Academy Member
Map & Directions
Henry L. Stephens
Diplomate member
710 Gallant Fox Lane
Union, KY, 41091
Fax: (859) 384-3512
Regularly travels out of state to: Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia
Other ADR Services: ADR Training/CME, Discovery Referee, Early Neutral Evaluation, Mini-Trial Judge, Special Master- Practice Commenced: 1996
Practice Percentages
Biographical
Mr. Stephens is a Professor of Law at NKU Chase College of Law where he served as dean from 1985 to 1992 and currently teaches courses in Evidence, Trial Practice and Mediation. His career includes 16 years of general litigation practice with Middleton, Reutlinger and Baird, Robinson & McElwee, and Greenebaum Doll and McDonald, PLLC.He completed mediator training at Harvard Law School and began serving as a mediator in 1996. Having mediated over 2500 cases, he was listed in the inaugural edition, and each edition thereafter, of BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA in the category of Alternative Dispute Resolution (one of 8 Kentucky mediators so listed) and is listed in Martindale Hubbell’s Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers. in 2015 he was selected as "Lawyer of The Year" by Best Lawyers in America for mediation in the Greater Cincinnati Region. He brings to each mediation real solutions based upon his comprehensive knowledge of litigation, juries and verdicts, coupled with compassion, empathy , a "can do" attitude and a fervent commitment to resolution.
He and his wife Kathy are the proud parents of a professional golfer and instructor, a wonderful daughter in law, who is a pro golfer and instructor, and one grandson who doesn't have a chance of being anything other than a golfer!
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT MR. STEPHENS AT 859/630-1204 TO ASCERTAIN HIS AVAILABILITY AND RATES.
Case Experience
- ADA Disability
- Automotive
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Commercial/Business
- Community Associations
- Construction
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- EEOC
- Eminent Domain
- Employment
- Environmental
- Family Businesses
- Franchise
- Health Care
- Insurance
- Landlord/Tenant
- Legal Malpractice
- Libel & Slander
- Local Govt./Municipalities
- Medical Malpractice
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mining
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Product Liability
- Professional Fees
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Railroad & Trucking
- Real Estate
- Torts
- Trusts / Estates
- Workers' Compensation
- Wrongful Death
Education
- Western Kentucky University, B.A., 1972
- University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., 1975
- Moot Court Board; Staff, Kentucky Law Journal
- Advanced Mediation Training, Harvard Law School, 1997
Memberships & Affiliations
- Voted Best Lawyers' 2015 Cincinnati "Mediation Lawyer of the Year"
- Recipient, Robert O. Lukowsky Outstanding Teaching Award, 2007, 2009
- Master, Salmon P. Chase Inn of Court, 1994-present
- Life Member, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference 1992-Present;
- Kentucky Bar Foundation:Charter Life Fellow, 1985-present; President, 1997-98 Member, KY Rules of Evidence Drafting Committee, 1987-1989; Member Evidence Rules Review Commission, Supreme Court of Kentucky, 2009-Present;
- Member, Board of Directors, Cincinnati Bar Foundation, 1992-1996
- Member, Board of Trustees, Center for The Resolution of Disputes, Inc., 1997-2002, President, 1999-2000;
- Member, Board of Education, Covington Latin School, 2008-2012;
- President, Board of Trustees, The Hillside Trust, 2009-2015
- Member, Kentucky Justice Association
- Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners On Uniform State Laws, 2011-2017
Rates Information
I charge a flat rate of $295.00 per hour for all work performed, with no charge for local/regional travel( KY,OH, WV, IN, TN), no cancellation fee