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Honors & Awards

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Kentucky Super LawyersÂ®, 2007-2011, 2017-2025 (Civil Litigation Defense, Administrative Law)
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Top 50 Kentucky Super LawyersÂ®, 2024-2025
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The Best Lawyers in AmericaÂ®, 2013-2026, Commercial Litigation; Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Trusts and EstatesÂ
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The Best Lawyers in AmericaÂ®, \"Lawyer of the Year\", 2018 (Litigation - Trusts and Estates)
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The Best Lawyers in AmericaÂ®, \"Lawyer of the Year\", 2019 (Employment Law - Management)
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The Best Lawyers in AmericaÂ®, \"Lawyer of the Year\", 2021 (Litigation - Trusts and Estates)
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A. M. Best Client Recommended, 2018Â
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Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award fromÂ Transylvania University, 2017
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AV Rating by Martindale Hubbell
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Holder of the Writ, Order of the Writ
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Admissions

Kentucky, 1990
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U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 1990
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U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 1990
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U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1993

Education

J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky, 1990
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Notable Achievements: Kentucky Law Journal, Associate Editor, 1989 - 1990
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B.A., Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, 1987
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Major: History
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Honors:Â Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society
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Overview
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Stephen Amatoâ€™s practice, while primarily focused on the hospitality and alcohol manufacturing industries, is as diverse as the matters clients bring to him. Whether grappling with a regulatory issue, a personnel problem, or facing litigation, clients find a timely and thoughtful response based upon Stephenâ€™s more than 30 years of experience, a broad range of well-developed legal skills, and commitment to his clientâ€™s best interests. In his decades of law practice, Stephen has developed a depth of insight across a wide variety of areas of law and is ready to bring that knowledge to the table to address each specific clientâ€™s needs.
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Stephen is well-known for his expertise in alcoholic beverage and hospitality law. Thanks to his extensive experience working with alcoholic beverage regulators on behalf of producers, distributors, and retailers, McBrayer operates as a comprehensive resource for those with legal needs in alcoholic manufacturing, alcohol retail and wholesale, as well as individuals investing in spirit ventures. Stephen builds genuine, effective relationships with key members and regulators. Each day, Stephen works to protect the interests of the alcoholic beverage industry in Kentucky through his role with the Kentucky Distillersâ€™ Association, where he serves as outside counsel, advising the Association on policy and legislative matters with considerable knowledge of applicable laws.Â
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In addition to his work in the hospitality industry, Stephen has also maintained an active litigation practice. Having tried cases across Kentucky in both state and federal courts, he brings a litigatorâ€™s perspective to his transactional and administrative law practice on behalf of his clients.
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Capabilities, Successes, and Assignments
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Assists clients in the alcoholic beverage and hospitality industry with all aspects of their business:\n
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Local, state, and federal licensing and permitting
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Real estate and land-use regulation needs
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Business-to-business contracts, including spirit supply, storage, bottling agreements, and all vendor agreements
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Oversees the transfer of assets and entities, as well as mergers and acquisitions involving alcoholic beverage businesses and assets, including bulk spirits and brands.
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Managed several clients' creation, formation, construction, and implementation of alcohol manufacturing businesses.
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Efficiently and effectively managed several relicensing efforts for large-scale (60+) retailer acquisitions.
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Helped to craft multiple legislative initiatives that have reshaped the Kentucky Bourbon Industry.
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Serves as outside counsel for the Kentucky Distillers' Association, guiding the Association on policy and legislative matters.
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Primary Practice
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Hospitality and Tourism Law
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Alcoholic Beverage Regulation
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Commercial and Business Litigation
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Business Owner Disputes
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Insurance Defense
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Administrative Law
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Employment Law for Employers
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Employment Litigation
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Additional Practice Experience
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Economic Development and Business Incentives
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Estate and Trust Litigation
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Human Resources and Policy Training
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Mediation Services
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Non-Compete Agreements
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Professional Activities
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Community/Civic Leadership

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Fayette County Bar Foundation, Former President and Board Member
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The Club at Spindletop Hall, Member, Board of Directors
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The Lexington Club, Member, Board of Governors
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Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation, Lexington, Kentucky, Former Board President
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Lexington History Museum, Lexington, Kentucky, Former Chair, Board of Trustees
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Professional Activities

