Greg Jennings
Attorney
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Phone: Call me at 270-502-694-2865.
Fax: (888) 686-9759
Email: Contact Me
Greg A. Jennings, born and raised in Owensboro, Kentucky, is a 1988 graduate of the University of Louisville law school. Jennings, received his undergraduate degree in accounting from Western Kentucky University. Jennings clerked for both the late Judge Carl D. Melton with the Henderson Circuit Court, and also for the late Justice Thomas B. Spain with the Kentucky Supreme Court. Jennings, a former prosecutor in Louisville, Kentucky, successfully handled and tried numerous criminal cases. Jennings successfully argued before the Kentucky Supreme Court the property forfeiture case in Commonwealth v. Fint, Ky, 940 S.W.2d 896 (1997). Jennings was later appointed General Counsel to the Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions and thereafter was named Director of the Division of Minerals Resource Taxation and GIS with the Kentucky Department of Revenue. Jennings has given numerous presentations on a wide variety of topics ranging from banking, workers’ compensation, taxation, and insurance. Jennings is admitted to practice law in both Kentucky and Indiana as well as the federal courts in both Kentucky and Indiana. Jennings lives in Louisville, Kentucky and has an active law practice in Western and Central Kentucky.
Areas of Practice
Bankruptcy
Family Law
Administrative Law
Business Law
Estate Planning
Litigation Percentage
50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
Certified Legal Ties
Bar Admissions
Indiana, 1989
Kentucky, 1990
U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1989
U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1990
U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 2000
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 2017
Education
University of Louisville School of Law
Louisville, Kentucky
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence – 1988
Honors: Dean’s List
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
A.B. – 1983
Honors: Dean’s List
Major: Accounting and Political Science
Published Works
Arbitration and Award, Kentucky Practice Series, revised
References
Commissioner Thomas B. Miller, Kentucky Department of Revenue
Deputy Commissioner Elyse Weigle, Kentucky Department of Revenue
Senator Tom Buford, Jessamine County, Kentucky
Tony Lindauer, Property Valuation Administrator, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Commissioner Julie McPeak, Tennessee Department of Insurance
Judge Christine Ward, Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, Kentucky
Judge McKay Chauvin, Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, Kentucky
Classes/Seminars
Speaker, Revenue Conference, Coal: Past, Present and Future, October 2016
Speaker, Revenue Conference, Legal Updates and Open Records, November 2010-2012
Speaker, Conference of State Bank Supervisors Teleconference Call, Mortgage Consent Orders and the National Mortgage Licensing System, October 2007
Speaker, Conference of State Bank Supervisors Legal Seminar, Settlement Agreements in the Current Mortgage Environment, August 2007
Speaker, University of Kentucky Annual Conference on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions, April 2007
Speaker, Financial Institutions Board, October 2006
Speaker, Kentucky Bankers’ Association Banking Seminar (Money Service Businesses) May 2006
Speaker, University of Kentucky Annual Conference on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions, April 2006
Speaker, University of Kentucky Banking Law class, March 2006
Speaker, Financial Institutions Board, September 2005
Speaker, Kentucky Independent Insurance Agents, Ten Quick Ways for an Insurance Agent to Lose their License, September 2003
Speaker, Conseco Insurance Company, Carmel, Indiana, How to Detect Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Speaker, United Parcel Service, Louisville, Kentucky, How to Detect Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Professional Associations and Memberships
Kentucky Bar Association
Louisville Bar Association
Daviess County Bar Association
Past Employment Positions
Kentucky Department of Revenue, Director, 2010 – 2017
Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions, General Counsel, 2004 – 2010
Kentucky Department of Insurance Attorney, 1997 – 2004
Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney, 1992 – 1997
Kentucky Supreme Court (Justice Thomas B. Spain), Attorney, 1990 – 1992
Henderson Circuit Court (Judge Carl D. Melton), Attorney, 1980 – 1990
Ancillary Businesses
Legislation and Administrative Regulation Draftsman
Languages
English
Fraternities/Sororities
Phi Kappa Tau