Rick Northern is a member of the Firm's Corporate & Securities Service Team.  He concentrates his practice in corporate law.

Professional Experience

• White House Fellow
• Special Assistant to the United States Secretary of the Interior Cecil D. Andrus
• Legislative Director for U.S. Representative Romano L. Mazzoli
• Staff Writer for The Courier-Journal

Education

M.P.A., Harvard University, 1977

• Littauer Fellow

J.D., University of Louisville, 1976

B.A., University of Louisville, 1970

• Editor-in-Chief of The Cardinal
• Named Outstanding Graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences

Distinctions

• Best Lawyers® 2022 Louisville Corporate Law "Lawyer of the Year"
• Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® Corporate Law, 2008-present
• Recognized by his peers as one of the Kentucky Super Lawyers®
• Highest Professional AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Inducted into the University of Louisville Hall of Honor, 2012
• Named Louisville's Community Leader of the Year, 2006
• Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters conferred by Spalding University
• Order of Merit Award from the University of Louisville, the highest honor given by its Alumni Association
• Salute to Catholic School Alumni Award, inaugural Class
• U.S.-Japan Leadership Fellow

News

• Chair of the Louisville Redevelopment Authority
• Director, Jewish Hospital and St. Mary's Healthcare Foundation
• Former Chair of the Catholic Education Foundation, 2000-2006
• Former Chair and Director of Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, 1981-2008
• Former Chair of the Caritas Foundation
• Former Treasurer of the University of Louisville Foundation