National Association of Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Attorneys, MemberÂ
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Alliance of Alcohol Industry Attorneys and Consultants (AAIAC), Member
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National Association of Licensing and Compliance Professionals (NALCP), Member
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Fayette County Bar Association, Member
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Kentucky Bar Association, Member
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Kentucky Bar Foundation, Member, Board of Directors
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Kentucky Guild of Brewers, Affiliate Member
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Mediation Center of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, Former Board Chair
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Inaugural Class, Order of the Writ - a fraternal and charitable organization that embraces the spirit of Kentucky Bourbon education, responsibility, environmental stewardship, history, scholarship and an unwavering commitment to the furtherance of Americaâ€™s only native spirit.Â
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News & Insights
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News
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IN THE MEDIA - McBrayer Attorneys Share Insights for Longâ€‘Term Growth in the Spirits IndustryMarch 1, 2026
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Celebrating Excellence: 40 McBrayer Attorneys Recognized by Super LawyersDecember 16, 2025
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McBrayer PLLC Achieves Record-Breaking Recognition in Best Lawyers in AmericaÂ® 2026August 21, 2025
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Leading the Way in Legal Excellence: 38 McBrayer Attorneys Honored in 2025 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars ListsDecember 17, 2024
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New Record Set: 51 McBrayer Attorneys Honored in Best Lawyers 2025August 15, 2024
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McBrayer Earns Record Number Named to Super Lawyers Lists for 2024January 9, 2024
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Another Record! 49 McBrayer Attorneys Named to Best LawyersÂ® 2024August 17, 2023
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Member Stephen Amato Quoted in The Lane Report's The Bourbon FlightÂ February 13, 2023
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25 McBrayer Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists for 2023December 29, 2022
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A Record Number! Thirty McBrayer Attorneys Named to Best LawyersÂ® in America Lists for 2023August 18, 2022
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Members Robert E. Maclin III and Stephen G. Amato to Present at CLLA Southern Region ConferenceFebruary 14, 2022
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Member Stephen G. Amato to Present at Third Annual James B. Beam Institute Industry ConferenceFebruary 14, 2022
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22 McBrayer Attorneys Recognized in 2022 Edition of Super LawyersDecember 30, 2021
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Members Jaron P. Blandford and Stephen G. Amato Quoted in The Lane ReportOctober 26, 2021
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Member Stephen G. Amato Speaks at National Association of Licensing and Compliance Professionals ConferenceOctober 8, 2021
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McBrayer Attorneys Named toÂ Best LawyersÂ® in AmericaÂ List for 2022August 19, 2021
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Once Again, McBrayer Attorneys Receive Super Lawyers Distinctions for 2021Super Lawyers, December 10, 2020
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McBrayer Members James H. Frazier, III, Stephen Amato, Cindy Effinger, Luke Morgan quoted in The Lane ReportThe Lane Report, October 19, 2020
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McBrayer Attorneys Named to Best LawyersÂ® in America List for 2021August 20, 2020
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Coronavirus Resource for Businesses
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We Made the List Again! McBrayer Attorneys Receive Super Lawyers Distinctions for 2020Super Lawyers, December 2, 2019
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McBrayer Well Represented at National Association of Licensing and Compliance Professionals Annual ConventionOctober 23, 2019
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McBrayer Attorneys receive U.S. News Best Lawyers Distinction for 2020U.S. News â€“ Best LawyersÂ® in America, September 4, 2019
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McBrayer Attorneys receive U.S. News Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers Distinctions for 2019December 19, 2018
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McBrayer attorneys named to U.S. News Best Lawyers including 3 Lawyer of the Year honorsAttorneys from McBrayer law offices in Lexington and Louisville achieved a 2018 listing in U.S. News Best Lawyers in AmericaAugust 15, 2017
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Seminars & Speaking Engagements
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Member Stephen Amato Speaks at Bourbonomics 2026March 26, 2026
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Members Stephen Amato and Neal Morris Attend James B. Beam Institute Industry ConferenceMarch 16, 2026
