Howard Mann - Attorney Profile

BORN: Ashland, Kentucky, March 5, 1958
 

EDUCATION:

• Paul G. Blazer High School, Ashland, Kentucky (1976)

• Centre College of Kentucky (B.A. - Government, 1980);

• University of Kentucky Law School - (J.D., 1983)

• Hearing Officer Training and Certification (1996) - Commonwealth of Kentucky

• Office of the Attorney General (in conjunction with National Judicial College)

ADMITTED:

• 1983, Kentucky Bar

• 1983, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky

• 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

• 2006, U.S. Supreme Court

• 2008, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky

ASSOCIATIONS:

• Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney, (1988-1999).

• Commissioner/Chairperson/hearing officer, Kentucky Commission on Human Rights,     ('91-'04)

• Member, Blue Ribbon Panel of Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, (2005)

• Whitley County Master Commissioner (2006-present)

• Member Whitley County Bar Association

• Member Kentucky Bar Association

• Past member: American Bar Association, The Association of Trial Lawyers of

• America, Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Trimble & Mann (1983 - 1999)

• Law Offices of Howard O. Mann, P.S.C. (2000-2011)

• Mann & Trimble, P.S.C. - 2011

MISCELLANEOUS:

• Kentucky Super Lawyers (2010)

• Martindale-Hubbell (AV Rated - since 1999)

• Best’s Recommended Insurance Attorneys

Mann & Trimble, P.S.C., is the successor firm to Law Offices of Howard O. Mann, P.S.C., the successor to the firm of Trimble and Mann, P.S.C., which was established in 1983 by Allen Trimble and Howard O. Mann. Mr. Trimble left the firm in July, 2000 after being elected full time prosecutor (Commonwealth’s Attorney), and, the name changed to Law Offices of Howard O. Mann, P.S.C.

Graham Trimble, Mr. Trimble’s son, joined the firm in 2008 and the name was subsequently changed to Mann & Trimble, P.S.C. The firm now consists of Howard O. Mann, Graham Trimble, and of-counsel attorney Max Picklesimer, two paralegals and three support personnel. The firm concentrates on general civil and criminal litigation, trial practice in state and federal courts, personal injury (including products liability), insurance, mineral and employment law.

The firm has prosecuted or defended products liability cases involving the Dalkon Shield, rollover/roof crush cases (Nissan), rollover (Jeep-American Motors Corp.), coal mine elevator (Schindler Elevator), lawnmowers, electric heating pads (Kaz, Inc.), phenolic resin (Durite-Borden Chemical), and defective seatbelts (Ford-Lincoln-Mercury).