Joseph Edward Conley Jr.

I practice in the area of commercial and business litigation in Kentucky and Ohio.  I've been a trial and appellate lawyer for over 40 years and have been the lead counsel for clients in major pharmaceutical birth defect litigation and medical device litigation, employment discrimination claims arising from plant downsizings, broker-dealer litigation arising from securities claims (on behalf of customers and brokers), fiduciary claims between trustees and trust beneficiaries, will contests, business and partnership dissolutions, bankruptcy litigation, shareholder derivative actions, and construction disputes. Clients I have represented in the past include the following:

• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals

• Dow Corning

• General Motors

• General Electric Credit

• Prudential Mortgage

• Westinghouse Credit

• Procter & Gamble

• Fluor Daniel

• Litton Industries and Western Atlas

• Warner Lambert Pharmaceuticals

• Providence Hospital

• Children's Hospital

• Kentucky Attorney General

• Kenton County, Ky.

• CNA Insurance

• Mazak Corp.

• Columbia Sussex

• Duro Bag

• American Financial Resources

• Polaris Home Funding

• U.S. Bank Trust Department

• FLSmidth USA Inc.

• Fifth Third Bank Trust Department

• Blue Star Inc.

• Philadelphia Insurance

• Ethicon Inc.

• Massachusetts Mutual

• Zimmer Inc and Bristol Myers Squibb

• U.C. Health

• Countrywide Home Loans

My experience includes nearly every substantive area and every type of forum – jury trials, bench trials, arbitrations, and mediations.