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Bourbonomics: A Celebration of Kentucky's Signature IndustryMarch 24, 2025
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Member Stephen Amato Speaks at 6th Annual James B. Beam Institute Industry ConferenceMarch 17, 2025
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Ahead of the Curve: Getting in Front of Workplace Problems - LexingtonA Seminar for EmployersThe Mane on Main, 201 East Main Street, 15th Floor, Lexington, Kentucky, March 22, 2023
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Ahead of the Curve: Getting in Front of Workplace Problems - LouisvilleA Seminar for Employers500W Training Center, 500 West Jefferson Street, 4th Floor, Louisville, Kentucky, March 21, 2023
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WEBINAR - What's New in the Bluegrass: Kentucky Legislative Update 2022July 12, 2022
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Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Compliance Program
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Kentucky Bar Association Annual Convention 2017Owensboro, Kentucky, June 21, 2017
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NBI - Brewery and Distillery Law in KentuckyLouisville, Kentucky, May 15, 2017
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Kentucky County Attorneys Association Annual Winter Meeting 2017Lexington, Kentucky, March 2, 2017
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Employment Best Practices - A McBrayer Employment Law SeminarPerspectives on Wage and Hour and Kentucky Employment Law UpdateLexington, KY, January 26, 2017
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Greater Lexington Paralegal AssociationLexington, Kentucky, November 15, 2016
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Naltional Association of Licensing and Compliance Professionals National Conference 2016Patchworks and Pitfalls: Server Training and State Laws and RegulationsNew Orleans, LA, October 5, 2016
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Winery and Vineyard LawLexington, KY, 9:00am - 4:30pm
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Overtime in OverdriveThe Expanding NLRA: Recent Holdings and Guidance from the NLRBLexington, KY, November 5, 2015
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Food Truck 101: The Ins and Outs of the Mobile Food BizThinking of starting a food truck? Get your questions answered at this event.Lexington, KY, October 21, 2015
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Alcohol Beverage Control Laws2015 KBA ConventionLexington, KY, June 17, 2015
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BourbonomicsAn Inside Look at the Business of BourbonLouisville, KY, May 13, 2015
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Eat, Drink & Be Successful: Establishing smart partnership in the hospitality biz; Business Lexington, November 12, 2014
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Getting It \"Write\": A McBrayer Employment Law Seminar,Â Lexington, KYSeptember 28, 2014
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Annual Kentucky Law Update, Federal Court Updates, November 21, 2013
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Annual Kentucky Law Update, Federal Court Updates, October 9, 2013
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Annual Kentucky Law Update, Federal Court Updates, September 10, 2013
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Romance or Ruin: Musings on the Food Biz \"Opening a Bar\", Panel Member, Business Lexington, August 22, 2013
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Legal Issues for Restaurants, Bars and Hotels - A Critical Update, McBrayer law, February 2013
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Employment Policies and Procedures: A Critical Legal Update for Employers, McBrayer lawÂ Client Seminar, 2012, 2009
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Depositions A-Z, NBI, 2011, 2007
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Advanced Trial Tactics, MBI, 2010
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Annual Ethics CLE, Fayette County Bar Association, 2007
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Articles
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SB 11 Brings a Host of Changes to Kentucky Alcohol LawBusiness Lexington, June 1, 2016
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Alcoholic Beverage Control LawsThe Year That Was Foreshadows the Year That Will BeLouisville Bar Association, January 1, 2016
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Strange Brew: Regulation and the Weird Liquor Laws that Result, FCBA Bar News 2014, Issue 2
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Fudging a Five-Star Rating - Can It Hurt?, Business Lexington, May 2014
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Strange Brew: Regulation & the Weird Liquor Laws That Result, The Bourbon Review, March 2014
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2013's Biggest Court Rulings, Lane Report, February 2014
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Foul on the Play: When Bullying in the Workplace is Real, Kentucky Chamber HR Update, February 2014
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Changes to Kentucky Alcohol Laws, Business Lexington, June 2013
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Bourbon's return to Lexington overcame a bureaucratic tangle, Business Lexington, October 12, 2012
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Blogs
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Hospitality Law Blog
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From Expansion to Strategy: Navigating the Next Phase of the Bourbon Industry March 26, 2026

