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S. Chad Meredith
Of Counsel
Former Solicitor General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Chad Meredith is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice. His practice focuses on appellate litigation, matters involving state attorneys general and general litigation.
Chad served as solicitor general from 2019 to 2021, overseeing all civil and criminal appellate litigation involving the commonwealth, and leading a team of nearly 30 appellate lawyers.
Chad has also served as the chief deputy general counsel (2015-2019) to the governor of Kentucky. In that role, he represented the governor in litigation and advised the governor and other executive branch officials on a wide variety of legal and policy issues.
After graduating law school, he clerked for Judge John M. Rogers on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and also for Judge Amul R. Thapar on the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Education
- University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2007
- Washington and Lee University, B.A., summa cum laude, 2004
Admissions
- Ohio, 2022
- Kentucky, 2007
Courts
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Dist. Ct., E. Dist. of Kentucky
- U.S. Dist. Ct., W. Dist. of Kentucky
- U.S. Dist. Ct., S. Dist. of Indiana
- U.S. Dist. Ct., S. Dist. of Ohio
Memberships & Affiliations
- Life member of the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference
- Chairman of the Litigation Section of the Kentucky Bar Association (2014-2016)
- Chairman-elect of the Litigation Section of the Kentucky Bar Association (2013-2014)
- Member, Kentucky Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights (2015)
- Member, Central Kentucky American Inn of Court
- Member, Federalist Society
- Recipient of AV-Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale Hubbell
- Named to the Kentucky Super Lawyers Rising Stars list
- Author, “Look Homeward Candidate: Evaluating and Reforming Kentucky’s Residency Definition and Bona Fides Challenges in Order to Avoid a Potential Crisis in Gubernatorial Elections,” 95 Ky. L.J. 211, 2006-2007.