Joseph S. Elder, II

Admitted to practice

• Kentucky, 1976
• U.S. Supreme Court 1988

Education

• ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL CLAOSS OF 1969
• BELLARMINE COLLEGE CLASS OF 1973
• EXETER COLLEGE FOR, UNIVERSITY 1973
• UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE JD 1976

Professional Career

• FORMER STAFF ATTORNEY LOUISVILLE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
• PAST PRESIDENT KENTUCKY YOUTH ADVOCATES
• ARGUED KENTUCKY DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS VS. THOMPSON, 490 US 454, (1989)
• (SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES) LEAD COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF CLASS AT KENTUCKY STATE REFORMATORY IN KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS V. THOMPSON-THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLEX SUIT EVER BOUGHT IN THE US DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY I HAVE BEEN A FAMILY COURT GUARDIAN AT LITEM FOR CHILDREN IN JEFFERSON COUNTY FOR OVER 30 YEARS SERVING NOW BEFORE THE HONORABLE GINA K. CALVERT, FAMILY COURT DIVISION NINE.

Biography

• • HORSE
  • RACING
  • SWIMMING
  • FISHING
  • COOKING