Tobacco Retailers: URGENT Licensing Action Needed November 5, 2025

New KY Laws Bring Codified Private Barrel Selections, Satellite Tasting Rooms, and Lower Age for Alcohol-Related Jobs May 2, 2022

Kentucky General Assembly Makes Cocktails-To-Go Privileges Permanent March 17, 2021

Alcohol Producers, Take Note: Direct To Consumer Sales and Shipping Privileges Enhanced March 12, 2021

ALERT: Supreme Court Strikes Down Tennessee Residency Requirements in Alcohol Licensing June 26, 2019

Fudging a Five-Star Rating â€“ Can It Hurt? March 8, 2016

The Basics of Alcoholic Beverage Control Laws June 18, 2015

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Our Clients - Tony's
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Our Clients - Kentucky Eagle, Inc.
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Our Clients - Crank & Boom Ice Cream Lounge
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The attorney may work out of two offices, in which case both should be listed. List them as an array. Do not include prior locations that may be mentioned as where the attorney may have worked in the past.',\r\n'direct_phone_no_1' => 'Extract the direct office phone number listed for this attorney. If multiple phone numbers are listed, select the one that is their direct line, not the main or central office number, nor a fax number. If the attorney works out of two offices and has a direct line for each office, list the first here. If a direct line is unavailable, but a main or central office number is listed with an extension, list that number followed by EXT and the extension number',\r\n'direct_phone_no_2' => 'Extract the second direct office phone number listed for this attorney, if it exists. If multiple direct phone numbers are listed because the attorney works out of two office, select the second number \u2013 not the one listed in the prior item. Select only a number that is the attorney\u2019s direct line, not the main or central office number, nor a fax number.',\r\n'image_url' => 'Extract the URL for the attorney\u2019s image file',\r\n'linkedIn' => 'Extract the URL for the attorney\u2019s LinkedIn profile, if it is listed. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'narrative_description' => 'Extract and combine all sections that provide a narrative overview of the attorney\u2019s biography and general work experience. Do not paraphrase, summarize, or omit information. Include the Biography/Bio section(s) and also include any Experience section that contains narrative descriptions of work (including sections structured as practice-area headings followed by descriptive paragraphs, e.g., \"Aging Services\" + paragraph text, \"Dental\" + paragraph text, etc.). Preserve headings and the order of content as it appears; you may convert embedded highlights into bullet points only if it helps preserve (not reduce) the information. EXCLUDE: any section (or subsection) that exclusively lists specific representative matters / representative experience items (typically a list of discrete matters, case captions like \"X v. Y\", deal/transaction bullet points, dated entries, courts/dockets, or similar itemized matter lists). If an Experience (or other) section contains BOTH narrative description AND a separate list of specific matters, include the narrative paragraphs/headings but omit the itemized matter list. Return the combined narrative text only. If no narrative bio or general-experience narrative exists, return an empty string.',\r\n'representative_matters' => 'Extract ALL representative matters (such as litigation cases, verdicts, transactions, or deals) that are listed as well any available descriptions of them, in both specified lists of representative matters, experience, and work highlights, as well as in the biographical text and list of news articles. If news articles for this attorney identify cases or transactions that can be inferred to be the work product of this attorney, include those matters as well. List the representative matters and their available descriptions as an array. Only pull from the text and do not paraphrase or make anything up. If no representative matters are found, return an empty string.',\r\n'news' => 'Extract news items ABOUT this attorney (not authored by them): e.g., firm/industry press releases, announcements, awards, rankings, deal/case results naming them, media coverage quoting or profiling them. List each item as \"Title (URL)\". If a \u201cNews\u201d section mixes authored content, include ONLY items that are clearly about the attorney or the firm, not implied to be authored by the attorney. Add base domain to relative links. Return an empty array [] if none.',\r\n'practice_areas' => 'Extract all the practice areas (aka departments, specialties, capabilities, services areas, areas of focus, etc.), if any, that are listed as ones that this attorney specializes in. Return them as an array. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'law_school' => 'Extract the law school attorney attended. This is for their primary law degree, usually a JD, LLB, or, in the absence of those, the earliest LLM listed or the institution where they received an undergraduate law degree. