Lexington, KY

Lee Coleman

Lee Coleman is a practicing attorney for over 30 years, co-founded Hughes & Coleman in 1985. He is known for his expertise in personal injury law and his commitment to clients. He has a strong background as a prosecutor and has been instrumental in the firm's growth and legal advertising strategies.

Gary C. Johnson

Gary C. Johnson has been representing plaintiffs in personal injury cases for over forty years. In 1993 he founded Gary C. Johnson, P.S.C. He is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and has been named a Kentucky Super Lawyer every year since its inception. In 2008, he was awarded the Kentucky Justice Association’s annual Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award. He has obtained numerous multimillion-dollar jury verdicts and settlements, including the largest personal injury jury verdict in Kentucky. He is Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Marcos Garza

Mr. Garza is a native of East Tennessee. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University. He obtained his Masters of Science from the University of Tennessee and his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. Marcos M. Garza of the Garza Law Firm, PLLC is best known for his defense of those accused of DUI, criminal charges and for his representation of individuals who have suffered serious personal injury. He has been recognized as a 'Mid-South Super Lawyer Rising-Star,' a 'Super Lawyer,' a 'National Top 100 Trial Lawyer™,' a 'National Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyer™,' and holds an AV 'Preeminent' Rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He is trained in Gas Chromatography, EC/IR II breath testing, Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, ARIDE, and DRE courses. He is a graduate of the National Criminal Defense College and Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College. After serving as a Judge Advocate and Captain in the United States Marine Corps, Mr. Garza returned to practice law in East Tennessee.

Ronald M. Wilt

Ronald M. Wilt is the managing partner of Wilt Injury Lawyers. His practice has been exclusively focused on medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, and medical device litigation for 32 years. He has the unique honor of being designated a Super Lawyer: Medical Malpractice, as a defense attorney and then as a plaintiff attorney. He is licensed to practice in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. He earned his B.A. degree from Earlham College and his J.D. degree from the University of Cincinnati.

Marshall Kaufman

Marshall was born and raised in Louisville. He earned a BS from University of Tennessee in 1975, and his law degree from University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law in 1978. Marshall has represented injured clients for over 44 years. He is the son of a lawyer who also is a graduate of the University of Louisville School of Law. Marshall graduated from the Brandeis School of Law in 1978. He has represented clients who had suffered serious injury or wrongful death of a family member in cases involving defective products, medical malpractice, automobile accidents, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, airplane crashes, electrocutions, construction accidents, and children injured in pedestrian crossing, bicycle, and dog bite accidents. In 2001, Marshall was a founding member of this personal injury law firm. Since that time, he has continued to fight for his injured clients. His goal is to get every client fully compensated for harms and losses caused by the negligence of others. He has recovered millions of dollars for thousands of clients he has successfully represented in the last 44 years. He has had recoveries of $1,000,000 or more for clients injured in automobile, motorcycle, trucking, pedestrian, medical malpractice, electrocution, workplace and airplane crash cases. These cases have involved serious physical injury or wrongful death. Marshall has been an AV-rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell since 1999. This is the highest rating given by Martindale-Hubbell. This rating applies to both legal ability and ethics. He is a Kentucky Super Lawyer 2011 to 2023. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. NAOPIA, the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, Inc recognized Marshall as a Top 10 Personal Injury Attorney in Kentucky. He is a member of the Louisville Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, and a member of the Kentucky Justice Association and the American Justice Association for over 42 years.

William R. Garmer

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.

Kyle Salyer

I grew up in Johnson County and eastern Kentucky, all the way through Alice Lloyd College in Pippa Passes. After law school at Valparaiso University in Indiana, I came straight back to Kentucky to practice personal injury law. All I wanted to do was help people from my home, my Kentucky neighbors when they’ve been hurt by others. Over the years, I learned how to win clients the compensation they deserve to get their lives back on track-even if it means going to trial. In fact, I dedicated myself to learning everything I could about trying cases in front of juries. It takes a lot of Kentucky Courage™ for everyday Kentuckians to go to court, and I’m proud to stay by their side in the fight. In 2018, I joined forces with Morgan, Collins, Yeast & Salyer. I added the Paintsville office to the firm’s six other offices around Kentucky-so I can help even more Kentucky families. I help people hurt from car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, defective products, medical malpractice, slips and falls and workplace accidents.