DelCotto Law Group PLLC

Attorney Laura Day DelCotto

Bar Admissions:

• Kentucky Supreme Court, 1986
• United States District Courts:
  • Eastern District of Kentucky, 1986
  • Western District of Kentucky, 1991
• United States Court of Appeals
• Sixth Circuit, 1988
• United States Supreme Court, 1993
• Southern District of Indiana, 2002

Education:

• University of Kentucky College of Law
  • Juris Doctorate, with distinction, 1986
  • Honors: Colvin Rouse Best Note Award, 1986 Member, Kentucky Law Journal, 1984-86 Order of the Coif
• The University of the South at Sewanee
  • Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, 1983
  • Honors: Order of the Gownsmen Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Fayette County Bar Association, Board of Directors, 1999-2002
• Kentucky Bar Association, Chair, Bankruptcy Section, 2002-2003
• American Bar Association
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Turnaround Management Association
• IWIRC Central KY Chapter, Co-founder and Chair, 2013
• NAWBO, Board of Directors and Chair, Public Policy Committee, 2013-2016
• Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification *
• Joint Local Bankruptcy Rules Committee for Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; ED Bankruptcy Court Local Rules Committee (2011)
• Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, Life Member
• Kentucky Bar Foundation, Life Member
• Fayette County Bar Foundation, Founding Fellow and Founding Firm
• Leadership America, Class of 2011
• American Heart Association, Board Member
• Mary G. Copeland Home, Board Member
• Bellewood Presbyterian Home for Children, Board Member
• Ordained Elder, Presbyterian Church
• Central Kentucky Section of the Credit Abuse Resistance Education Program, Volunteer Presenter
• Don Jacobs Financial Literacy Program, Volunteer Presenter
• National Association of Professional Women

Attorney Michael J. Gartland

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts, 1989
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1990 Colorado, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1990
• U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 1992
• New Hampshire, 1992
• U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1990
• Maine, 1997
• U.S. District Court, District of Maine, 1997
• Kentucky, 2006
• U.S. District Court, 2006
• Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, 2006
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2006

Education:

• Georgetown University Law Center
  • J.D., 1989
• University of Northern Colorado
  • B.S., Marketing, 1981
• Clark University
  • M.B.A., Finance, 1984

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Kentucky Bar Association
• Fayette County Bar Association
• American Bankruptcy Institute

Attorney Dean A. Langdon

Bar Admissions:

• Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1988
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1993
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 1995
• Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification
• Bankruptcy Mediation Training – St. John’s University/ABI

Education:

• University of Kentucky
  • J.D., 1984
  • M.S.L.S., 1992
• Centre College of Kentucky
  • B.A., 1980

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Fayette County and Kentucky Bar Associations
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
• 1996–1999, served on the Board of Directors of the Mediation Center of Kentucky, Inc. (Chair, 1999)
• 1997-2008, 2011-present, Lexington Art League Board of Directors, Past President
• 1984–present, volunteer arbitrator and mediator with the Central Kentucky Better Business Bureau
• 1992–2008, volunteer mediator with the Mediation Center of Kentucky, Inc.
• Speaks regularly at bankruptcy seminars, including the Consumer Bankruptcy Law Conferences presented by the University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Bar Association Annual Convention
• Member, Versailles Midway Woodford County Human Rights Commission (2005-2008)
• 2008-2013, member of the Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival Committee
• Founding Fellow, Fayette County Bar Foundation
• President, Kentucky Bar Association Bankruptcy Section 2013-2014

Attorney Jamie L. Harris

Bar Admissions:

• Kentucky, 2006
• U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, 2007
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 2016

Education:

• Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville
  • J.D., 2003
• Centre College
  • B.A., History, cum laude, 2000

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Fayette County, Kentucky Bar Association
• Credit Abuse Resistance Education (C.A.R.E.) Volunteer Presenter
• Junior Achievement Volunteer
• Lexington Young Professionals Association
• IWIRC, Member

Attorney Heather G. Pennington

Bar Admissions:

• Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 2000
• Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2000
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 2002

Education:

• University of Kentucky College of Law
  • J.D., 2000
• Dartmouth College
  • B.A., magna cum laude, 1995

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Raoul Wallenberg Scholar–one of 10 Americans selected for a one year graduate study scholarship at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
• Awarded the Gayle A. Mohney Scholarship to UK College of Law
• Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Law, Staff Member

Attorney Heather M. Thacker

Bar Admissions:

• Kentucky, 2016
• Ohio, 2009
• U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, 2016

Education:

• Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville
  • J.D., Cum Laude, 2009
• University of Notre Dame
  • Bachelors of Business Administration in Accountancy, 2006

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Kentucky Super Lawyers “Rising Star,” 2016
• Kentucky Super Lawyers 2017-2021
• The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2015-2021