Gene Snyder United States Courthouse
601 West Broadway, Room 239
Louisville, KY 40202-2227
Full Name:
David Jason Hale
Gender:
Male
Birth Place:
Campbell
Home City:
Prospect, KY
JD, University of Kentucky College of Law, 1992
BA, Vanderbilt University, 1985-1989
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Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Kentucy, 2014-present
Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Kentucy, December 3, 2014
Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Kentucy, June 19, 2014
United States Attorney, Western District of Kentucy, 2010-2014
Counsel, Reed Weitkamp Schell and Vice Professional Limited Liability Company, 1999-2010
Vice President, RWSCV Collection Corporation, 2003-2009
Secretary, Fern Creek Christian Church, Incorporation, 2000-2008
Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Kentucky, 1995-1999
Associate, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, 1992-1994
Board Member, Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, 2010-present
Emeritus Member, University of Kentucky College of Law, 2010-present
Member, The Law Club, 2009-present
Participant, Leadership Kentucky, 2002-present
Member, Kentucky Bar Association, 1992-present
Member, University of Kentucky College of Law Alumni Association, 1992-present
Director, Kentucky/Southeast Indiana Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Member, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2013
Board Member, Fern Creek Christian Church, Incorporated, 1996-2010
Member, Kentucky Educational Television Louisville Regional Advisory Committee, 2003-2010
Committee Member, University of Kentucky College of Law, 2008-2010
Member, Cincinnati Christian University President's Advisory Board, 2007-2009
Board Member, Louisville Urban League, 2002-2009
Board Member, Kentucky YMCA Youth Association, 1994-2006
Vice-Chair, Kentucky Authority for Educational Television and Foundation, 2004-2005
Board Member, Kentucky Authority for Educational Television and Foundation, 2001-2005
Member, The Jefferson Club, 1999-2005
Member, Vanderbilt University Alumni Association, 1995-2001
Awards:
Appalachia HIDTA Director's Award (2013)
AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 rating by Martindale-Hubbell (2008-present)
Listing, The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation (2010 ed.)
Louisville Defender Professional Achievement Award (2010)
Named to Louisville Business First Forty Under 40 Emerging Young Leaders (2006)
Listing, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Kentucky,
Commercial Litigation (2005-2010)
U.S. Attorney's Award for outstanding performance in assistance to victims/witnesses,
U.S. Attorney's Office (1999)
Recipient, Boehl Stopher & Graves Scholarship, awarded following competitive selection
to the University of Kentucky College of Law National Moot Court Team, for the
academic year (1991-1992)
Publications:
With John S. Reed, Business Torts: A Fifty State Guide (Kentucky chapter) (M.
DaUer ed., Aspen 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010).