Joseph E. Conley, Jr.
Member
Email: jconley@rbcdlaw.com

Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Employment Litigation; Products Liability.

Admitted: 1977, Ohio; 1978, Kentucky

Law School: University of Kentucky, J.D., 1977

College: University of Cincinnati, A.B., 1974

Member: Northern Kentucky, Kentucky and American Bar Associations.

Biography: Order of the Coif. Member, National Moot Court Team. Articles Editor, Kentucky Law Journal, 1976-1977. Assistant Professor of Law, Civil Procedure, Corporations, Antitrust, Louisiana State University, 1981-1983. Teaching Fellow and LL.M. Candidate, University of Illinois College of Law, 1980-1981; Adjunct Professor, Complex Litigation, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 1989-. Special Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1991-1995. Chair, Section of Civil Litigation, Kentucky Bar Association, 1993-1994. President, Kentucky Defense Counsel, 2000-2001.

Reported Cases: Blair v. General Motors, 838 F.Supp. 1196 (W.D.Ky. 1993) (auto dealer termination); Caro v. Procter & Gamble Co., 22 Cal.Rptr.2d 419 (Cal.App. 4th Dist. 1993) (consumer class certification); Blum v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., 560 A.2d 212 (Pa Super. 1989) (drug product liability); Turpin v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., 736 F.Supp. 737 (E.D.Ky. 1990) (drug product liability); Procter & Gamble v. Staples, 551 So.2d 949 (Ala. 1989) (product liability); Wilder v. Absorption Corp., 107 S.W. 3rd 181 (Ky. 2003) (choice of forum clauses); Pennington v. Western Atlas, Inc., 202 F. 3d 902 (6th Cir., 2000) (age and ERISA discrimination ).

Born: Cincinnati, Ohio, September 20, 1952

ISLN: 908245978