AREAS OF PRACTICE
  RWSV lawyers generally work within one or more of the following five practice groups.
  Hover over one of the headings below for a list of RWSV lawyers who practice in that group.


LITIGATION

The firm’s litigation lawyers engage in a wide range of trial, appellate and administrative practice and alternative dispute resolution before federal courts, state courts, administrative tribunals, arbitration panels and mediators throughout Kentucky and across the country.  Experienced RWSV lawyers practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation and business disputes, trade secret litigation, business torts, intellectual property disputes, contract disputes, insurance defense and insurance coverage disputes, health care, professional liability, civil and criminal antitrust, tax litigation, employment matters, regulatory compliance, white collar crime and government investigations.


CORPORATE

Public and privately-held corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, institutions and professional practice groups call on the experience and skill of RWSV in general corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, divestiture and reorganization, establishing and maintaining tax-exempt status, joint ventures, venture capital funding, tax and securities matters and compliance matters, including antitrust and trade regulation.  RWSV also advises individuals in the purchase and organization of new businesses.


REAL ESTATE

The RWSV real estate practice encompasses a varied range of services including acquisitions and real property exchanges, representation of lenders and borrowers in real property-based transactions, leasing, commercial development, community-based development, redevelopment and real estate finance and loan documentation.  Additionally, the firm advises its individual, financial institution and business clients on a variety of issues pertaining to the ownership, conveyance, leasing and finance of real estate.



HEALTH CARE

RWSV serves as counsel for the leading publicly held company in the field of disabilities and youth services and as counsel for a Kentucky-based hospital and residential care company. The firm also represents over 120 physician groups and individual physicians throughout the region. In addition to general corporate and transactional work for a leading residential care company, attorneys in the RWSV health care group advise and represent clients in various facets of health care law, including the defense of individual physicians and practice groups in a variety of litigation contexts, Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement, physician recruitment, physician noncompetition agreements, practice formation and acquisition, state and federal regulatory compliance, preferred provider agreements and employment matters.


ESTATE PLANNING, PROBATE & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION

The RWSV estate planning, probate and estate administration practice encompasses a wide variety of tax and planning services in estate and closely-held business transition planning, as well as estate and trust administration.  RWSV lawyers assist clients in the preparation of wills and trusts (including both living and testamentary trusts), powers of attorney, advanced directives (living wills), charitable giving, family partnerships and limited liability entities, grantor retained annuity trusts and charitable remainder trusts.


A more comprehensive list of RWSV areas of practice is found below.
  • Administrative law
  • Alternative dispute resolution
  • Antitrust and trade regulation
  • Appellate services
  • Bankruptcy and creditors’rights
  • Business organization and services
  • Business torts
  • Charitable and non-profit organizations
  • Commercial finance and loan documentation
  • Commercial litigation
  • Constitutional law
  • Corporate services
  • e-Business and internet
  • ERISA and employee benefits
  • Employment law
  • Estate planning, trusts and probate
  • Financial institutions
  • Government and administrative
  • Health law
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual property litigation and licensing
  • Litigation
  • Mediation services
  • Medical practice groups
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Natural resources
  • Partnership law
  • Professional liability
  • Public policy
  • Real estate development
  • Real estate finance
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Securities
  • Small business and business start-ups
  • Tax
  • Tort and product liability
  • Transportation
  • Venture capital funding
  • White collar crime and government investigations















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