Updates

Mike Reynolds and Melissa Mattox presented at the 2017 Kentucky State Tax Conference for the Kentucky Society Of CPAs on the issues of State Tax Implications of Mergers and Acquisitions.

Kinkead & Stilz Attorney Member Melanie S. Marrs received her award for co-Defense Counsel of the Year from the Kentucky Defense Counsel on Friday, November 10, 2017. Melanie was honored by the KDC along with Ashley K. Brown of Ward, Hocker & Thornton, PLLC. The photo shows a group from Kinkead & Stilz that attended … Read more

For lawyers practicing in the areas of real estate, contract, and civil litigation, there are a couple of statutory amendments recently enacted by the Kentucky legislature that are important to understand and remember. First, KRS 382.135 is a statute governing the requirements for the contents of a deed in Kentucky. KRS 382.135(1) was amended in … Read more

You may be able to defer capital gains tax on the sale of property which has appreciated in value through the use of a Section 1031 like kind exchange. It is a vehicle which can be employed by a taxpayer who sells property which has been held for productive use in a trade or business … Read more

Organizing a Limited Liability Company (LLC) has become a popular form in which to conduct business, but you won’t find an LLC Tax Return form on the IRS’ website. The Internal Revenue Code (the Code) doesn’t recognize an LLC as a type of entity with its own tax treatment. Instead, LLCs are taxed as if … Read more

Kinkead & Stilz is pleased to announce that Justin T. Baxter and Kara B. Prichard have joined the firm as associates. Justin completed a clerkship with Judge Gregory Lay in Knox and Laurel Counties and Kara completed a clerkship with Judge Scorsone in Fayette County prior to joining Kinkead & Stilz.

In June, 2017, Thomas M. Todd was the title and real estate counsel assisting an out-of-state manufacturer in a $2,000,000 acquisition for industrial and distribution uses. This transaction involved multiple parcels with legal descriptions, dating back more than 100 years. It required obtaining easements from adjoining landowners, as well as granting reciprocal easements by the … Read more

Kinkead & Stilz is pleased to announce that Melanie S. Marrs, David A. Trevey and Tonya S. Rager joined the firm as partners. Melanie, David and Tonya are bringing a Professional Liability Defense department to Kinkead & Stilz, a practice area that while not entirely new to Kinkead & Stilz, certainly enhances the other legal … Read more

In May, 2017, Thomas M. Todd, represented a secured lender whose mortgage was released due to fraudulent acts by the borrower, and through negligence of the subsequent purchaser’s lender. Todd filed an action to enforce its claim against the new owner (foreclosure), the owner’s lender (for gross negligence), and the former borrower (for fraud and … Read more

Kinkead & Stilz is pleased to report that Melanie S. Marrs recently achieved a unanimous Defense Verdict for Baptist Health Corbin in a case tried for two weeks in Whitley Circuit Court. The allegations against Baptist were that they failed to appropriately potassium as required by a standing protocol and that her cardiac event was … Read more