Bet-the-Company Litigation Commercial Litigation
Joseph L. "Joe" Hamilton
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Joe Hamilton is a Member of the firm and has been based in the Louisville office since 1986. He is a member of the Business Litigation Service Group, which is home to approximately 60 attorneys and paralegals and is co-chair and co-founder of the firm's 20 member Class Action Defense Practice Group. His practice emphasis is in class action defense and other complex business and business insurance litigation.
With regard to his class action defense practice, Mr. Hamilton has been counsel in over 150 class actions during the last 25 years. Those class actions have been concentrated primarily in life insurance, health insurance, ERISA and other insurance and financial product issues. He has defended clients in putative statewide and nationwide class actions on a regional and national basis, representing them in the state or federal courts of more than 25 states from coast to coast.
Overview
- English
- University of Louisville, J.D., graduated 1977
- Williams College, BA, graduated 1973
- Kentucky, Kentucky Bar Association
- American Bar Association - Member
- Federal Bar Association - Member
- International Association of Defense Counsel - Member
- Kentucky Bar Association - Member
- Louisville Bar Association - Member
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- United States District Court
- English
- Kentucky, Kentucky Bar Association
- American Bar Association - Member
- Federal Bar Association - Member
- International Association of Defense Counsel - Member
- Kentucky Bar Association - Member
- Louisville Bar Association - Member
- University of Louisville, J.D., graduated 1977
- Williams College, BA, graduated 1973
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- United States District Court
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Awards:
- Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated
- ChambersUSA (2008-14)
- Benchmark: Litigation Magazine's "Litigation Star" (2008, 2009, 2013-present)
- Kentucky Super Lawyers (2012-present)
- Louisville Magazine Top Lawyers (2013, 2014)
News & Media
Case History
Cases
- Representations
Recent major representative clients include: ING Group, Inc. and subsidiaries and affiliates; American Modern Insurance Group and subsidiaries; Farmers Insurance Group and subsidiaries; Assurant, Inc. and subsidiaries; Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company; State Auto Insurance Companies; Windstream, Inc.; The Independent Order of Foresters, Auto Owners Insurance and subsidiaries and affiliates; and, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America and subsidiaries and affiliates.
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