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Lexy Gross
Associate
How do you achieve success for clients?
I use the research and writing skills I gained from a career in journalism and a federal clerkship to efficiently find solutions for clients involved in litigation. With an interest in several legal practice areas, I use my love of learning and problem-solving to delve into challenging subjects.
Lexy Gross is a member of the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution team. She assists with the representation of a broad range of clients in a variety of cases, including appellate practice, constitutional law and commercial litigation.
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J.D. University of Kentucky College of Law
- Editor-in-Chief of the Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture & Natural Resources Law
- Member of the University’s Commission for Title IX Policy Revision
- Secretary of the Student Bar Association
- Fundraising Chair of the Student Public Interest Law Foundation
- Member of the Women’s Law Caucus
- Two-time CALI Award recipient
- Lynn Bennett Scholarship Fund Award recipient
- Akers Scholarship Award recipient, 2019
B.S., cum laude, Murray State University (Journalism, Political Science Minor)
- Indiana University Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition Scholar
- Murray State Journalism Program Outstanding Senior
- William G. Broughton Fellow in Creative Expression for Journalism
- Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority member and Philanthropy Committee Chair
- National Mabel Lee Walton Award recipient, Outstanding Member Award recipient
- Student Life Office’s Top 10 Student Leader
- College Panhellenic Council President and Vice President, 2015
ADMISSIONS
- Kentucky
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Clerk for the Honorable Joseph M. Hood, United States District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 2017, 2019-20
- Summer Associate, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, 2018
- Clerk for the Children’s Law Center, 2017
- Reporter and News Producer, The Louisville Courier-Journal, 2015-16
- Metro Editorial Intern, The Chicago Tribune, 2015
- Editor-in-Chief, Assistant News Editor, Reporter, The Murray State News, 2012-14
- News Intern, Lexington Herald-Leader, 2014
- Collegiate Correspondent, USA Today College, 2013-14
- News Intern, The Tennessean, 2013
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Young Lawyers Division
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Volunteer for Ampersand Sexual Violence Resource Center
PUBLICATIONS
- The Opioid Epidemic and Rural America: Why the USDA Should Lead the Response, 10 KY. J. EQUINE, AGRIC. & NAT. RESOURCES L. 257 (2017-18)
- USDA Should Strengthen Licensing Requirements for Exhibitors of Exotic Animals, Ky. J. Equine, Agric. & Nat. Resources L. Blog, (January 13, 2018)
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