Attorney Referrals and Co-Counsel for Kentucky Personal Injury Cases

We represent injured people throughout Kentucky. Referring lawyers most often send us:

• Car crashes and truck crashes, including catastrophic injuries
• Wrongful death
• Medical malpractice and birth injury
• Nursing home abuse and neglect
• Brain and spinal cord injuries

Our full list is on the practice areas page. If you’re not sure whether a case fits, call and ask.

Kentucky allows lawyers in different firms to divide a fee only under the conditions in SCR 3.130(1.5)(e):

“A division of a fee between lawyers who are not in the same firm may be made only if: (1) the division is in proportion to the services performed by each lawyer, or, each lawyer assumes joint responsibility for the representation; (2) the client agrees to the arrangement and the agreement is confirmed in writing; and (3) the total fee is reasonable.”

In practice, that means:

• The client agrees, in writing. We confirm the arrangement with the client in writing at the start.
• Either proportional work or joint responsibility. A referring lawyer who doesn’t do a share of the work must assume joint responsibility for the representation.
• The client pays no more because of the referral. The total fee has to be reasonable, and the division comes out of that fee, not on top of it.

If you practice outside Kentucky, check your own jurisdiction’s rules too; they may add requirements.

Some lawyers want to stay involved and share the work. We’re open to co-counsel arrangements where each firm’s role is defined in writing at the start, and where the division reflects the work each firm does or joint responsibility under Rule 1.5(e).

Cases that start outside Kentucky can come to us directly or through the lawyer the client already trusts. Our About page describes how we work with locally licensed co-counsel.

A short call or email is enough to start. Helpful information:

• The client’s name and the names of the other parties (so we can check for conflicts)
• The date and place of the incident
• The injuries and current treatment
• Insurance information, if known
• Any deadlines you’re aware of, and what’s been filed

Watch the clock. Many Kentucky injury claims must be filed within one year, and most motor vehicle claims within two; see our statute of limitations guide. Please don’t hold a case until the deadline is close.

• A straight answer on whether we can take the case.
• Updates on the case, shared with you as the client permits. Kentucky’s confidentiality rule (SCR 3.130(1.6)) means the client’s consent controls what we share.
• Trial preparation from the start. We prepare every case for trial. Larry Forman has tried 50+ jury trials and won 95% of them. See our case results; past results don’t guarantee a similar outcome.

Learn more about Larry Forman and our team.

Kentucky’s rules say a lawyer “shall not give anything of value to a non-lawyer for recommending the lawyer’s services” (SCR 3.130(7.20)(2)), and “shall not share legal fees with a nonlawyer” (SCR 3.130(5.4)(a)). So:

• We don’t pay, reward or give gifts to medical providers, body shops, tow operators, investigators or anyone else for sending us clients.
• We don’t use “runners” or contact accident victims in person or by live phone call to solicit their cases.
• Former clients and friends who recommend us have our thanks, but we can’t give anything of value in return.

If anyone claims to be “working with” our firm and offers money or favors to steer an injured person to us, it isn’t us. Please tell us.