Allison Grogan Buckley is a member of the Firm's Real Estate and Lending Service Team.  She concentrates her practice in real estate, construction and immigration law.

Education

J.D., University of Kentucky, 2010

• Order of the Coif, Real Estate Transactions CALI Award, 2010
• Kentucky Law Journal Business Manager, Moot Court Board, 2010

B.A., magna cum laude, DePauw University, 2006 (English Writing and Spanish)

Distinctions

• Recognized by her peers as a Kentucky Super Lawyers® Rising Star in Real Estate Law, 2016-2018, 2020-2024

Professional Activities

• Fayette County and Kentucky Bar (Young Lawyers Division; Women Lawyers Section) Associations
• Pro Bono Representation, Lexington Habitat for Humanity, Inc
• Co-Chair of Wyatt's Corporate Giving Program for LexArt

• National Real Estate Counsel for a Fortune 100-sized company.
• Supervising a team of real estate lawyers within the firm which is closing hundreds of commercial real estate transactions per year.
• Drafting deeds conveying real estate to and from businesses, trusts, trust beneficiaries and individuals.
• Assisting in the drafting of commercial loan documents including mortgages, security agreements, promissory notes, guaranties, trademark assignments and amendments extending lines of credit.
• Assisted nationally recognized railroad company in multi-million dollar acquisition of several miles of right-of-way.
• Provided local counsel opinions in connection with a variety of multi-state loan transactions.
• Represented landlords and tenants in various commercial lease transactions.
• Regularly represents lenders in foreclosure of commercial and residential properties.
• Regularly performs commercial and residential title examinations.
• Represents employers in securing various forms of nonimmigrant visas (H, L, E) for professionals.
• Assisted healthcare provider in obtaining J-waiver for physician employee.

News

Blog Posts

• "Title Search and Examination Fundamentals," NBI "Title Law From Start to Finish" Seminar, Louisville, Kentucky (June 2015)
• "The Title Insurance Commitment and Closing Letters," NBI "Title Law From Start to Finish" Seminar, Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky (June 2015)
• "Employers' Guide to Compliance with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act," Indiana Society for Human Resource Management ("SHRM") Speaker Series (January 2013)
• "How to Get Sued:  HR Errors to Avoid," Wyatt Employment Law Seminar for HR Professionals and In-House Attorneys, Co-Presented with Courtney Samford, (April 2012)
• "Legal Aspects of Horse Farm Operations," (4th ed. 2014), University of Kentucky College of Law, Office of Continuing Legal Education, Contributing Author.
• "Restraints on Alienation of Coal Leases," Thirty-Third Annual Energy & Mineral Law Institute, Vol. II (2012), Energy & Mineral Law Foundation, Contributing Author.
• "The Title Insurance Commitment and Closing Letters," NBI "Title Law From Start to Finish," (2015).

• Vice President, Bluegrass Families First, Inc.
• Board of Directors, Grogan's Healthcare Supply, In