Firm Profile - Lee Coleman

Professional Experience

Practicing attorney since 1981
Admitted to practice law in Tennessee and Kentucky
Admitted to practice before:
U.S. Court of Appeals
United States District Court, Sixth District
Western District of Kentucky
Middle District of Tennessee

Former Assistant County Attorney/Prosecutor (1981-1983)
Associate Attorney Gary S. Logsdon & Associates (1983-1984)
Sole Practitioner (1984-1985)
Partner, Hughes & Coleman (1985-Present)

Education

University of Kentucky, Bachelor of Business Administration, 1978
University of Louisville, Juris Doctorate, 1981

Memberships

Tennessee Bar Association
Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
Kentucky Bar Association
Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Personal

Born June 28, 1956 in Ashland, Kentucky
Married to the Honorable JoAnn Spinks Coleman, Warren District Judge since 1991
Three children: Johnathan, Benjamin, and Andrew

Church Affiliation

Living Hope Baptist Church

Community Activities

Board of Directors, War Memorial Boys & Girls Club
(Past President 1998-1999)

Co-Founder, Kids Are Special, a non-profit child safety program sponsored by Hughes & Coleman. Kids Are Special promotes fingerprinting and videotaping of children for identification purposes and encourages bicycle safety through the sale of certified bicycle helmets at below cost.