Jefferson Circuit Court (General Trial Division) Charlie Cunningham Division 12

Charlie Cunningham is a life-ling resident of Louisville, a graduate of The University of Louisville Speed Engineering School and UK Law School.Charlie has a tremendous amount of circuit court experience and hasrepresented thousands of clients in his 23 years in practice.  Charlie was elected to the Board of Directors for the Kentucky Academy of TrialAttorneys and is a member of the Louisville Bar Association where he Served as past chairman of the solo and small practice committee and the Lawyer referral committee.  Charlie has multiple reported appellate decisions And litigated cases in numerous states and counties.  In addition, Charlie is a lecturer for CLE seminars on ethics litigation and is a former elected Mayor of Hills and Dales, Kentucky.

Family
Married 16 years to the former Vicki Lucas Baker
three children: Kathryn, Meredith, and Michael
son of Charles L. Sr. and Mary Donna "Dee" Cunningham
five siblings: Sarah, Kevin, Caren, Cindy, and Chris

Education
St. Albert the Great Elementary (1971) Ballard High School (1975)
University of Louisville, Speed Engineering School (1979); B.S. in Environmental Engineering University of Kentucky, College of Law, (1982); J. D.

Employment
1973-77: Cunningham Overhead Door (in family business, as warehouse laborer)
1977-78: U. S. Geological Survey, Water Division (assistant field hydrologist)
1979: Kentucky Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Protection (legislative researcher)
1980: Chessie System Railroad (laborer with Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way union)
1980-82: Kincaid, Wilson, Schaeffer & Hembree (law clerk, litigation department)
1982-86: Gary Gardner & Associates (associate attorney, personal injury litigation)
1986-2004: solo attorney with general practice focused on litigation
2004-present: Cunningham & Fell, Pile (founding member of Louisville law firm)

Selected Practice Highlights
> 23+ years of legal experience, the vast majority spent litigating in circuit court
> wide range of trial experience; from cases tried in a day to complex cases requiring months of
trial and involving dozens of witnesses and hundreds of exhibits
> counsel in both class actions and mass tort claims
> trial counsel for >100 farmers in Logan & Butler Counties resulting in $217,000,000+ verdict
(second largest in KY history)
> trial counsel for 3,500 clients in Anniston, AL, who settled with Monsanto for $300+ million
after months of trial
> has represented clients in all Jefferson Circuit Court divisions, dozens of other Kentucky
counties, and several states
> Rated High/Very High in legal ability and Very High in ethical standing by Martindale-Hubbell

Reported Decisions
Imes v. Touma, 784 F.2d 756 (6lh Cir. 1986)
Southeastern Baptist Hospital v. Gaylor, 756 S.W.2d 467 (Ky. 1988)
Fryxell v. Clark, 856 S.W.2d 892 (Ky.App. 1993), disc. rev. den 'd.
Abernathyv. Nicholson, 899 S.W.2d 85 (Ky. 1995)
Wine v. Globe American Casualty. Co., 917 S.W.2d 558 (Ky. 1998)
Wilhite v. Rocfovell International, 83 S.W.3d 516 (Ky. 2002)

Selected Lectures & Pulications
University of Louisville, Department of Chemical Engineering, various topics (1985-present)
"Comparative Personal Injury Law - KY v. IN", moderator at KATA seminar (1992)
"Taking Effective Depositions", presenter at Lorman Services seminar (1994)
Kentucky Causes of Action Manual, Toxic Torts chapter, Ky Academy of Trial Attorneys (1994)
"Litigating Toxic Tort Cases", presenter at Louisville Bar Assoc. seminar (1996)
"Dealing with Disabilities & Language Challenges", moderator at LBA seminar (2000)
"Litigating Mass Torts - Strategies and Ethics", moderator at KATA seminar (2001)
"Mold Claims and Litigation", presenter at Kentucky Bar Association seminar (2003)

Volunteer Community Involvement
former mayor and city commissioner of Hills and Dales, Kentucky
former board member of Clifton Community Council
active member of Christ Church United Methodist
Law Day lecturer in public schools
former moderator of Jefferson County Adult Education class, "People's Law School"
former director, Youthworks
coach for youth basketball, field hockey, and soccer
middle school, high school, and international science fair judge