LYNCH - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Forensic Accounting Seminar for Attorneys, Louisville, KY
Edward B. Weinberg is a Shareholder/Partner with the firm. His practice concentrates in the areas of business and corporate law and planning, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial lending, and real estate and real estate finance. He further advises high net worth individuals and families in wealth and estate planning and personal representatives and trustees in trust and estate administration.
Mr. Weinberg has an extensive history of civic and charitable leadership, including having been honored to serve as Board Chair of The Home of the Innocents; a Board Member and Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee and Strategic Planning Committee of Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Healthcare; President of the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation; Board Chair of the City of Green Spring, Kentucky; Board Chair and General Campaign Chair of the Jewish Community Federation of Louisville; Board Chair of Four Courts Senior Center; and Board Member of The Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Foundation.
Mr. Weinberg is acknowledged on the Kentucky Super Lawyers list for his expertise in Business/Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions and Real Estate, and he recently was recognized by Louisville Magazine as one of Louisville's "Top Lawyers As Picked by Their Peers" in the specialties of Business Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate Law and Natural Resources Law.
Eli C. Bronn is an Associate at Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Goodman, P.S.C. His practice primarily specializes in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration, and Business Organizations.
Eli holds an undergraduate degree in Finance from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse and a J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law.
While attending the University of Kentucky College of Law, Eli was appointed Articles Editor of the Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Law. Eli's Note, titled, "Chronic Wasting Disease: An Ignored Epidemic" was published in Volume 12 of the 2020-2021 Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Law publication.
Elizabeth M. Howell has devoted her practice to family law in Kentucky. Howell concentrates her practice in complex financial divorce, including business valuation, trusts, executive compensation, tracing of non-marital funds and creative solutions for complicated assets. She enjoys advocating for her clients both in and out of the courtroom. Her approach to family law puts clients and their goals first.
Howell remains up to date on Kentucky family law statutes, cases, and trends. She annually presents updates to other family law attorneys and judges at continuing legal education courses. Howell was selected for the 2018 - 2023 Kentucky Rising Stars lists. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.
Howell fell in love with family law because of the ability to work face-to-face with clients on matters that directly impact their daily lives. Howell is passionate about family law, including using alternative dispute resolution methods to amicably and efficiently resolve contentious family law matters. She particularly enjoys working with clients to increase their understanding of the legal process to reduce clients' stress during what can be a very difficult time.
Howell also works pro bono educating area attorneys, social workers, college administrators, and law school classes on Title IX. Howell has served in a variety of roles in the Louisville and Kentucky legal community. At home, she enjoys spending time with her young family, especially visiting the library to read the latest children's books.
Job Titles:
- Gilman & Goodman As an Associate
Emily T. Cecconi joined Lynch Cox Gilman & Goodman as an associate in 2023, after having started her career with Diana L. Skaggs + Partners following her graduation the University of Kentucky Rosenburg College of Law. Although her practice touches all areas of divorce and family law, she concentrates on complex financial divorce, including business valuation, tracing of nonmarital assets, the determination of income available for child and spousal support, and complex child custody matters.
She earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law in 2018 Cum Laude. While working toward her degree, Ms. Cecconi served as a certified legal intern with the University of Kentucky College of Law Legal Clinic. As a member of the U.K. Legal Clinic, Ms. Cecconi used a limited license to advise, counsel, and represent indigent clients in a variety of civil legal matters, including divorce and advanced directives. Prior to law school, Ms. Cecconi graduated Cum Laude from Bellarmine University with a B.A. in English and Political Science.
Education and Honors
J.D. University of Kentucky College of Law, 2018, Cum Laude
John Davis Cox is a shareholder/partner at Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Goodman, P.S.C. All of his practice is devoted to civil litigation, including business and commercial litigation, as well as catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death.
Mr. Cox is a Louisville native who received his B.A. from the University of Louisville as well as his Juris Doctor Degree, both of which were with magna cum laude honors. He also played soccer for the University of Louisville where he was a captain for the 1996 season and was a recipient of the Red and Black Award given to the two athletes in all sports with the highest GPA. He has extensive experience doing complex litigation, and has obtained several multi-million dollar results, including the resolution of a Federal Tort Claims Act case for wrongful death, which was featured in the National Verdict Search Publication, along with the USA Today and New York Times. He has represented various business clients, including local and regional banks, physicians, insurance companies, and sports and entertainment groups as well as numerous personal injury and wrongful death clients.
Janice Lintner is a shareholder of Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Goodman, P.S.C. She is AV Peer Reviewed by Martindale-Hubbel and listed in The Best Lawyers in Kentucky. Ms. Lintner represents clients in all areas of family law in the trial and appellate courts of Kentucky.
Nathan R. Hardymon joined Lynch Cox Gilman & Goodman, PSC as an associate in 2022. His practice concentrates in the areas of domestic relations and litigation, and he represents client in all areas of family law in the trial and appellate courts of Kentucky. His legal interests include high asset/high conflict dissolution of marriage and family law matters, alternative/non-heteronormative family structures, and assisted reproductive technology.
