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Joseph P. Bowman
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Practice Areas:
- Government Administrative Litigation and Appeals
- State, County, and Hazardous Duty Disability Benefits
- General Civil Litigation and Appeals
- Domestic Litigation and Appeals
- Criminal Litigation and Appeals
- Probate and Estate Matters
Education
- University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky
- J.D. - 2004
- Honors: National Moot Court Team
- Honors: Vanderbilt University National First Amendment Moot Court Competition, Semi-Finalist
- University of Kentucky
Bar Admissions
- Kentucky
- Supreme Court of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky
Professional Associations
- Kentucky Bar Association, Member, 2004
- Franklin County Bar Association, Past Treasurer
- Franklin County Bar Association, Past Secretary
- Kentucky Justice Association
- American Bar Association
Published Works
- Author, Kentucky Civil Practice after Trial § 10 (Briefs), published by the University of Kentucky Office of Continuing Legal Education, 2010
Representative Cases
- Brooks v. Kentucky Retirement Systems, 2013-CA-000467
- Tucker v. Kentucky Retirement Systems, 2013-CA-000706
- Robinson v. Kentucky Retirement Systems, 2014-CA-000152
- Bare v. Kentucky Retirement Systems, 2015-CA-000409
- Ferrell v. Kentucky Retirement Systems, 2015-CA-000558
- Kentucky Retirement Systems v. Grant, 2011-CA-000327
- Carson v. Kentucky Retirement Systems, 2015-CA-000094
Honors
- Kentucky Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Award
- Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout
Classes & Seminars
- Adjunct Writing Instructor, University of Kentucky College of Law
Current Employment Position
- Partner
Past Positions
- Franklin Circuit Court, Honorable Roger Crittenden, Circuit Court Judge (Ret), Law Clerk
- Johnson, True & Guarnieri, LLP
- Johnson & Bearse, LLP