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David Hale's Biography

Contact Information

Office

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

No political experience information on file.

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).

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