Shaye P. Johnson

Of Counsel

Shaye practices in the area of complex commercial litigation. She represents clients in litigation and collection matters and has experience taking numerous discovery and evidentiary depositions. She has handled mediations and has presented arguments in hearings before numerous Kentucky circuit courts. She has represented clients in both state and federal courts throughout the state of Kentucky.

Credentials

Education

University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D., 2005)

University of Kentucky (B.A., cum laude, 2002)

  • Political Science

Bar admissions

  • Kentucky

Court admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Affiliations and memberships

  • Whitaker Family YMCA, Board of Directors (2017 – present)
  • Fayette County Bar Association, Board of Directors (2015 – 2017)
  • Central Kentucky Inns of Court, barrister (2016 – present)
  • Kentucky Bar Association
  • Member of Convention Planning Committee (2009 – 2011)
  • Young Lawyer’s Executive Committee (2008 – 2010)
  • University of Kentucky College of Law Alumni Association, Board of Directors (2011 – present)
  • National Bar Association John Rowe Chapter, vice president (2005 – present)
  • Fayette Education Foundation, Board of Directors (2007 – 2010)
  • New Life Day Center, Board of Directors (2013 – 2014)
  • Kentucky Legal Education Opportunity, mentor (2006 – present)
  • Leadership Lexington, Class of 2015
  • United Way Get On Board Program, Class of 2007

News
  • May 4, 2021

    Dinsmore Launches Pre-Law Minority Program to Help Students of Color at 4 Kentucky Universities