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Attorney Walter G. Ecton Jr.

Walter G. Ecton Jr.

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Professional Associations

  • Chamber of Commerce, President, 1988 to 1989
  • Richmond Rotary Club, President, 1986 to 1987
  • Kentucky Bar Association, Member, Present
  • Kentucky Justice Association, Member, Present
  • Madison County Bar Association, Member, Present
  • Madison County Estate Planning Council, Member, Present

Languages

  • English

Past Positions

  • Commonwealth of Kentucky, Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, 1980-1992

References

  • On Request

Classes & Seminars

  • Nuts and Bolts of Probate, Madison County Estate Planning Council
  • Estate Planning, Madison County Estate Planning Council

Fraternities or Sororities

  • Sigma Chi
  • Phi Delta Phi

Representative Clients

  • First Federal Savings Bank
  • Richmond Mall Limited Partnership
  • Richmond-Madison Company, Industrial Corporation
  • Saunier North American, Incorporated
  • St. Andrews Place Retirement Community, Inc.; McCready Manor, Inc.; Telford Terrace
  • Richmond Industrial Development Corporation
  • Loss Prevention Systems, Inc.
  • Uncle Charlie's Meats, Inc.

Education

  • University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky
    • J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 1979
  • University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
    • M.B.A., Master of Business Administration - 1982
  • Centre College, Danville, Kentucky
    • B.A., Bachelor of Arts - 1975

Bar Admissions

  • Kentucky, 1979
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1985
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 1980
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2017

Honors

  • Outstanding Young Man of America, 1989
  • Staff Member, Kentucky Law Journal (Article: Marital Deduction Planning)

Pro-Bono Activities

  • Director, Telford YMCA, Richmond, Kentucky, Present
  • Past President, Richmond Chamber of Commerce

Representative Cases

  • Byrd v. Comair, Inc. (In re Air Crash at Lexington), 2007 U.S. Dist., LEXIS 74835, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, Central Division, 5:07-CV-015-KSF
  • Byrd v. Comair, Inc. (In re Air Crash at Lexington), 501 F. Supp. 2d 902 (2007), U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, Central Division,, 5:06-CV-316-KSF
  • Land v. S. States Coop., Inc., 740 Fed. Appx. 845 (2018), U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, No. 17-6303
  • Land v. Southern States Coop., Inc., 2016 U.S. Dist., LEXIS 122183, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, , 15-CV-83-JMH