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Hans G. Poppe

The Poppe Law Firm
6004 Brownsboro Park Blvd.
Ste. E
Louisville, Kentucky 40207

Hans was raised in Savannah, Georgia. At age fifteen, he and his family moved to Kentucky to be closer to his mother’s family. Hans majored in finance and minored in philosophy while at the University of Louisville. He worked his way through college while working third-shift part time at United Parcel Service. Quickly promoted several times, by his senior year he had advanced to a full-time position as a financial analyst in United Parcel Service’s Air Group where he analyzed past aircraft fleet maintenance expenditures in order to make projections for the future.

While he certainly enjoyed putting his finance degree to work, Hans had already made plans to attend law school on scholarship. Law school was a natural fit for him and he made the Dean’s list all six semesters while at The Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. During his second year, Hans was selected to be a member of the Brandeis Journal of Family Law. Also in his second year, Hans advanced to the semi-final round of the Pirtle-Washer Oral Advocacy Competition and tied for third with the woman whom he would later marry, Jeri Barclay. During his final year, Hans was selected to represent the law school at the prestigious Kauffman Securities Law Moot Court Competition in New York City. He and his teammate-and still good friend-Shane O’Bryan, made the best showing in the law school’s history by finishing third in the nation. Hans finished law school ranked in the top ten with a grade point average high enough to gain him membership into the nation’s oldest, largest, and most selective all-discipline honor society, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Additionally, Hans was asked to join the most prestigious honor society at the Brandeis School of Law, the Brandeis Society.

Following graduation, Hans went to work for the small, well-respected plaintiff personal injury law firm where he had clerked during law school. Just two weeks after receiving his bar results, Hans, and the attorney with whom he worked, successfully tried a two-week medical malpractice case. He was hooked on trial work from that moment forward. Since then, he has been involved in a number of large jury verdicts and settlements, including serving as co-counsel on a $25,700,000 settlement arising out of childhood sexual abuse.

At only thirty-years of age, Hans made the decision to start his own firm. The dynamic success of The Poppe Law Firm comes as no surprise to anyone who knows Hans. He is passionate about the work he does and the people and small businesses he represents. Because of this, he chooses to limit his caseload to only twenty cases at any given time. This ensures he can give each of his clients the personal attention they need and deserve.

Education:

University of Louisville, School of Business, B.S. Finance with Honors University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law, J.D. cum laude

Professional Honors & Activities:

Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society; Brandeis Honor Society. Semi-Finalist: Irving G. Kaufmann National Securities Law Competition; Semi-Finalist Pirtle-Washer Moot Court Competition. Recipient: Dean's Scholarship Award, 1997-2000; Book Award, Torts I, 1997; Book Award, Torts II, 1998; Kentucky Defense Council Award, 1999. Member, Brandeis Law Journal.

Presentations & Speeches:

May 2007, "Insurance Bad Faith in Kentucky"; February 2007, "Legal Malpractice in Kentucky"; "ERISA Subrogation Law," May 2002. "Using the Rules of Civil Procedure to Your Advantage", KATA Seminar, February 2004; NBI Seminar Litigating Your First Case in Kentucky, Feb. 2005. Seminar, "Overcoming Obstacles in Settlements-The Subrogation," June 17, 2005; "Maximize Recovery - ERISA Subrogation," April and May 2006.