kentucky. General representation of a municipal corporation for nine years. Duties included drafting legislation, contracts, and real estate documents, municipal finance and budgeting, attendance at city council meetings and quasi-judicial hearings, prosecuting and defending the city before federal and state courts and administrative agencies, and collecting taxes, fines, revenues, and other receivables.

Judicial Candidate. Candidate for Judge of Kenton Circuit Court, First Division, during the 2014 Primary Election (May 20, 2014). Candidate for Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals during the 2022 General Election (November 8, 2022).

Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable William O. Bertelsman, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Northern Division at Covington.

EDUCATION

J.D., magna cum laude, University of Louisville School of Law. M.B.A. in Finance, Temple University.

B.S.C. with Honors in Accounting, University of Louisville.

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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, ACTIVITIES, HONORS, WRITINGS AND LECTURES

“AV”® Preeminent™ (Judicial Edition) peer-reviewed by Martindale-Hubbell

(2007-2023).

Admitted before the Courts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the State of Ohio, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky and the Southern District of Ohio. Member, Northern Kentucky, Cincinnati, and Kentucky Bar Associations. Moderator, What Civil Court Judges Want You To Know, National Business Institute, Covington, Kentucky (11/13/09).

Trustee, Breckinridge Estates Subdivision, Louisville, Kentucky. Co-Chairman, Judiciary Committee, Northern Kentucky Bar Association. Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference delegate.

Recipient, Donated Legal Services Recognition Award, Kentucky Bar Association. Law Review, Journal of Family Law, University of Louisville College of Law. Brandeis Honor Scholar, University of Louisville College of Law. Phi Kappa Phi Honorary, University of Louisville College of Law. Prentice - Hall Tax Prize recipient, University of Louisville College of Law. Lecturer, Uniform Local Civil Rules, Northern Kentucky Bar Association, Salmon P. Chase School of Law, Highland Heights, Kentucky. Authored Divisibility of Military Nondisability Retirement Pension Benefits Upon Marriage Dissolution: McCarty v. McCarty, The Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act, and Beyond, 22 J. FAM. L. 333. Junior Achievement instructor/volunteer.

Initial author of HB 88 and HB 119 of 2008 session of Kentucky General Assembly.

Guest Lecturer, Covington Catholic High School, Park Hills, Kentucky. REPORTED APPELLATE AND TRIAL COURT DECISIONS

Sanders & Associates, LPA v. Responsive Surface Technology, LLC, 2023 WL 7271158, 2023-Ohio-3990 (1st Dist. Nov. 3, 2023).

Elliot v. Durrani, 178 N.E.3d 977, 2021-Ohio-3055 (1st Dist.), aff’d, 171 Ohio St.3d 213, 216 N.E.3d 641, 2022-Ohio-4190.

Fischer v. Thomas, 52 F.4th 303 (6th Cir. 2022) (as party plaintiff). Adams v. Durrani, 183 N.E.3d 560, 2022-Ohio-60 (1st Dist.). Setters v. Durrani, 164 N.E.2d 1159, 2020-Ohio-6859 (1st Dist.). Wilson v. Durrani, 164 Ohio St.3d 419, 2020-Ohio-6827, reconsideration granted in part, 161 Ohio St.3d 1453, 2021-Ohio-534.

Schickel v. Dilger, 925 F.3d 858 (6th Cir. 2019).

McNeal v. Durrani, 2019-Ohio-5351, 2019 WL 7206331 (1st Dist. Dec. 27, 2019), Freeman v. Durrani, 2019-Ohio-3643, 2019 WL 4292708 (1st Dist. Sep. 13, 2019). Kinnett v. Corporate Document Solutions, Inc., 2019 WL 2246767 (1st Dist.). Aaron v. O’Connor, 914 F.3d 1010 (6th Cir. 2019).

