Byron E. Leet

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• McFarland v. Jefferson County Board of Education, et al., 330 F. Supp.2d 834 (W.D. Ky. 2004), aff’d, 416 F.3d 513 (6th Cir. 2005), rev’d, 127 S.Ct. 2738 (2007) – lead trial counsel defending the Jefferson County, Kentucky public school system in litigation challenging the constitutionality of the student assignment plan for some 95,000 students in the school district.
• Atria Senior Living Group, Inc. v. Best Western International, Inc., 2009 WL 3756994 (W.D. Ky. 2009) – successful defense of national hotel chain at injunction stage in trademark infringement action.
• Rally Concepts v. Republican National Committee, et al. – lead counsel representing defendant accused of copyright infringement in a case involving a famous political campaign logo; jury verdict for defense.
• Commonwealth of Kentucky ex rel. Cameron v. Johnson., 658 S.W.3d 25 (Ky. 2022). Successfully argued in the Kentucky Supreme Court on behalf of the Council for Better Education and public schools striking down a tax credit scheme as a violation of the Kentucky Constitution. 
• Levin v. Secretary Masten Childers, 101 F.3d 44 (6th Cir. 1996) – lead counsel defending the Secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Human Resources in a civil rights action alleging the Secretary improperly suspended a physician for suspicion of Medicaid fraud; case dismissed. 
• Conco, Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Ordnance Systems, Inc. – lead counsel representing an Army defense contractor in defense of multi-million dollar contract and tort claims asserted by a Government subcontractor.
• Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Zach Caldwell, Perry County, Kentucky Circuit Court – co-counsel in a two-week murder trial in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky.
• Muhammad Ali v. Walter Cuff, Jefferson County, Kentucky Circuit Court – representation of Muhammad Ali in litigation regarding ownership of a robe worn by Ali while fighting under the name Cassius Clay.
• Arsenault v. PNC Mortgage Corp. of America, 2002 WL 509402 (6th Cir. 2002) – lead counsel in defense of a putative class action challenging bank refinance solicitation letters.
• Architecture Plus, Inc. v. Cicely Lambert and Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Treasury v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Finance and Administration Cabinet – lead counsel representing the Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court in two challenges to his actions as head of the Court of Justice.