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Dick served for six years from 2019 through 2024 as president and CEO of the Filson Historical Society. Before that he practiced for fourty-two years with Dinsmore and its Kentucky predecessor firm. He is of counsel at Dinsmore and has practiced in the areas of business and fiduciary litigation, appellate practice, and administrative law. He has represented corporate clients and individuals in distributorship purchases and disputes, negligent investment\/sub-par appreciation claims, trust interpretation issues and disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, will contests, board governance issues, regulatory issues and appeals at the state and federal level, federal and state constitutional issues, class actions, defamation actions, business and contract disputes, trademark infringements, business interruption and interference, enforcement of non-competition agreements, lender liability actions, Equal Credit Opportunity Act actions, Fair Credit Reporting Act actions, and civil rights actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has represented a major national church foundation with its own trust company, having served previously on its board and as its interim CEO. He has tried more than 80 jury trials in state and federal court and has argued more than 35 appeals in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the Kentucky Supreme Court, and the Kentucky Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has also served as Kentucky counsel for major pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers and retailers confronting nation wide claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, Dick has served as the firm’s Kentucky ethics partner, and as a member of Dinsmore’s board of directors. In 2023 he received Dinsmore’s Retired Partner of the Year Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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