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P. Blaine Grant Blaine is a member of the firm's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group, and his practice involves business litigation. He has more than 11 years of experience, and maintains a diverse business litigation practice. Blaine represents clients in trial courts, on appeals and in mediation and arbitration throughout Kentucky and the nation. He is experienced in resolving a wide array of business disputes, including commercial contract claims, insurance litigation, class actions and defamation and invasion of privacy litigation.
Education
B.B.A., majors in Finance and Real Estate, Southern Methodist University, 1992
J.D., with honors, Drake University Law School, 1995
Admitted to Practice
Texas, 1996
Kentucky, 2000
Courts Admitted to Practice
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1996
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 1996
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 2000
U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 2000
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2002
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
American Bar Association - Member, Litigation Section, 1996-present
Dallas Bar Association - Member, Criminal Justice Committee, 1996-1999; Media Law Committee, 1998-1999
Kentucky Bar Association, Member, Civil Litigation and Business Law Sections, 2000-present
Louisville Bar Association, Member, Litigation Section, 2000-present
Certified NFL Contract Advisor - certified to negotiate NFL player contracts with NFL teams, 2001-2003
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC, Member of the Insurance, Class Action, Construction and Covenants Not to Compete and Trade Secrets Teams within the Firm's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group, 2004-present
Professional Leadership
Louisville Bar Association Leadership Academy, Class of 2007
Successfully prosecuted 13 jury trials, as well as numerous bench trials.
Successfully concluded through summary judgment, dismissal, settlement or mediation, various cases involving products liability, toxic tort, personal injury, professional liability, construction, insurance, labor and employment, defamation and invasion of privacy, class action, air carrier, covenants not to compete and trade secrets, securities, bankruptcy, maritime, business and commercial litigation.
Recent Significant Decisions
Adams, et al. v. Federal Materials Co., Inc., et al., 2005 WL 1862378 (W.D. Ky. 2005) (case of first impression in which Class Action Fairness Act found to allow removal of an action to federal court by a later added defendant)
Emery Worldwide, a subsidiary of CNF, Inc. v. AAF-McQuay, Inc., 2005 WL 2402544 (Ky. App. 2005) (discretionary review denied) (upholding the trial court's summary judgment for liability and damages in favor of a shipper against an air carrier despite the air carrier's boiler plate terms and conditions, and finding that the state law breach of contract claim was not preempted by federal common law)
Sims, et al. v. Ohio Cas. Ins. Co., et al., 151 Fed. Appx. 433 (6th Cir. 2005) (upholding the district court's dismissal of the RICO claims as untimely)
Gilliam v. Pikeville United Methodist Hospital of Kentucky, Inc., et al., 215 S.W.3d 56 (Ky. App. 2006) (discretionary review denied) (upholding the trial court's summary judgment dismissal of plaintiff's defamation and invasion of privacy claims, and affirmatively establishing in Kentucky that an affidavit which contradicts prior deposition testimony cannot be used to defeat a motion for summary judgment)
Adams, et al. v. Federal Materials Co., et al., 2006 WL 3772065 (W.D. Ky. 2006) (denial of a motion for class certification by 500-1,500 commercial and residential class members alleging over $50,000,000 in concrete damages)
Lockmans v. JK Harris & Co., LLC, 2007 WL 734951 (W.D. Ky. 2007) (granting dismissal with prejudice of a federal consumer class action matter because a non-class action individual arbitration was the proper forum for the dispute)
Honors and Awards
Order of the Coif, 1996
Drake Law School Dean's List, 1993-1995
Drake Law School Scholarship (one-half of full tuition awarded based on rank in class), 1994-1995.
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