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'law_school_graduation_year' => 'Extract the year in which the attorney received their degree from the law school above (what year did they graduate?) If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'law_school_honors' => 'Extract all honors this attorney received in or during law school. You must review all education and credentials sections that list their law degree AND ALSO the narrative bio, as well as all other sectiosn. These honors include: latin honors (cum laude, summa cum laude, magna cum laude); school specific honors (e.g. James Kent Scholars at Columbia Law); regular honors designations (e.g. Dean\u2019s List, High Honors, etc.); Order of the Coif; course prizes (such as book awards, CALI Awards, American Jurisprudence Awards, or course awards); membership in phi kappa phi; scholarships and fellowships; moot court awards; trial advocacy awards; best oralis; brief-writing honors or other writing honors; pro bono or service distinctions; commencement prizes and medals; or other types of academic law school honors (but list them specifically - do not list them as \"other honors\". Return this entire extracted list of specific honors as an array. If no honors are found, return an empty array.',   \r\n'law_journals' =>' Extract any law reviews or law journals listed for the attorney's time in law school. Also list if the attorney had any titles in such law reviews or journals, like Articles Editor for example. Return this entire extracted list of law reviews and journals, and associated titles, as an array. If no law reviews or journals are found, return an empty array.'\r\n'undergraduate_school' => 'Extract the attorney\\'s undergraduate degree-granting school, college, university, or institution. This is probably the institution from where they received a bachelors degree. If their undergraduate degree was an LLB listed for their law school above, return an empty string. If no undergraduate schools are found, return an empty string.',\r\n'undergraduate_school_graduation_year' => 'Extract the year in which attorney received their undergraduate degree from the undergraduate school above. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'undergraduate_specialty' => 'Extract the specialties or majors that are listed for the undergraduate degree (e.g. economics, computer science, etc.) This does not include degree type, like B.S., Bachelor of Arts or Science degree, etc. List the specialties or majors as an array. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'PhD_school' => 'If this attorney has a PhD, Extract the educational institution from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'PhD_subject' => 'If this attorney has a PhD, list the educational institution from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'Masters_degree_school' => 'If this attorney has a masters degree, extract the educational institution from which they received it. But do not list schools from which the attorney received an LL.M. degree or a masters in law. If no masters degree schools are found, return an empty string. ',\r\n'Masters_degree_subject' => 'If the attorney has a masters degree, extract the subject or area of study of the masters. The subject area may be in the degree itself, such as an M.Div, which is a masters in Divinity. But do not include subjects for LL.M. degrees or masters in law degrees. DO NOT include honors or latin honors (e.g. cum laude, summa cum laude) in your answer. List subjects as array. If no masters degree subjects are found, return an empty string.',\r\n'MBA_School' => 'If the attorney has a Masters in Business Administration, extract the name of the business school from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'MD_school' => 'If the attorney has an MD (Doctor of Medicine) or DO (Doctor of Osteopathy) degree, extract the name of the medical school from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'llm_in_tax_law_school' =>  'If the attorney has an masters in laws (LLM) degree, specializing in tax, extract the name of the law school from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'Other_LLM_school' => 'If the attorney has an masters in laws (LLM) degree, but not one that specializes in tax, extract the name of the law school from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'bar_and_court_admissions' => 'Extract EVERY explicit admission to practice (bar + court/agency) anywhere in the page. Include bar jurisdictions (states/provinces/territories/countries) and court/agency admissions (e.g., U.S. Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals with circuit, District/Bankruptcy/Tax/Federal Claims courts with district, USPTO, tribal/military/foreign courts). For UK attorneys, specify whether they are a solicitor, barrister, advocate, or any combination if available; for Canada, specify the province or territory; for Australia, specify the state or territory and whether they are admitted as a solicitor or barrister. Pull items under headings like \u201cAdmissions,\u201d \u201cBar Admissions,\u201d \u201cCourt Admissions,\u201d or similar, and treat each