Prior to joining Lynch Cox Gilman & Goodman, PSC, Mr. Hardymon has practiced with other boutique domestic relations firms for a number of years and was a Staff Attorney for the Honorable John M. McCarty, a Family Court judge in Daviess County, Kentucky.
He earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law in 2018 cum laude. While working toward his degree, Mr. Hardymon served as a Certified Legal Intern with the University of Kentucky College of Law Legal Clinic. There he utilized a limited practice license to advise, counsel, and represent indigent clients in a variety of civil legal matters, including dissolution of marriage. Prior to law school, Mr. Hardymon graduated in 2015 from the University of Kentucky with an M.A. in Linguistic Theory and Typology, and in 2013 with a B.A. in Linguistics and a B.A. in Spanish.
Paul M. Baker is a 1972 Honors graduate of the University of Louisville School of Law. While in law school, he received the West Publishing Company Award for highest scholastic average in his class and was elected to the University of Louisville Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. Mr. Baker is a Distinguished Alumnus of the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, and also holds a degree from the University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Banking.
From 1982 to 1992, Mr. Baker served as General Counsel to Great Financial Bank. In January 1992, he was appointed President of Great Financial and elected to its board of directors. In January 1993, he was also named Chief Executive Officer of the organization. In 1998 Great Financial Bank merged with the predecessor of U. S. Bank. At the time Great Financial was the largest financial institution headquartered in the state of Kentucky.
Mr. Baker has practiced Corporate, Banking and Real Estate law with the firm of Lynch, Cox, Gilman and Goodman, since 1998. He continues his practice in those areas today.
Mr. Baker has served on the board of directors of Spalding University, the Kentucky Bankers Association, the Downtown Development Corporation and the Fund for the Arts. He is a member of the American, Kentucky and Louisville Bar Associations.
Robert Brown advises on trade, investments, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures for U.S. companies and foreign companies operating in the U.S., including manufacturing, distribution, sales, retail and wholesale operations.
He has worked closely with companies as an investment banker and attorney, serving both in-house and as an outside advisor in Louisville, London, New York City, Tokyo, San Francisco and San Diego. Robert is admitted as an attorney in New York, Washington, D.C., California and Kentucky, and is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and in Hong Kong. From 1991-1993 he was admitted as a foreign lawyer in Japan.
He has two PhD. degrees. The first was from Cambridge University and studied Japanese privatization, while the second one was from The London School of Economics and Political Science and dealt with Indonesian legal reforms and creditor relations. He also has a Masters degree from Jochi University in Tokyo, and an Advanced Accounting Certificate from Bellarmine University. Recently, he completed an LL.M in international trade and development from the University of London. During three years of law school, he earned J.D., M.B.A. and Masters Degrees from the University of Louisville. Robert has taught international transaction courses at the law schools of University of California Berkeley, University of San Francisco and University of Louisville, as well as accounting, business, economic and finance courses at the school of business of Bellarmine University, where he served as dean from 2015-16.
He is the author of many books, including:
Doing Business on the Internet. Aspen/Harcourt Brace. 2000. 2001.
Limited Liability Companies Guide. Aspen/Harcourt Brace. 2000. 2001.
Financing Start-Ups. Aspen/Harcourt Brace. 2000-2009.
Equity Finance: Venture Capital, Buyouts, Restructurings and Reorganizations. Aspen. 2001 Supplement.
The Concise Guide to Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Palgrave/Macmillan. 2007.
Emerging Companies. 2005. 2010. 2019.
Buying a Business. Aspatore. 2013.
Advising New Businesses. Thomson/Sweet & Maxwell. 2003.
Going Global. Thomson. 2006-2012. 2019.
International Business Plans. World Trade Press. 2003.
Managing Your e-Business/Hong Kong. CCH. 2000.
Asian Economic and Legal Development. Kluwer. 1998.
Commercial Laws of East Asia. Sweet & Maxwell. 1997.
Intellectual Property Laws of East Asia. Sweet & Maxwell. 1997.
Doing Business in South Korea. Thomson Reuters/West. 2010. 2011. 2012.
Doing Business in Vietnam. Thomson Reuters/West. 2010. 2012.
He also has a long history of serving as an officer and a board member of many organizations, including:
American Bar Association, Section of International Law, Chair 2018-20
National District Export Council, Board of Directors, Member; former Chair; Advisory Board, Chair
World Trade Center Kentucky, Board of Directors, Member, Secretary, and former Chair
Scott A. Weinberg is a Shareholder of Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Goodman, P.S.C., where he focuses his practice in estate planning, business organizations, and tax planning. He concentrates his practice in designing estate, asset protection, and business succession plans in a tax advantageous manner for medium and high net worth individuals and families. He also enjoys representing clients in the formation of closely-held business entities and in special needs planning.
