Winchester Products Liability Lawyers

As a college basketball player who started in two final four appearances, Sheila knows the importance of hard work, drive and heart. Sheila—aka “The Lady Litigator” for her tenacity in court—is dedicated to helping women and their families through the very difficult process of personal injury claims. She has served as the president of the Kentucky trial lawyers with the Kentucky Justice Association and has worked tirelessly to fight for injured people for more than 20 years. This includes several trials with extraordinary results for her clients, such as a 2013 auto accident case where she earned a $743,000 verdict....

Trent Robinson is a lifelong resident of Pike County, Kentucky, and takes pride in providing legal services to the people of Eastern Kentucky.

He received his bachelor's degree from Pikeville College, graduating cum laude. Trent attended law school at the Appalachian School of Law, graduating in 2009. Following his completion of law school, he began practice as an Assistant County Attorney for Pike County.

Thereafter, Trent worked in private practice, handling a wide range of cases from personal injury to domestic relations. Trent then joined an insurance defense firm in Pike County, where he defended personal injury actions before joining the...

Adrienne Worsham Kim, an Associate at Gray and White Law, is a native of Louisville, Kentucky. Ms. Worsham Kim attended the University of Louisville and successfully completed the honors program, which included writing and defending her thesis based on the historical case Loving v. Virginia. In 2002, she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor's degree in history. Ms. Worsham Kim was the President of her sorority--Sigma Kappa--and was named Greek Woman of the Year in 2005. While studying law, she worked as a research assistant for Professor David Leibson, served as Secretary of the Student Bar Association, and was...

For most of his 27-year career, Bob Young has practiced extensively in the area of medical malpractice, pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. Because of his work in the field, he has at his disposal a growing database of top-notch national medical experts, often who are uniquely qualified to consult with the firm and sometimes provide expert testimony in a case. Bob also has handled other personal injury cases, including representing individuals who have been injured due to negligence or malpractice. Among the cases he’s handled was the firm’s complicated class-action lawsuits against pharmaceutical giant Merck for damages due to its...

Jessica Surber is a partner at ELPO who works primarily on products liability and personal injury cases, with most of her practice focusing on defective medical products and pharmaceuticals.

In the medical device field, Jessica has handled many cases against the manufacturers of metal-on-metal hip replacements, which have become widely criticized for poor design. Other cases Jessica is handling include lawsuits against the makers of IVC (inferior vena cava) filters, which are used to prevent blood clots from traveling through the body and causing a pulmonary embolism. The IVC filters are sometimes left in the body for too long, and can...

J.A. Sowell joined ELPO as an associate attorney in August 2017. A lifelong native of Bowling Green, J.A. is a graduate of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law and Western Kentucky University.

Becoming an attorney was never on J.A.'s radar and only became his focus about halfway through earning his bachelor's degree at WKU, Sowell says. "Since I was a child, I had always thought I would become a physician," Sowell says. "However, this changed when my undergraduate history professor encouraged me to consider the legal field. I took a job working for a local law firm and immediately...

Eric was born and raised in Ohio and resided there while attending undergraduate and law school. Following law school, Eric moved to Kentucky and began practicing in a small office. Eric soon moved to a larger city and began narrowing his practice to personal injury. He has successfully represented plaintiffs throughout Kentucky and Tennessee for the last 22 years. For Eric, the legal profession continually challenges him to perform at his best while granting him the ability to serve others. In 2017, he was selected by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys as part of the 10 Best Attorneys for...

Dave has extensive courtroom experience as a military Judge Advocate, as a public defender, and as a private practice attorney. Born in Ohio, Dave grew up in the Appalachian region. After high school, he wanted to experience more of the world, and decided to enlist in the U.S. Army as an Infantryman. With a military career spanning two decades, Dave retired in February 2023 as a lieutenant colonel in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the Tennessee Army National Guard. During his military career, Dave worked on cutting edge military victims’ rights law at National Guard Bureau, leading the team of Army...

Kurt Maier is an experienced and accomplished personal injury attorney who is licensed to practice law in Kentucky, Tennessee and in federal courts. For the past five years, he has been chosen for inclusion in Super Lawyers, a highly selective publication that recognizes the most respected attorneys within a state. Kurt was involved in ELPO’s large settlement with Merck over the drug Vioxx, which was pulled from the market in 2004.

Kurt’s work concentrates on representing people who have been seriously injured as a result of catastrophic truck and auto accidents, defective products, defective pharmaceutical products, defective medical devices, construction accidents,...

Emily W. Roark’s career in law began at the Bryant Law Center in 2000, straight out of University of Kentucky Law School. She represents individuals harmed by pharmaceutical drugs, dangerous products and defective medical devices. Emily has been involved in several multi-district litigation and class actions involving opioids, train derailments, Essure, transvaginal mesh, IVC filters, Abilify, Zantac, Paraquat, 3M military earplugs and Roundup - just to name a few. In June 2021 she was appointed to the Plaintiffs Executive Committee in the Multi District Litigation case: RANITIDINE PRODUCT CASES, JCCP No. 5150. August 16, 2021, she was appointed to...

Teris Swanson graduated magna cum laude from Southern Illinois University School of Law in 2017. She was voted by her law school classmates as “Most Likely to be A Supreme Court Justice” and graduated in the top 5% of her class. Additionally, she was awarded with a certificate recognizing over 100 hours of pro bono work during her time in law school. She achieved a perfect score in criminal procedure and federal income tax and made the second highest score in several classes including contracts, constitutional law, conflicts of law, and administrative law. Prior to attending law school, Teris graduated summa...

Kyle Roby is an experienced trial attorney representing those who have been injured. He concentrates on representing people who have been seriously injured as a result of catastrophic tractor trailer and auto accidents, defective products, defective pharmaceutical products, defective medical devices, and recalled drugs. He is part of the team at ELPO representing a number of individuals injured by tainted epidural steroid injections manufactured by New England Compounding Company.

Kyle is a member of the American, Kentucky and Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Associations, the American Association for Justice and the Kentucky Justice Association. He is licensed to practice in Kentucky and...