William R. Garmer

About William

Founding partner Bill Garmer was a leader in the legal profession, a groundbreaking advocate who changed the course of Kentucky law, a champion for his clients, and a mentor to countless lawyers across the Commonwealth. His work as a lawyer and teacher had a profound impact on his clients and other attorneys alike, though his supreme loyalty was to his clients. In a career spanning more than 45 years, Bill secured innumerable courtroom victories for his clients, and some of those cases led to major decisions of higher courts. But perhaps more importantly, he was a lawyer’s lawyer: a leader of the bar who was respected and admired in both his professional and personal lives by his many clients, colleagues, and friends. Bill was one of five attorneys selected to the trial team to represent the families of the passengers of Comair Flight 5191, which crashed on takeoff from Lexington, Kentucky, in August 2006. Bill represented the family of a victim of nursing home abuse resulting in an $8 million jury verdict in Louisville. As a plaintiff's lawyer, Bill dedicated his entire career to protecting the rights guaranteed to every citizen by the Constitution. Among Bill's most impactful accomplishments, he mentored generations of young lawyers. Bill was as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Kentucky David J. Rosenberg College of Law for more than 20 years, teaching courses in litigation skills and in healthcare law. He was a sought-after lecturer in continuing legal education programs in Kentucky and around the United States. Bill served on active duty in the United States Air Force as a Staff Sergeant from 1969 to1973.

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