Mr. Weinberg also maintains an active practice in Florida, and regularly advises clients in trust and estate administration issues in both Kentucky and Florida. He also routinely represents personal representatives in Kentucky and Florida probate matters and oversees the filing of United States Estate Tax Returns and Kentucky Inheritance Tax Returns. Mr. Weinberg is licensed to practice in Kentucky, Florida, Illinois and Indiana, and is a member of the state bar association of each of these states. Mr. Weinberg taught Estate and Gift Tax as an adjunct professor at the University of Louisville School of Law in the Fall of 2013. He earned his B.A. degree in Economics from Emory University, Phi Beta Kappa and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Louisville School of Law. His "free time" is devoted to his wife and three young daughters.
Scott Spiegel is a Shareholder and President of Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Goodman, P.S.C. He concentrates his practice in the areas of labor, employment and litigation. He is a former president of the Louisville Bar Association and former member of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association. Scott is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America - Litigation - Labor and Employment and Best's Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys. He is A V Preeminent Peer Review rated by Martindale-Hubell.
Mr. Spiegel holds an undergraduate degree from Miami University and a J.D. from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law.
Mr. Spiegel has extensive experience counseling clients on labor matters, including negotiations for companies with labor unions. A major focus of Mr. Spiegel's practice is assisting clients with employment-related issues, including defense of state and federal employment claims, EEOC complaints, state discrimination complaints and NLRB complaints. In addition, Mr. Spiegel frequently helps clients with preparing human resource policies and documents, such as employee handbooks and affirmative action plans. He also has experience negotiating both employment contracts and separation agreements.
Stacey Huse concentrates her practice in the areas of employee benefits, transactional matters, and general corporate and security law.
Ms. Huse has extensive experience in the area of employee benefits, working with clients in designing, implementing, and maintaining qualified retirement plans and employee welfare benefit plans; correcting operational or documentation errors in plans; advising buyers and sellers of businesses on employee benefit issues during, before, and after business transactions; assisting companies in financial distress with benefits administration and/or termination issues; drafting and administering non-qualified deferred compensation plans; assisting clients with establishing and maintaining employee stock ownership plans; and preparing executive agreements and compensation packages. Ms. Huse also has extensive experience in general corporate law and mergers and acquisitions.
Steven A. Goodman is a Shareholder/Partner with Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Goodman, PSC. His practice concentrates in the areas of transactional matters, tax, corporate & security law, business succession planning, employee benefits (specialization in ESOPs) and estate planning. Prior to joining Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Goodman, P.S.C., Mr. Goodman was a Shareholder/Partner with the Louisville, Kentucky firm of Goldberg-Simpson, P.S.C.
A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Mr. Goodman holds a 1974 undergraduate degree from Indiana University, a 1977 Law Degree from the University of Kentucky and a 1981 Masters of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center.
Utilizing his tax and corporate background, Mr. Goodman has extensive experience in counseling clients on transactional matters including merger and acquisitions, reorganizations, dispositions, choice of entity, liquidations and dissolutions. A major focus of Mr. Goodman's practice involves assisting clients in planning for their retirements and the tax efficient orderly transfer of personal estate and business interests to designated family members and business successors. Mr. Goodman also has become known for advising clients on approved tax favored transactions including employee stock ownership plans ("ESOP's) & captive insurance companies.
Job Titles:
- Counsel to the Law Firm of Lynch Cox Gillman & Goodman
William D. Tingley is Of Counsel to the law firm of Lynch Cox Gillman & Goodman, P.S.C., in Louisville, Kentucky, where he concentrates his practice on appeals before the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Kentucky. He is a graduate of Asbury University and received his Juris Doctorate from Capital University Law School. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the Adjunct Professor of Appellate Advocacy at Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law.
Over the past 35 years, he has been a frequent lecturer, and author, on a variety of family law topics for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Kentucky Bar Association, the Louisville Bar Association, and the Northern Kentucky Bar Association. He is the author of The Kentucky Appellate Practice and Procedure Deskbook, published by the University of Kentucky's J. David Rosenberg College of Law, Department of Continuing Legal Education (2022); he served as a co-author of the chapter on Alternate Dispute Resolution in Family Law Matters in UK/CLE's Kentucky Domestic Relations Handbook (3d ed. 2021). His published articles include: "Family Law Arbitration: Unlawful Delegation of Judicial Power?," Kentucky Bench and Bar, vol. 86, no. 1 (January 2022); "Third-Party Joinder For Property Claims In Actions For Dissolution of Marriage," Kentucky Bench and Bar, vol. 83, no. 6 (November 2019); "Family Law Arbitration: A Rebirth," Kentucky Bench and Bar, vol. 83, no. 3 (May 2019), and Violence Against Women's Act, Reauthorization of 2013, A Glimpse at Legal Specific Provisions, Bar Briefs, Louisville Bar Association, April 2014. His works on matrimonial arbitration in Kentucky have been recognized in publications of the American Bar Association and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, North American Branch. More information about Mr. Tingley is available.