Atty. Robert Gregg Hovious
Gregg Hovious is a civil trial lawyer. He has tried many jury and bench trials, arbitrated, and mediated several cases to conclusion, and conducted numerous evidentiary and mediated hearings in civil and administrative settings.
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Robert Gregg Hovious is an Of Counsel based in Louisville, Kentucky, practicing at Eddins • Domine Law Group, PLLC. They have 40+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1986. Their practice focuses on business and litigation. Admitted to practice in Kentucky U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky U.S. (1986). Educated at University of Kentucky (J.D., 1986) and University of Alabama (B.S., 1982). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Serands clients in Louisville, KY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Gregg Hovious is a civil trial lawyer
- He has tried many jury and bench trials, arbitrated, and mediated several cases to conclusion, and conducted numerous evidentiary and mediated hearings in civil and administrative settings
- His experience also includes involvement with hundreds of depositions and successful mediations
- When Mr. Hovious first began training to become a trial lawyer, he worked in the insurance defense and healthcare litigation sections of a large Louisville firm, where he obtained significant trial experience in the first few years of his practice
- He tried or assisted in the trial of a wrongful death case, a tractor/trailer/pedestrian personal injury case, a go-cart/products liability case, a construction dispute, and various certificate of need matters before the Kentucky Cabinet of Health Services
- Mr. Hovious next worked in that firm's corporate and commercial litigation group, focusing on the representation of banks and lender liability actions, contract disputes and corporate takeover and freeze-out merger litigation
- He also gained significant experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in ERISA, securities fraud, and construction law litigation
- After helping found the law firm of Fultz, Maddox, Hovious and Dickens, Mr. Hovious focused his practice on commercial litigation
- He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in contract, shareholder, ERISA, banking, and healthcare disputes
- For example, he obtained a favorable settlement for a Fortune 100 bank client in lender liability litigation, and he later was successful in trying a construction law matter, obtaining a jury verdict that pierced the corporate veil and recovered full damages against the owner of the company
- Mr. Hovious also represented 40 Kentucky hospitals in a contract dispute in which a large regional health maintenance organization unilaterally tried to change its contract with the hospitals
- After nearly two years of intense litigation in state court, the parties reached a multimillion-dollar settlement agreement in favor of the hospitals
- In 2001, Mr. Hovious arbitrated a contract dispute on behalf of an improperly terminated employee
- The arbitrator awarded the firm's client $900,000, and after discussion of additional jury claims, the case later settled for more than $1.2 million
- The arbitration award was for a breach of an employment contract containing a liquidation clause and the additional settlement arose out of extra contractual damages
- Mr. Hovious has also negotiated a significant monetary settlement on behalf of a local company that learned that two ex-employees had developed a significant product while employed by the company but took that product for their own use and benefit
- After he meticulously gathered evidence from telephone records and electronic correspondence during discovery, he proved that the ex-employees had testified falsely about their efforts and the case settled on the eve of trial
- Other significant commercial settlements include a $550,000 settlement against an insurer arising out of the destruction of the clients' warehoused goods in Saigon, a $500,000 contract case involving the sale of environmentally unsound real estate, and several injunction hearings involving employees' covenants not to compete and fiduciary duties
- Mr. Hovious' community activities have included serving as the President of the Crescent Hill Community Counsel, member of the Friends of the Louisville Zoo, and an ardent supporter of Ducks Unlimited
- Honors & Awards: AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell® Kentucky Super Lawyers® Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law
- and Personal Injury Litigation 2016 Louisville Lawyer of the Year, Personal Injury Litigation Benchmark Litigation, the Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, General Commercial Local Litigation Star Chambers USA as a leading lawyer in Litigation: General Commercial in Kentucky Professional & Community Activities: Crescent Hill Community Counsel, Former President Friends of the Louisville Zoo, Member One-Act Play, Author, 1999
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Practicing law in Kentucky. Legal matters in Kentucky are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Louisville are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Kentucky state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Kentucky brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Kentucky courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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