Theodore T. Myre, Jr.

Counsel

How do your clients define success?

Most of my clients define success measured by their ability to help others, whether those others are patients, children at risk, individuals struggling with addiction or youngsters seeking a good education. Those clients generally want to break even at the least or even generate net revenue based upon the “no margin, no mission” credo, or if they are health care providers, to earn an honest day’s pay. Even my business clients who are bottom-line driven have the goal of making the world a better place and doing it the right way.

Practices and Industries

Health Care Nonprofit Institutions Taxation Corporate & Securities

Tad Myre concentrates his practice in the areas of health care, taxation, nonprofit organizations, and general business law. He is the former Co-Chair of the Firm’s Health Care Service Team, and he has extensive experience in the areas of health care organizations, including hospitals and physician practices, tax-exempt organizations, small business and joint ventures.

EDUCATION

LL.M., New York University, 1981
J.D., University of North Carolina, 1980
B.A., Cornell University, magna cum laude, 1976

ADMISSIONS

Kentucky

HONORS

Kentucky Governor’s Service Award for Lifetime Achievement 2023
Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Health Care Law and Tax Law, 2001-2021
Best Lawyers® Louisville Health Care Law “Lawyer of the Year,” 2010 and 2019
Highest Professional Ratings by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
Recognized by his peers in Kentucky Super Lawyers®
Recognized as one of the “Top Lawyers” in the area of Health Care Law by Louisville Magazine.
Business First Partner in Healthcare
2016 Friend of Psychology, Awarded by Kentucky Psychological Association
Duke of Paducah, 2017
Duke of Hazard, 2024
2018 Outstanding Pro Bono Attorney – Legal Aid Society

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor, Health Law, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, Spring of 2016, Fall of 2018, Spring of 2020 and Fall of 2021
General Counsel, Norton Healthcare, 1997-1999
Assistant General Counsel, Norton Healthcare, 1995-1997
Attorney-Advisor, United States Tax Court, 1981-1983
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, 1983 – 1995, 1999 – Present

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations (Past Chair of the Health Law Section)
Member, Past Board member and Past President, of the Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys
American Health Law Association
Kentucky Nonprofit Tax Force 2014-16
Publications Committee, Kentucky Bench and Bar 1995 – 2013

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

Member, Board of Trustees, The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
Member, Board of Directors, Portland Museum
Member, Board of Directors, ZeroV (formerly Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence)
Member, Less is More, Inc.
Member, Advisory Board, SOS (formerly, Supplies Over Seas)
Big Brother for Big Brothers Big Sisters
Member, Kentucky Nonprofit Network
Member, Center for Nonprofit Excellence
Past Board Member:
- Appalachian Regional Healthcare
- Josephine Sculpture Park
- Center for Nonprofit Excellence
- American Heart Association, Green River Affiliate
- American Heart Association, Kentuckiana Chapter
- MS Society
- Owensboro Symphony
Leadership Louisville, 1999
Past President, Pee Wee Reese Chapter of the Society of American Baseball Researchers

PUBLICATIONS

“I.R.C. Section 4958’s Sharp Teeth,” Kentucky Bar Association Bench & Bar Magazine (January/February 2018 issue)
Co-author, Non-Profit Corporations in Kentucky (3rd Ed. 1999, UK/CLE)
“The Law of Tax-Exempt Hospitals and Related Institutions,” Kentucky Health Law, (5th Ed. 2010, UK/CLE)
“Using, Losing & Abusing the Privilege – An Overview for In-House Counsel,” 64 KBA Bench & Bar 6 (May 2000)

PRESENTATIONS

Co-Chair and Moderator, Kentucky Health Law Institute (2005, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018)
“Modernizing KY’s Nonprofit Corporation Laws,” Kentucky Nonprofit Network’s “Current Issues in Advising Tax-Exempt Organizations” (November 2016)
Section 501(r) Workshop moderator, Kentucky Hospital Association (November 2015)
“Representing Charitable Organizations,” Program Faculty Member for the UK College of Law Biennial Business Association’s Law Institute (February 2011)