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Attorneys at Thomas Law Offices

Ashley Abaray

Attorney

Phone: (502) 686-9030
Email: Ashley.abaray@thomaslawoffices.com
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Ashley Ervin Abaray is originally from Iowa and graduated from the University of Iowa in 2012. She then moved to Louisville and graduated from the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville in 2015. Ashley began working for a local personal injury firm in 2013 during her first summer in law school and continued her practice there after she graduated. Thus, from the very beginning of her legal career, she always represented people, never corporations. She joined Thomas Law Offices in May of 2024. Her practice focuses on helping those who have been injured in work accidents, car wrecks, slip and falls, and civil rights violations, including jail misconduct and police brutality. She has tried several cases to jury verdict and has settled hundreds of cases for injured Kentuckians.

David Barber

Attorney

Phone: (502) 466-2868
Fax: (502) 309-2384
Email: david.barber@thomaslawoffices.com
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David Barber began trying cases to Kentucky juries immediately after graduating from law school, serving as a prosecutor in Carter County while also working in personal injury and civil litigation. He tried his first case within a week of his admission to practice, and won his first civil verdict in federal court—related to a chemical spill near his hometown of Ashland—within two years. Mr. Barber has tried over 120 cases to Kentucky juries, and has represented clients around the country and the U.S. Virgin Islands with numerous pro hac vice admissions. After working with several plaintiff-oriented law firms, Mr. Barber established his own firm, Barber Law Office, in 2011.

Mike Campbell

Attorney

Phone: (573) 607-1818
Fax: (573) 447-7730
Email: mike.campbell@thomaslawoffices.com
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Mike has spent his whole life in the Mid-Missouri area and currently resides in Columbia. His private practice, The Law Office of Mike Campbell, joined forces with Thomas Law Offices in 2020, and he now heads the firm’s Missouri office. Mike represents individuals who are seriously injured by the negligence of others and his work has resulted in recovering tens of millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for his clients and their families.

Alex Cassell

Attorney

Phone: (573) 664-0530
Email: Alex.cassell@thomaslawoffices.com

Alex grew up in Wildwood, Missouri and currently resides in Columbia. She graduated from Truman State University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Justice Systems and a minor in French. Alex graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law in 2022. While in law school, Alex was involved with the Veteran’s Clinic and the Innocence Clinic. After graduation, Alex joined a law firm in Jefferson City, Missouri and practiced insurance defense litigation. She was admitted to the Missouri Bar in September 2022. Alex began working at Thomas Law Offices in September of 2023. Her primary area of practice is civil litigation.

Alex Ernst

Attorney

Phone: (513) 836-8255
Email: alex.ernst@thomaslawoffices.com

Alex Ernst grew up in southeastern Ohio and went on to study English and writing at Morehead State University. While at Morehead, Alex volunteered with the Welcome House of Northern Kentucky assisting people struggling with disabilities and homelessness to get social security benefits. Alex worked fulltime while attending law school at Chase College of Law and received his J.D. in 2017. After graduating, Alex joined a personal injury firm in Cincinnati, devoting 100% of his time to representing people injured as a result of automobile/trucking accidents, slip and falls, dog bites, and defective products. He was admitted to the Ohio Bar in November 2018. Alex joined Thomas Law Offices in December 2023 where he continues to devote to represent injured people with compassion and dedication.

Nick Haynes

Attorney

Phone: (502) 293-5484
Email: nick.haynes@thomaslawoffices.com
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Nick has represented hundreds of people seriously injured or killed by negligent medical care, birth injuries, car and motorcycle wrecks, and big truck collisions. His hard work and commitment to clients establishes him as a leader in his field, with his peers awarding him an AV Preeminent Rating. This honors the highest level of professional excellence in legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards. At Thomas Law Offices, Nick emphasizes helping people.

Nick Horne

Attorney

Phone: 502-206-3810
Email: Nicholas.horne@thomaslawoffices.com

Nick Horne was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and graduated from Ballard High School in 2015. He attended Jefferson Community and Technical College and received his associate degree in 2017. Nick then attended the University of Kentucky for his bachelor’s degree, majoring in Political Science and graduating magna cum laude with departmental honors in 2019. Finally, Nick attended the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude in 2023 and was an editor of the University of Louisville Law Review and a student-teacher for the Central High School Law Partnership. Nick is passionate about helping people who suffered from the negligent actions of others, defective products, constitutional rights violations, and sexual assault.

Brian Jasper

Attorney

Phone: (502) 888-1164
Fax: (877) 955-7002
Email: brian.jasper@thomaslawoffices.com
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Mr. Jasper joined the Thomas Law Offices in January of 2019 after seven years practicing nursing home and medical malpractice litigation in Kentucky, Georgia, and Arkansas for a large national law firm. His primary area of practice is civil litigation with an emphasis on nursing home negligence, medical malpractice, and other serious personal injury matters.

