Bob Heath is a member and former Chair of the Firm’s Corporate & Securities Service Team. He concentrates his practice in the various areas of business law, including securities, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust and health care law.

Representative Clients

• Ebonite International, Inc.
• Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc.
• Houchens Industries, Inc.
• Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
• Owensboro Health, Inc.
• Springstone, Inc.
• Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, Inc.
• Trover Solutions, Inc.

Professional Experience

Passed Uniform CPA Examination, 1981

Education

J.D, cum laude, University of Michigan, University of Michigan Law School, 1984

• Senior Judge

B.S. with high distinction, Indiana University Bloomington, 1981 (Accounting)

• Beta Gamma Sigma

Distinctions

• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions
• Recognized by his peers as one of the Kentucky Super Lawyers®
• Best Lawyers® 2023, 2025 Louisville Corporate Law "Lawyer of the Year"
• Best Lawyers® 2021 Louisville Securities/Capital Markets Law "Lawyer of the Year"
• Best Lawyers® 2019-2020 Louisville Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) "Lawyer of the Year"
• Best Lawyers® 2018 Louisville Mergers and Acquisitions Law "Lawyer of the Year"
• Best Lawyers® 2012 Louisville Securities/Capital Markets Law "Lawyer of the Year"
• Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Securities/Capital Markets Law, 2007-present; Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), 2016-present; Antitrust Law, 2023-present
• "AV" rated in Martindale-Hubbell
• Recognized as one of the "Top Lawyers" in the areas of Antitrust Law (2013), Business-Commercial Law (2013-2014), Corporate Law (2013-2014), Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2013-2014) and Securities Law (2013-2014) by Louisville Magazine

Professional Activities

• Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations
• American Health Law Association

• Acquisition of Deep Eddy brand and business by Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc.
• Acquisition of Black Velvet brand and business by Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc.
• Acquisition of Samson & Surrey brands and business by Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc.
• Acquisition of Lee Masonry by Houchens Industries, Inc.
• Acquisition of hospitals and related facilities by the University of Louisville and the formation of UofL Health
• Acquisition of Muhlenberg Community Hospital by Owensboro Health, Inc.
• Acquisition of Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center by Owensboro Health, Inc.
• Acquisition of Methodist-Evangelical Hospital and formation of Alliant Health System, Inc.
• Acquisition of Arlington International Racecourse, Inc. by Churchill Downs Incorporated
• Acquisition of Calder Race Course, Inc. by Churchill Downs Incorporated
• Acquisition of Fairgrounds Race Course by Churchill Downs Incorporated
• Acquisition of Admiral Nelson brand by Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc.
• Acquisition of Domaine de Canton brand by Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc.
• Acquisition of Cohen Fashion Optical by Houchens Industries, Inc.
• Acquisition of Tampico Beverages by Houchens Industries, Inc.
• Churchill Downs Incorporated $80,000,000 underwritten public offering
• Owensboro Medical Health System, Inc. $527,000,000 tax-exempt financing
• Sypris Solutions, Inc. $61,000,000 underwritten public offering
• Sypris Solutions, Inc. $72,000,000 underwritten public offering

News

Mr. Heath has lectured on various business law and health care issues.

• "Corporate Law Update," Wyatt In-House Counsel Seminar, June 2013
• "Corporate Update," Wyatt In-House Counsel Seminar, June 2012

"Antitrust Law in Health Care Industry," Kentucky Health Law (5th Ed. 2009 UK/CLE).

"Antitrust Law in Health Care Industry," Kentucky Health Law (4th Ed. 2004 UK/CLE).

• 2005 Inaugural Class of the Healthcare Fellows of the HealthEnterpriseNetwork/Louisville
• Active member of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish
• Board of Directors, Nazareth Home, Inc.