Acted as lead attorney in acquisition of two different public coal companies and thereafter taking them public;

Acted as lead counsel in numerous coal asset acquisitions over a period of 40 years in Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee and Colorado involving billions of dollars in consideration;

Participated as counsel of record in various litigations involving coal procurement contract disputes, mineral disputes, as well as other regulatory and contractual disputes affecting the coal industry; and

Acted as co-counsel in major tax litigation involving both domestic and foreign coal transactions.

Served as General Counsel to the Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions; Currently serving on the Board of Directors of one of the largest banking companies in Kentucky; and

Represented different banking organizations in the acquisition of numerous banks and bank affiliates over a period of 40 years.

Served on the Board of Directors and various committees of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., a Fortune 500 company until it was acquired by Xerox in 2010;

Successful structuring of a $700 million tender offer for a publicly traded company; and

Several business acquisitions involving public and private entities, union and nonunion organizations, various tax structures, utilization of all forms of public and private financing.