Thomas E. Carroll

  • Partner
Thomas E. Carroll

Practice Areas

  • Automobile Accidents
  • Insurance Bad Faith
  • Medical Negligence
  • Product Liability
  • Felony Criminal Defense
  • Electrical Injury
  • Other Personal Injury

Biography

THOMAS E

THOMAS E. CARROLL received his B.S. degree in 1969 and his M.A. degree in 1971 from Western Kentucky University. Following graduation from Western Kentucky University he taught advanced Math, Physics and Chemistry at Caverna High School, Horse Cave, Kentucky and Northview Junior High in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mr. Carroll enrolled at University of Louisville College of Law in 1972 and received his J.D. in 1974. Mr. Carroll began his practice of law as a junior partner in the firm of Lovelace, Carroll & Peck, located in Albany, Kentucky. He has practiced law both in Monticello and Albany, Kentucky since 1975. During this time, he has served as Assistant Commonwealth Attorney and Wayne County Attorney. Mr. Carroll has over 20 years of experience as a trial attorney and his practice is concentrated in the areas of plaintiff's personal injury, bad faith, medical negligence, products liability, wrongful death claims and criminal defense.

Mr. Carroll is admitted to practice as a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, U.S. District Court for Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, U.S. Claims Court, and Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Carroll is a member of the American Bar Association, Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys Board of Governors, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Education

  • University of Louisville School of Law, Louisville, Kentucky
    • J.D. - 1974
  • Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky
    • B.A. - 1969
  • Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky
    • M.A. - 1971

Bar Admissions

  • Kentucky, 1975
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 1975
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 1975
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1987
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1989
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1988

Classes and Seminars

  • Smart Use of Experts in MVA Cases, Kentucky Justice Association, 2011, Present
  • Mediation of a Bad Faith Claim, Kentucky Justice Association, 2012, Present
  • Preparation & Presentations - Outcome of Mediation, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2012, Present

Professional Associations

  • Kentucky Justice Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Southern Trial Lawyers
  • The National Trial Lawyers

Past Positions​

  • Wayne County Attorney, 1978 to 1981
  • Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, 1975 to 1978