Max is a Member in WHT’s Lexington office, and has defended hundreds of matters on behalf of insurance carriers, businesses and individuals. His experience includes defense verdicts as lead trial counsel for complex, large exposure personal injury cases on behalf of business owners, including a recent wrongful death jury trial in which the estate sought $60,000,000 in damages. Max has been listed as a Super Lawyers Rising Star since 2019, and continues to grow his practice across Kentucky and Indiana.

Juris Doctorate, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, 2015
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Georgetown College, 2012

Nicholasville, Kentucky

Kentucky, 2016
Indiana, 2016
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 2016
U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 2016
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 2016

Kentucky Bar Association
Fayette County Bar Association
Indiana State Bar Association
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
Kentucky Defense Counsel
DRI

The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, 2023
“Kentucky Rising Star” by Super Lawyers^®, 2019-2024
Scholar of Merit: Sports Law, Cumberland School of Law, Fall 2014
Scholar of Merit: Mediator Practice, Cumberland School of Law, Spring 2015

Fayette District Court Mediator
Former KBA Young Lawyer Civil Litigation Liaison
KBA Young Lawyer Civil Litigation Liaison

Leadership Lexington Class of 2021
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass: President-Elect, Board and Committee Member
Easter Seals Cardinal Hill Junior Board
Immanuel Baptist Church: Member
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels

Bradley v. Louisville Mega Cavern, LLC, 2021: Defense verdict in a wrongful death jury trial in which the estate alleged that negligence on the part of the premises owner caused the decedent’s death. The estate sought $60,000,000 in compensatory and punitive damages.