Bruce Dudley is a member of the Firm's Trusts, Estates & Personal Planning Service Team.  He concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, charitable planning, business succession planning and estate and trust administration.

Education

J.D., University of Louisville, 1980

B.A., Transylvania University, 1976

Distinctions

• Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Trusts & Estates and Litigation-Trusts & Estates, 2005-present
• Best Lawyers® 2019, 2021, 2024 Louisville Litigation - Trusts and Estates "Lawyer of the Year"
• Best Lawyers® 2012, 2022 Louisville Trusts and Estates "Lawyer of the Year"
• Highest Professional Ratings by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Recognized by his peers as one of the Kentucky Super Lawyers® since 2007
• Recognized as one of the "Top Lawyers" in the area of Trusts, Wills & Estates Law by Louisville Magazine, March 2014

Professional Activities

• President's Council (Emeritus) - University of Louisville
• Dean's Advisory Board - Brandeis School of Law
• 1980-81, Clerk, U.S. District Judge James F. Gordon
• Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
• Member of Business Planning and Fiduciary Litigation Committees
• Trustee of the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority
• Former Chair of the Probate Section of the Kentucky Bar Association and Co-Chair of the Legislative Committee
• Former President of the Estate Planning Council of Louisville
• Former Chair of the Probate Section of the Louisville Bar Association
• Frequent lecturer at Professional Seminars over the years.

News

• Board of Directors of Home of the Innocents
• Board of Directors of Cave Hill Cemetery
• Board of Directors of Children's Hospital Foundation (Chairman 2020-2022)