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Brendan R. Yates Associate Admitted: 2002, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit Law School: University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, J.D., 2002 College: University of Kentucky, B.A., Political Science, 1998 Member: Fayette County and Kentucky Bar Associations, Lexington Charity Club, and Bluegrass Conservancy, Young Friends of the Bluegrass. Biography: Brendan Yates joined the Lexington office of the firm as an associate in 2002. Brendan is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department, where he focuses his practice on construction and real estate litigation, workers’ compensation defense litigation, and commercial litigation. He has successfully defended his clients in state and federal courts, the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the Kentucky Supreme Court, and in administrative agency proceedings in Kentucky. Brendan graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and obtained his Juris Doctorate from the University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 2002. While at the University of Louisville, he was a member of the Moot Court Board and the Journal of Law and Education. He is a member of the Kentucky State Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. In addition to his law practice, Brendan is a member of the Lexington Charity Club, which provides volunteer work and fundraising to local charitable organizations in Lexington. He has volunteered with the Lexington Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and was awarded the Man of the Year Award in 2005. He is also a Henry Stites Barker Fellow with the University of Kentucky Fellows Society. Born: Lexington, Kentucky, April 9, 1974

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