Personal Injury
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A serious injury can result in extensive medical costs and lost wages, resulting in financial hardship. You may be able to collect compensation that can alleviate those financial pressures. click here.
Divorce
Guidence for Families
Hill & Hill wants to help people achieve outcomes that, when possible, keep family bonds in tact. We can help bring resolution to these contentious issues. click here. Uncontested Divorce, click here.
Bankruptcy
Difficulty With Debt?
If you’re having difficulty repaying your debts, you may be able to find some relief through bankruptcy. Hill & Hill has handled bankruptcy filings for many people throughout Kentucky click here.
Estate Planning
Wills, Trusts & More
Hill & Hill can help you work through the passing down of assets to heirs, end-of-life care, guardianship, and many other trying issues and decisions, creating a binding, legal document. click here.
Vehicle Accidents
Car/Motorcycle/ATV
If you or someone you love has been hurt in a motor vehicle accident, you may be entitled to compensation. Find out if you have a case by contacting Hill & Hill! click here.
Criminal Defense
Facing criminal charges?
Law-abiding citizens sometimes encounter legal problems as a result of changing life circumstances. click here.
Appellate Practice
Need to file an appeal?
Hill & Hill handles state appellate cases at all levels, including cases heard by the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the Kentucky Supreme Court. click here.
Hill & Hill
Attorneys at Law Corbin, Kentucky
Located at 400 South Main Street in Downtown Cobin, Kentucky. Contact Us Today!
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APPELLATE PRACTICE
HILL&HILL
Hill & Hill handles state appellate cases at every level, including cases heard by the
Kentucky Court of Appeals and the Kentucky Supreme Court. If you lose your case at the trial
court level, whether by entry of a summary judgment or following the conclusion of a jury trial or
bench trial, you have the right to appeal your case to a higher court. A litigant
can appeal one
time, as a matter of right. After that, the reviewing court has discretion as to whether or not to
hear your case.
Cases decided in district court are generally appealed to the circuit court in the same county. Such cases include forcible detainer actions, misdemeanor criminal cases, juvenile dependency, neglect and abuse cases (in counties with no family court), and other cases. Cases heard in circuit court include but are not limited to felony criminal cases, divorce and custody actions, and civil actions where the amount in controversy exceeds $5,000. These cases are appealed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals, at which time the case is assigned to a panel of three judges who will then review and decide the case.
Appeals are extremely time-sensitive. So if you have a case that you want to appeal, you
need to quickly take action, consulting with legal counsel immediately. Once the deadline to
appeal passes, you likely have no recourse to overturn the trial court’s decision. A litigant
generally has only 30 days to file a Notice of Appeal; however, some deadlines are set by statute
and require that a Notice of Appeal be filed in even less time.
When done correctly, appeals are time-consuming cases to handle, and are priced accordingly. Appeals are often highly technical cases, meaning it is important to find counsel who is experienced to handle these types of cases. Appellate work is fraught with deadlines, and failure to meet certain deadlines can be fatal to your case. The Court of Appeals and the Kentucky Supreme Court have very high standards for practitioners. For example, your brief can be stricken and your case dismissed if certain requirements are not met.
If you are in need of appellate counsel, whether as an appellant (one who is appealing) or an appellee (one against whom an appeal has been taken), give us a call. We handle civil appeals across the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and we would be happy to discuss the possibility of handling your case. However, be cautioned that when it comes to appeals, time is very much of the essence. Therefore it is important to call us as soon as you discover that you may need to file an appeal. Or, if you are the appellee, it is important to call us as soon as you find out that the other side has appealed your case.
We handle appeals for current clients as well as new clients. We also handle appeals at the request of trial counsel, either as referrals or working with trial counsel.
In addition to handling appeals in the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the Kentucky Supreme Court, we handle administrative appeals involving certain state regulatory agencies including the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance, and certain licensing agencies.
Call Hill & Hill today at (606) 528-7181!
Following is a list of published and unpublished opinions in cases in which Attorney Amanda Lester Hill has been involved: TC v. ME, 603 S.W.3D 663 (Ky. App. 2020); Cash v. McFarland (unpublished 2018 WL 4523197); Coomer v. Phelps, 172 S.W.3d 389 (Ky. 2005); Infinity Energy v. Henson (unpublished 2019 WL 2246607); Curles v. Prater (unpublished 2019 WL 3369860); Lambert v. Lambert, 475 S.W.3d 646 (Ky. App. 2015); Killian v. Rednour (unpublished 2020 WL 5494626); Prewitt v. Prewitt (unpublished 2018 Wl 1224627); Robinson v. Robinson, 556 S.W.3d 41 (Ky. App. 2018); Keith v. Pooja Ventures, LLC (unpublished 2008 WL 2852852); Com., Transp. Cabinet v. James (unpublished 2007 WL 1893731); State Farm. Ins. Cos. v. Ashley (unpublished 2006 WL 2986480); Couch v. Layton (unpublished 2010 WL 4905235); and Kier v. Stephens (unpublished 2011 WL 3654465).