Practice Expertise

  • Environmental
  • Government Relations
  • Health Care Industry
  • Insurance Industry

Areas of Practice

  • Environmental
  • Government Relations
  • Health Care Industry
  • Insurance Industry
  • Air Permitting, Counseling & Enforcement ...
  • Clean Water Act Permitting, Counseling & ...
  • Commercial Transactions & Land Development
  • Emergency Planning & Response
  • Energy & Natural Resource Development
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation
  • Natural Resources Industry
  • Product Stewardship
  • Public Utilities Industry
  • Site Characterization, Cleanup & Remediation
  • Waste
  • View More

Profile

Rusty primarily practices environmental law and government relations. He has extensive experience with respect to compliance with state and federal environmental and natural resource laws and regulations. He provides advice on applicable environmental requirements, spearheads issuance of environmental permits, defends enforcement actions, and assists in transactions.

Based out of the Kentucky capital city, he is the office managing partner and focuses his government relations practice on the needs of manufacturing, industrial, municipal, natural resource, insurance and trade association clients.

Rusty also serves as the executive director of the Kentucky Chemical Industry Council within the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers. 

Bar Admissions

    Kentucky

Court Admissions
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
    U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Education

  • University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D., 1991)
  • University of Kentucky (B.G.S., 1988)

Areas of Practice

  • Environmental
  • Government Relations
  • Health Care Industry
  • Insurance Industry
  • Air Permitting, Counseling & Enforcement Defense
  • Clean Water Act Permitting, Counseling & Enforcement Defense
  • Commercial Transactions & Land Development
  • Emergency Planning & Response
  • Energy & Natural Resource Development
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation
  • Natural Resources Industry
  • Product Stewardship
  • Public Utilities Industry
  • Site Characterization, Cleanup & Remediation
  • Waste

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
  • Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell
  • Best Lawyers® 
    • "Lawyer of the Year" in Lexington for Environmental Law (2016, 2017, 2020)
    • "Lawyer of the Year" in Lexington for Natural Resources Law (2019)
    • "Lawyer of the Year" in Lexington for Government Relations Law (2021)
    • Environmental, Government Relations, Natural Resources Law (2022, 2024)
  • Kentucky Super Lawyers®


Professional Associations
  • Kentucky Bar Assocation
  • Kentucky Association of Manufacturers, Chemical Industry Council, executive director
  • Kentucky General Assembly, Federal Environmental Regulation Impact Assessment Task Force
  • Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Oil and Gas Workgroup
  • Kentucky Water Resources, board member



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