Thomas Travis is a member of the Firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Service Team. He represents a broad range of clients in a variety of cases, including appellate practice, constitutional law, commercial litigation and transactional matters.
Show MoreREPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Sparkman v. Consol Energy, Inc., 571 S.W.3d 569 (Ky. 2019) – assisted appellate team on a matter of first impression relating to tortious interference of contract
- Marshall v. Compton, 2018-CA-000899-MR (Ky. App. 2019) – successfully defended summary judgment for school district employees (discretionary review pending before the Kentucky Supreme Court)
- Walker v. Ragurai, LLC, et al., Fayette Circuit Court Civil Action No. 16-CI-01551 – obtained summary judgment for brand licensor in hotel wrongful death action
- Represents a wide range of clients in appellate matters in state and federal appellate courts, including drafting amicus curiae briefs on matters of state constitutional law
- Represents county boards of education in numerous matters, including actions based on alleged personal injuries or violations of statutory or constitutional rights, as well as employment and labor disputes
- Represents state agencies and local governments in matters involving Kentucky’s Open Records Act, Open Meetings Act, and other issues of statutory and constitutional law
- Represents state universities in matters involving internal employment and civil rights disputes
- Represents commercial lessors in preparation and review of leases, amendments, and other related documents
- Represents financial institutions in mortgage litigation
- Represents architects and design professionals in a wide variety of construction litigation
- Represents members of the equine industry in matters involving state regulators, statutory and regulatory interpretation and construction, and equine transaction disputes
- Represents investment group in complex commercial equine litigation
EDUCATION
J.D., cum laude, University of Kentucky College of Law
- Executive Editor, Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Law
- Vice President, The Federalist Society
- Senior Editor and Founding Member, UK Election Law Society
- Moot Court Board
- CALI Awards: Constitutional Law, Election Law
- Best Brief, Marshall Writing Club, 2015
B.S., summa cum laude, Western Kentucky University, (Finance)
- Award of Excellence scholarship recipient
- President, Sigma Alpha Epsilon
- Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
- Financial Management Association, 2012
ADMISSIONS
- Kentucky
- United States Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
HONORS
- Recognized by his peers as a Kentucky Super Lawyers® Rising Star in the area of Business Litigation, 2024-2025
- Recognized by Best Lawyers® as “Ones to Watch” in Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Labor and Employment, 2021-2025
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Clerk for Chief Justice John D. Minton, Jr., Supreme Court of Kentucky
- Legal Fellow for United States Senator Rand Paul
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Vice Chair, Appellate Advocacy Division
- Member, Young Lawyers Division
- Fayette County Bar Association
- The Federalist Society Executive Committee on Free Speech and Election Law
- President of the Central Kentucky Lawyers’ Chapter of the Federalist Society
CIVIC
- Leadership Lexington Class of 2022