DelCotto Law Group PLLC

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859-309-4653

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Tireless Legal Advocates: Creative Solutions For Our Clients.

DelCotto Law Group provides professional legal guidance and advocacy for businesses, business owners, and individuals that need creative assistance with their unique financial or litigation obstacles. Our clients know that the DLG team will work collaboratively with them from beginning to end, analyzing all the variables involved to quickly determine and discuss the viable options.

Moving quickly and thoughtfully through the situations that our clients face, often with angry creditors at the doorstep, is a hallmark of what we do. Whether working with clients in bankruptcies or other litigation and negotiation settings, from the smallest to the most complex, DLG provides strong legal counsel and advocacy for all of our clients.

Bankruptcy Law
Collections
Credit Repair
Debtor/Creditor
Foreclosure & Alternatives

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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 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

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