LOUISVILLE, KY / AGILITYPR.NEWS / September 27, 2023 / Darryl S. Lavery has joined the Louisville office of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC as Of Counsel in the firm’s Litigation Department. He will focus his practice on product liability matters, toxic tort, and business litigation.

“We are pleased to welcome Darryl to our Louisville office,” said Steptoe & Johnson CEO, Christopher L. Slaughter. “His 20-plus years of extensive litigation experience will immediately benefit our product liability team as well as our clients in Louisville and beyond.”

Lavery has a background in representing businesses and major corporations in broad-based civil defense litigation, including product liability matters, personal injury litigation, professional negligence claims, and commercial property damage claims, as well as experience defending railroads. He also served as a Circuit Judge for the Jefferson Circuit Court, Division Two, in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. He is a member of the Louisville Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, and American Bar Association and is admitted to practice in all Kentucky state courts, the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Lavery earned his law degree from the Indiana University School of Law and his bachelor’s degree from The Catholic University of America.