Eric Kiser

Attorney

Phone: (513) 788-4966
Fax: (513) 993-1369
Email: eric.kiser@thomaslawoffices.com
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Eric Kiser is a native of West Tennessee and West Kentucky. While attending the University of Louisville as a McConnell Scholar, he double-majored in Political Science and History. Mr. Kiser is a 2015 graduate of the Washington & Lee University School of Law in Lexington, VA. He earned his juris doctor while serving as an Honor Advocate within the school’s honor system, and he clerked for the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office and a Virginia State Court judge during law school.

Lindsy Lopez

Attorney

Phone: (515) 395-5166
Email: lindsy.lopez@thomaslawoffices.com
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Lindsy Lopez serves as Thomas Law Offices’ General Counsel while also establishing the firm’s Des Moines, Iowa office where she relocated to be closer to family. Lindsy Lopez attended Iowa State University with a double major in Political Science/International studies and a minor in music before going on to graduate from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2009. During law school, she served as the Senior Managing Editor of the Iowa Law Review, as well as a clerk with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota. Mrs. Lopez graduated with honors and was a recipient of the Boyd Service Award for her commitment to public service during law school.

Julie Pahler

Attorney

Phone: (502) 688-5051
Fax: (513) 993-1369
Email: julie.pahler@thomaslawoffices.com

Julie Pahler Anderson was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. She graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in English. Julie is 2021 a cum laude graduate of the University of Louisville’s Brandeis School of Law. While in law school, Julie was the President of the Kentucky Student Justice Association, affiliated with the Kentucky Justice Association, a Central High School Teaching Fellow, and was elected by her peers to serve as a member of Honor Council. She was admitted to the Kentucky Bar Association in October 2021.

Lou Schneider

Attorney

Phone: (513) 360-6480
Fax: (877) 955-7002
Email: lou.schneider@thomaslawoffices.com
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After more than 15 years serving clients in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, Lou Schneider joined Thomas Law Offices in June 2018. He brings knowledge and experience from his years as a partner in a mid-sized Cincinnati law firm and owner and operator of the Schneider Law Firm to the Thomas team.

Tad Thomas

Attorney

Phone: (877) 955-7001
Email: tad@thomaslawoffices.com
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After graduating with honors from law school at Northern Kentucky University, Tad Thomas opened his own practice in Louisville. He quickly gravitated to the area of personal injury and civil litigation, an area where he could assist clients in their time of need. Seven years later Mr. Thomas was given the honor of being invited to assist Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway and leading the Civil and Environmental Division of the Attorney General's Office. Only a few months later he was promoted to one of two Assistant Deputy Attorneys General and was given the responsibility of overseeing four divisions and all of the office's civil litigation. These four divisions consisted of over 100 personnel including lawyers, staff and sworn law enforcement officers.

Nick Thompson

Attorney

Phone: (502) 466-2637
Fax: (502) 200-9268
Email: nick.thompson@thomaslawoffices.com

James Nicholas "Nick" Thompson was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and is a 2006 graduate of St. Xavier High School.  He attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and swam competitively on the Colonel’s Swimming and Diving Team.  Mr. Thompson received his J.D., graduating magna cum laude, from the Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 2021.

Kevin Weis

Attorney

Phone: (502) 901-4450 Ext. 1028
Email: kevin.weis@thomaslawoffices.com
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Since 1999 Kevin Weis has continuously represented people seriously injured or killed as the result of negligent individuals and corporations in such areas as Motor Vehicle Negligence, Medical/Healthcare Negligence, Premises Liability (“slip and falls”), Products Liability, Dog Bites, Tractor Trailer Negligence, and General Negligence. His passion is to assist his clients in obtaining fair compensation for what has been lost and cannot be replaced, to hold wrongdoers accountable, to protect innocent people from such unreasonable hazards, and to ensure his clients are treated with dignity and respect from the powerful and well-funded adversaries those clients face in a time of stress and uncertainty.

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Tad Thomas

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Tad Thomas has dedicated his practice to representing plaintiffs in various types of civil litigation, including personal injury, business litigation, class actions, and multi-district litigation.

After graduating with his law degree in 2000 from Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University, Mr. Thomas immediately opened his own private practice and began representing injury victims.

In 2011, Thomas Law Offices was established in Louisville, Kentucky. Over the past decade, Mr. Thomas has expanded his firm and now has offices in three additional locations: Cincinnati, Ohio, Columbia, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois. He is also a frequent lecturer on topics like trial skills and ethics and technology.

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