Libertarian National Committee, Inc. v. Holiday, 907 F.3d 941 (6th Cir. 2018). Atwood v. UC Health, 2018 WL 3956766 and 2018 WL 4110862 (S.D. Ohio 2018). Suber v. Maus, 2018 WL 1473, 2018 WL 1940249, and 2018 WL 2943234 (S.D. Ohio). Libertarian Party of Kentucky v. Grimes, 835 F.3d 570 (6th Cir. 2016). Medical Protective Company v. Center for Advanced Spine Technologies, 2016 WL

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6139115 (S.D. Ohio 2016), appeal dismissed, 2017 WL 5952272 (6th Cir. 2017). Winter v. Wolnitzek, 834 F.3d 681 (6th Cir. 2016) (as party plaintiff). Carter v. Reese, 2016-Ohio-5569, 148 Ohio St.3d 226, 70 N.E.3d 478 (2016). Scheid v. Penrose, 2016 WL 223719 (S.D. Ohio 2016). Young v. Durrani, 2016-Ohio-5526, 61 N.E.3d 34 (1st Dist. 2016). Winter v. Wolnitzek, 186 F. Supp.3d 673 (E.D. Ky. 2016) (as party plaintiff). Winter v. Wolnitzek, 482 S.W.3d 768 (Ky. 2016) (as party plaintiff). Grubbs v. Sheakley Group, Inc., 807 F.3d 785 (6th Cir. 2015). Medical Protective Company v. Center for Advanced Spine Technologies, 2015 WL 4653220 (S.D. Ohio 2015).

Winter v. Wolnitzek, 56 F. Supp.3d 884 (E.D. Ky. 2014) (party plaintiff). Baer v. M/V Melvin L. King, 2013 WL 6528837 (E.D. Ky. 2013). Commonwealth of Kentucky, Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways v. Bellevue Independent School District, 2012 WL 876722 (Ky. App. 2012). Catchen v. City of Park Hills, 356 S.W.3d 131 (Ky. App. 2011). Mudd v. Yarbrough, 786 F. Supp.2d 1236 (E.D. Ky. 2011). Harrison v. Park Hills Board of Adjustment, 330 S.W.3d 89 (Ky. App. 2011). Fedders v. Vogt-Kilmer, 292 S.W.3d 905 (Ky. App. 2009). Crittenden Builders Supply Co. v. Grant County Concrete Co., Inc., 2006 WL 2520080

(Ky. App. 2006).

Colwell v. Holland Roofing of Cincinnati, Inc., 2005 WL 735854 (Ky. App. 2005). Back v. Faith Properties, LLC, 2002 WL 31502077 (12th Dist. Butler County 2002). Haddock v. Hopkinsville Coating Corp., 62 S.W.3d 387 (Ky. 2001). Clark v. Robert W. Baird Co., Inc., 152 F. Supp.2d 1040 (N.D. Ill. 2001). Clark v. Robert W. Baird Co., Inc., 142 F. Supp.2d 1065 (N.D. Ill. 2001). Aristech Chemical International Corp. v. Acrylic Fabricators, Ltd., 138 F.3d 624

(6th Cir. 1998).

Allen v. Administrator, Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, 1997 WL 249438

(1st Dist. Hamilton County 1997).

Clarion Manufacturing Corporation of America v. Justice, 971 S.W.2d 288 (Ky. 1998). Campbell v. Sextet Mining Company, 912 S.W.2d 25 (Ky. 1995). Travelers Insurance Co. v. Corporex Properties, Inc., 798 F. Supp. 423 (E.D. Ky. 1992). Johnson v. S.O.S. Transport, Inc. 926 F.2d 516 (6th Cir. 1991). Franklin v. Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet, 799 S.W.2d 1

(Ky. 1990) (amicus curiae).

Kentucky Center for the Arts v. Whittenberg Engineering and Construction Company, 746 S.W.2d 71 (Ky. App. 1987) (trial court level). Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District v. Simpson, 730 S.W.2d 939 (Ky.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 964 (1987).

Home Indemnity Company v. Johnson County Fiscal Court, 682 F. Supp. 326 (E.D. Ky. 1987).

First American National Bank of Nashville v. Bonded Elevator, Inc., 111 F.R.D. 74

(W.D. Ky. 1986).

MILITARY SERVICE

Served in the United States Navy (Supply Corps). Honorably discharged as a Lieutenant

(O-3). Designated Qualified in Submarines. Awarded the Navy Achievement Medal. Completed four strategic deterrent patrols on a nuclear powered, fleet ballistic missile submarine. Thereafter, served as the Deputy Program Manager for Logistics for the Navy’s F-14A fighter aircraft program.

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