From land use and development, to the recruitment of medical professionals, to the caring consideration of adoptive parents, Lisa Emmons does due diligence to each and every legal challenge she undertakes. With more than 20 years of experience in real estate transactions, Lisa is unremitting in her tenacity to see that her clients obtain the desired results when working out the details of land acquisition or use. She has also played an active and involved role in local and regional planning and zoning to aid in economic growth and development.

Lisa also enjoys the more personal perspectives and professional guidance necessary to represent adoptive parents and health care concerns.  Of late, Lisa has broadened her legal advocacy to include both private and agency adoptions, physician recruitment and credentialing, and work with health care contracts and transactions.

In terms of her own family, Lisa also dives in head first! She and her family enjoy a variety of sports and interests including vacations which include the beauty of the deep blue sea. Seeing her own family thrive provides even greater motivation for Lisa to help other parents reach this gratifying goal.

•  Adoption Law: Private/Agency/Step-Parent
•  Foreclosures
•  Government Contracts
•  Landlord & Tenant Law
•  Eminent Domain Law
•  Governmental Land Acquisitions
•  Municipal Law
•  Economic Development
•  Real Estate Law
•  Zoning & Condemnation Law
•  Health Care Law
•  Statewide Commercial Real Estate     Transactions Representing Developers,     Retailers and Lenders
•  Physician Recruitment and Credentialing
•  Complete Denton & Keuler Practice Areas

Partial Client List:

•  Paducah-McCracken County Joint Sewer     Agency
•  City of Paducah, Kentucky
•  Easter Seals West Kentucky
•  Harrah's Entertainment
•  The Paducah Bank & Trust Company
•  City of Kuttawa, Kentucky
•  McCracken County, Kentucky
•  General Counsel for Greater Paducah     Economic Development Council
•  Paducah-McCracken County
    Industrial Development Authority
•  Mercy Health Partners-Lourdes
    Hospital
•  Paducah Water Works
•  City of LaCenter, Kentucky
•  Complete Denton & Keuler Client List

Personal:

Born:  Paducah, Kentucky, June 7, 1960
She is married to Keith Emmons. They have two children, Sarah and Timothy.

Education:

• Paducah Community College, S.A., 1980
• Murray State University, B.A., 1982
• University of Louisville, J.D., 1986

Professional Associations:

• Kentucky Bar Association
• McCracken County Bar Association
• West Kentucky Women's Bar Association - Member, Past Treasurer
• American Health Lawyers Association

Professional/Personal Achievements:

• Member, McCracken County Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee, 2006
• Life Fellow, Kentucky Bar Foundation, 2004
• Member, McCracken County Planning Commission, Vice Chair, 1998
• Director, Easter Seals West Kentucky
• Former Member, Paducah-River City Business and Professional Women
• Women of Achievement Award by Paducah-River  City Business &
  Professional Women, 1990
• St. Mary School System, Education Committee

Seminars Presented:

• Speaker, Kentucky Bar Association,"Land Use and Zoning", June 2008.
• "Top Real Estate Mistakes/Eminent Domain" for Kentucky Bar Association's
  2006 Kentucky Law Update, November 2006
• Supervisory Training for the Western Kentucky Construction Association

Seminars Attended:

• First American Title Insurance Co.-Louisville, First American 2011 Title Insurance Seminar, June 2011
• Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys, KAHA Annual Meeting & Seminar, May 2011
• National Business Institute, Legal Ethics: Technology in Law Practice, March 2011
• Law Seminars International, New HIPAA Rules Under the HITECH Act, August 2010
• National Constitution Center, Analyzing Financial Statements: What Every Attorney Should Know, January 2010
• University of Kentucky – Continuing Legal Education, Kentucky Health Law Institute, November 2009
• Kentucky Hospital Research and Education Foundation, HIPAA Privacy and Security Law Update, September 2009
• Stewart Title Sponsor #0965; 2009 Stewart Title Agency Seminar, June 2009
• Kentucky Hospital Association; 80th Annual Convention - Attorney Section, May 2009
• Kentucky Hospital Association; New Stark Law Developments; CMS Perspective on 2009 IPPA Final Rule Changes to Stark Law Requirements, October 2008
• Strafford; Physician Recruitment After Stark Phase III, October 2008
• National Business Institute; Title Law in Kentucky, September 2008
• Kentucky Bar Association Annual Convention, June 2008
  
• Decisionquest; Using Jury Research to Prepare for Mediation & Trial, June 2008
• National Business Institute; Adoption Law: Start to Finish, January 2008
• McCracken County Bar Association; Supreme Court Update, January 2008
• Strafford; Physician-Vendor Relationships Under Heightened Government Scrutiny, October 2007
• Strafford; Physician Recruitment Under Stark Law, August 2007
• Kentucky Bar Association, Kentucky Law Update, November 2006
• National Business Institute, Real Estate Transactions: Simple Becomes Solid, February 2007
• American Health Lawyers Association; Annual Meeting, June 2006
• Kentucky Bar Association; Estate Planning for Transfer of Real Property,
  January 2006
• National Business Institute; Ins and Outs of Limited Liability Companies in Kentucky, January 2005
• University of Kentucky; Kentucky Health Law Institute, December 2004
• American Health Lawyers Association; Fundamentals of Health Law,
  November 2004
• University of Kentucky; 9th Biennial Real Estate Law and Practice Institute, November 2004
• Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys; Annual Meeting and Seminar,
  May 2004
• Stewart Title Guaranty Company; Real Estate Seminar, December 2003
• Zoning & Land Usage in Kentucky; Bowling Green, KY, June 2003
• ALI-ABA; Commercial Real Estate Leases; Boston, MA, May 2003

Articles Written:

• Residential Real Estate Purchases and Neighborhood Restrictions
  

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