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Rebecca F. Schupbach

Distinguished Lawyer

Civil Litigation

730 W. Main Street, Suite 400, Louisville, KY 40202

Rebecca Schupbach has been a practicing attorney for 32 years, with substantial experience in the defense of product liability, toxic tort, legal and medical malpractice, trucking accident cases, and general personal injury litigation. Rebecca has obtained defense verdicts and favorable appellate decisions for her clients in a significant number of cases. She has also advised corporate clients on a variety of insurance, health and safety, environmental, labeling and regulatory matters (OSHA, FDA, BATF/TTB and CPSC) and has experience defending litigation involving ERISA benefits.

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Ronald Wilt

Medical Malpractice Law

13113 Eastpoint Park Blvd, Louisville, KY 40223, USA

Ron Wilt is a highly rated Kentucky attorney who limits his practice to medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, and personal injury cases. Until 2007, Ron practiced medical malpractice defense on behalf of insurance companies, doctors, hospitals, and nursing homes throughout Kentucky. Attorney Ron Wilt brings extensive experience and a distinct perspective to each client’s case. Having worked directly with the insurance companies that make decisions in medical malpractice claims for over fifteen years, he knows how to maximize the value of a settlement and, if necessary, win in court. Areas of Practice: Medical malpractice (60 percent), Birth injury (20 percent), Personal injury (10 percent), Brain injury (10 percent). Bar Admissions: Kentucky, 1994, Ohio, 1992, West Virginia, 2007.

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Scott Collins

Elder Law

815 W Main St, Richmond, KY 40475, USA

Scott grew up in Middlesboro, Kentucky in the southeastern corner of the state adjacent to Cumberland Gap National Park, surrounded by the hills and mountains of Appalachia. He has enjoyed a multifaceted career that began after his high school graduation, when he joined the U. S. Army as an Air Traffic Controller stationed in Hawaii and Alabama. Following his military service, he served churches in Louisiana, Texas, Michigan, New Hampshire and Tennessee as a minister where he helped families and became intimately involved in the joys, struggles and turmoil of aging, end of life care, and estate planning issues. After his graduation from Salmon P. Chase School of Law at Northern Kentucky University, Scott launched his own law firm for Longevity Planning, Elder Law, Special Needs Planning, Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts, VA Pension and VA Compensation. Scott is a VA accredited Attorney and is trained to help claimants understand and pursue the VA benefits available to them. Scott is a Member of ElderCounsel, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc., the Madison County Estate Planning Advisory Counsel and WealthCounsel. He serves on the board of the Council for Elder Maltreatment Prevention, Inc., and has served as Chair and Vice Chair of the Kentucky Bar Association’s Elder Law Division and as Chair for the Kentucky Bar Association’s Small Law Firm Division. Scott was selected to the 2023 Kentucky Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for the third year in a row. The list is limited to just 2.5 percent of lawyers statewide in specific practice areas who were chosen after thorough evaluation of numerous criteria. He is passionate about historic preservation and is a member of the Kentucky Trust for Historic Preservation for Mount Pleasant and the Mount Pleasant Restoration Project Team.

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