Michael D. "Mike" Risley
Recognized since 2011
Louisville, Kentucky
Appellate Practice
Mike Risley is Co-Chair of the firm’s Appellate Advocacy Group and former Chair of the Louisville office’s Litigation Service Group. A seasoned litigator, Mike frequently appears before both state and federal appellate courts. He also has deep experience in disputes involving insurance bad faith and coverage, ERISA, and commercial and employment-related matters. Mike currently is serving the firm as Louisville Office Executive Member and is a former member of the firm’s Management Committee.
More Than Stites & Harbison
Mike serves as General Counsel to the Better Business Bureau of Greater Louisville. He is a Church Attorney for the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky, teacher at St. Matthews Episcopal Church and a former long-time member of the Board of Trustees of St. Francis School, an independent school located in Louisville.
- Lawyer Page: https://www.stites.com/attorneys/michael-d-risley
- 400 West Market Street, Suite 1800
Louisville, KY 40202-3352
- English
- University of Kentucky, J.D., graduated 1983
- Murray State University, BS, graduated 1977
- Kentucky, Kentucky Bar Association
- American Bar Association - Member
- Defense Research Institute (DRI) - Member
- Kentucky Bar Association - Member
- Kentucky Bar Foundation - Life Member
- Kentucky Defense Counsel - Member
- Louisville Bar Association - Member
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
- U.S. Supreme Court
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- Appellate Practice, Louisville (2022)
- Appellate Practice, Louisville (2017)
- Appellate Practice
- Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated
- Kentucky Super Lawyers (2013-present)
- Louisville Magazine Top Lawyers (2013-16)
- Finance Monthly, Fintech Awards Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyer of the Year (2019)
- Currently representing appellant insurer before the Kentucky Supreme Court in appeal from a $3,450,000 bad faith verdict
- Successfully represented insurer before Kentucky Supreme Court in reversal of Court of Appeals dismissal of insurer's appeal
- Currently representing successful plaintiffs before the Kentucky Court of Appeals in connection with $100 million judgment
- Co-counsel for ERISA plan in Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals addressing enforcement of forum selection provision in an ERISA plan
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