 or clearly separated entry as one item. Do not infer from memberships/education. Exclude governments as parties, and strip years and dates. Output a deduplicated array of exact admission strings; if none, return []. ',\r\n'Clerkships' => 'Extract every judicial or court clerkship held by this attorney, regardless of where it appears in the biography (including in lists of prior employment or mixed professional experience). Treat any role containing the word \u201cclerk,\u201d \u201cclerkship,\u201d \u201cjudicial law clerk,\u201d \u201claw clerk,\u201d or similar as a clerkship. For each clerkship, return the name of the court as an array item; if the biography provides the judge\u2019s name, DO NOT include it in your answer. Include clerkships in federal courts (including bankruptcy courts), state courts, appellate courts, supreme courts, magistrate judges, and any foreign courts. Do not skip clerkships that appear in long court titles. If no clerkships are found, return an empty string.',\r\n'Clerkships_with_judge' => 'Extract every judicial or court clerkship held by this attorney, regardless of where it appears in the biography (including in lists of prior employment or mixed professional experience). Treat any role containing the word \u201cclerk,\u201d \u201cclerkship,\u201d \u201cjudicial law clerk,\u201d \u201claw clerk,\u201d or similar as a clerkship. For each clerkship, return the name of the court as an array item; if the biography provides the judge\u2019s name, include it in parentheses after the court name, and if no judge is named, return only the court. Include clerkships in federal courts (including bankruptcy courts), state courts, appellate courts, supreme courts, magistrate judges, and any foreign courts. Do not skip clerkships that lack judge names or that appear in long court titles. If no clerkships are found, return an empty string.',\r\n'Memberships' => 'Extract any organizations the attorney a member of. List them as an array, with the attorney's role if available. If no memberships or organizations are listed, return an empty string.',\r\n'clients' => 'Extract the attorney's clients that are explicitly NAMED in the source code. You MUST review EVERY section (including explicit client lists, narrative biography, representative matters, experience, and news articles/titles) and then MERGE the results; do not stop after finding clients in any one section. If a list of representative matters or experience is present, extract NAMED clients from this list, and ignore any clients who are described in the list but who are not explicitly named in the list. Only include a client from the list of representative matters/experience or any other section if its name appears verbatim in the list and if the list clearly identifies the client as a real person, business, company, organization, or government entity. Do NOT include general descriptions, categories, roles, or descriptors that are not proper names (for example: \"Fortune 50 company\", \"medical billing company\", \"global bank\", \"mayoral candidate\", \"pharmacy\", \"trade association\", \"energy company\", or similar phrases). As an overarching rule, if the client is not identified by a proper name, do not include it. When pulling clients from lists of representative matters/experience and news articles, include clients which are named and which are implied to be represented by this attorney, their team or firm, and exclude parties adverse to such clients, opposing such clients, or on the other side of a case, deal or transaction from such clients. For example, if the representative matter/experience or news article's title mentions a lending transaction with both the lender and borrower, and the attorney or their team or firm represented the lender, do not list the borrower. If a litigation case is listed, do not assume that the lawyer represented the plaintiff. Use context or other language in the text to determine which party was represented by the attorney. If a matter lists the government as one party, assume the attorney represented the other named party and include that party if it is specifically named and not anonymous. As another example, if the representative matter/experience is a litigation case, and it is written that the attorney represented the defense (or \"defended\" his client), extract the defendant named in the case title. List all named clients as a deduplicated array of NAMES copied directly from the source text. Omit unnamed parties and anonymous parties and never guess identities. If no named clients are explicitly named anywhere in the source code, return an empty string.',\r\n'industries' => 'Extract ONLY industries/industry sectors or client-type categories explicitly named in the source code (especially, but not exclusively, under headings like \u201cIndustries,\u201d \u201cPractices & Industries,\u201d or in /industries/ links). Include items like \u201cSports,\u201d \u201cHealthcare & Life Sciences,\u201d \u201cTechnology,\u201d \u201cInfrastructure,\u201d \u201cPrivate Equity,\u201d etc. EXCLUDE practice areas, services, or deal/matter types (e.g., \u201cMergers & Acquisitions,\u201d \u201cPrivate Equity M&A,\u201d \u201cacquisitions,\u201d \u201cinvestments,\u201d \u201cdivestitures,\u201d \u201cjoint ventures,\u201d \u201cfinancing,\u201d \u201crestructurings\u201d). Return a deduplicated array of industry/client-type names as written. If none are explicitly named, return empty array.',\r\n'languages' => 'Extract the languages in which the attorney is fluent. List them as an array.',\r\n'Accolades' => 'Extract any accolades, awards, or other special recognitions this attorney has received, such as rankings in Chambers guides (like Chambers & Partners, Chambers Gobal, or Chambers Asia-Pacific), the Legal500 list, and SuperLawyers, among others. The accolades should be specific to this attorney or their work, not generalized to their practice or their firm. List these accolades as an array. If no accolades are listed, return an empty string.',\r\n'pro_bono_activities' => 'Extract the attorney's pro bono, community service, and volunteer activities, as well as any non-profit, ngo, community service organizations the attorney may be involved with. If a description of the work is provided, include that. List them as an array',\r\n'thought_leadership' => 'Extract ALL professional thought leadership attributed to this attorney in their narrative bio and in all \"Insights,\" \"Publications,\" \"Events,\" and similar sections. This includes all items with their authorship/co-authorship/speaking/hosting credit/(byline \u201cauthor,\u201d \"co-author,\" \u201cpresenter,\u201d \u201cspeaker,\u201d \u201cpanelist,\u201d \u201cwebinar,\u201d \u201cpodcast,\u201d \u201cblog,\u201d \u201carticle,\u201d \u201cpublication,\u201d \u201cchapter,\u201d \u201cCLE,\u201d etc.). This also includes any items that do not include their byline or credit, but which are implied to involve the attorney (for example, by being listed in a section on their profile for \"Insights,\" \"Podcasts,\" \"Events,\" \"Media,\" \"Thought Leadership,\" \"Webinars, etc.). If a \u201cNews\u201d or \u201cInsights\u201d section mixes third party news ABOUT this attorney, include only items implied to the attorney as creator/presenter. List each as \"Title (URL)\" when a link is present, otherwise just the title. Add base domain to relative links. Also include the publication, event/program, and date after the title if these are available. Return [] if none.'\r\n'adverse_parties' => 'Review all the source code, including the narrative bio and list of representative matters, and list EVERY identifiable and NAMED party that is adverse to this attorney\u2019s clients: litigation opponents and transaction counterparties (buyer vs seller, lender vs borrower, landlord vs tenant, licensor vs licensee, insurer vs insured, issuer vs underwriter/investor, etc.). You MUST pull from all sections in the source code - explicit lists of clients, the narrative biography, listed representative matters, or in news articles listed for this attorney, or the titles thereof. In M&A, if the attorney represented the buyer/acquirer, DO NOT list the acquired target as adverse (since it becomes the client); instead list only the selling side (seller, stockholders, founders, or divesting company). If the attorney represented the seller/target, list the buyer/acquirer. Use cues like \u201cto/with/from/against,\u201d \u201csale to/by,\u201d \u201cacquisition from/by,\u201d \u201cmerger with,\u201d \u201cfinanced by/loan to/from/credit facility with.\u201d In the attorney represented the owner or owning entity of a subsidiary/portfolio company (for example in the case of a restructuring or lending transaction), DO NOT list the subsidiary/portfolio company as adverse; Do not list governments/agencies/courts. Only include an adverse party if its name appears verbatim in the source code and clearly identifies a real person, business, company, organization, or government entity. Do NOT include general descriptions, categories, roles, or descriptors that are not proper names (for example: \"Fortune 50 company\", \"medical billing company\", \"global bank\", \"mayoral candidate\", \"pharmacy\", \"trade association\", \"energy company\", or similar phrases). If the text does not contain the adverse party's name, do not include it. Output a deduplicated array of exact names; omit unnamed parties and never guess.'\r\n 'affinity_groups' => 'Extract ALL affinity/identity-based organizations the attorney is affiliated with on the page, even if under generic headings like \u201cAssociations,\u201d \u201cMemberships,\u201d \u201cAffiliations,\u201d \u201cCommunities,\u201d or \u201cOrganizations.\u201d Check all sections of the source code. Include all bar or professional association whose name signals an identity/affinity or civil-rights focus (e.g., words like Black/African-American/AAPI/Asian/South Asian/Pacific Islander/Hispanic/Latino/Native/Indigenous/LGBT/LGBTQ/Queer/Women/Gender/Disability/Veteran/Jewish/Muslim/Christian/Hindu/Sikh/Interfaith/Civil Rights/Minority/Diversity/Inclusion). Exclude purely general trade/professional groups without such identity focus. Return a deduplicated array of exact organization names; if none, return empty array.'"]}