Tad Myre concentrates his practice in the areas of health care, taxation, nonprofit organizations, and general business law. He is the former Co-Chair of the Firm's Health Care Service Team, and he has extensive experience in the areas of health care organizations, including hospitals and physician practices, tax-exempt organizations, small business and joint ventures.

Professional Experience

• Adjunct Professor, Health Law, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, Spring of 2016, Fall of 2018, Spring of 2020 and Fall of 2021
• General Counsel, Norton Healthcare, 1997-1999
• Assistant General Counsel, Norton Healthcare, 1995-1997
• Attorney-Advisor, United States Tax Court, 1981-1983
• Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, 1983 - 1995, 1999 - Present

Education

LL.M., New York University, 1981

J.D., University of North Carolina, 1980

B.A., Cornell University, magna cum laude, 1976

Distinctions

• Kentucky Governor’s Service Award for Lifetime Achievement 2023
• Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Health Care Law and Tax Law, 2001-2021
• Best Lawyers® Louisville Health Care Law "Lawyer of the Year," 2010 and 2019
• Highest Professional Ratings by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Recognized by his peers in Kentucky Super Lawyers®
• Recognized as one of the "Top Lawyers" in the area of Health Care Law by Louisville Magazine.
• Business First Partner in Healthcare
• 2025 Most Valuable Partner Award of the 25th Annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference
• 2019 Nonprofit Voice Award by the Kentucky Nonprofit Network
• 2018 Outstanding Pro Bono Attorney – Legal Aid Society
• 2016 Friend of Psychology, Awarded by Kentucky Psychological Association
• Duke of Paducah, 2017
• Duke of Hazard, 2024

Professional Activities

• Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations (Past Chair of the Health Law Section)
• Member, Past Board member and Past President, of the Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys
• American Health Law Association
• Kentucky Nonprofit Tax Force 2014-16
• Publications Committee, Kentucky Bench and Bar 1995 - 2013

News

"I.R.C. Section 4958's Sharp Teeth," Kentucky Bar Association Bench & Bar Magazine (January/February 2018 issue)

Co-author, Non-Profit Corporations in Kentucky (3rd Ed. 1999, UK/CLE)

"The Law of Tax-Exempt Hospitals and Related Institutions,"  Kentucky Health Law, (5th Ed. 2010, UK/CLE)

"Using, Losing & Abusing the Privilege - An Overview for In-House Counsel,"  64 KBA Bench & Bar 6 (May 2000)

Presentations

• Co-Chair and Moderator, Kentucky Health Law Institute (2005, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018)
• "Modernizing KY's Nonprofit Corporation Laws," Kentucky Nonprofit Network's "Current Issues in Advising Tax-Exempt Organizations" (November 2016)
• Section 501(r) Workshop moderator, Kentucky Hospital Association (November 2015)
• "Representing Charitable Organizations," Program Faculty Member for the UK College of Law Biennial Business Association's Law Institute (February 2011)

• Member, Board of Directors, Portland Museum
• Member, Board of Directors, ZeroV (formerly Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence)
• Member, Board of Directors, Evolve 502, Inc.
• Member, Board of Directors, Community Coordinated Care for Children, Inc.
• Member, Board of Directors, Roots 101
• Member, Advisory Board, SOS (formerly, Supplies Over Seas)
• Member, Advisory Board, Josephine Sculpture Park
• Mentor and past Big Brother for Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Member, Kentucky Nonprofit Network
• Member, Center for Nonprofit Excellence
• Past Board Member:
• Appalachian Regional Healthcare
• Josephine Sculpture Park
• Center for Nonprofit Excellence
• American Heart Association, Green River Affiliate
• American Heart Association, Kentuckiana Chapter
• MS Society
• Owensboro Symphony
• Less is More
• Leadership Louisville, 1999
• Past President, Pee Wee Reese Chapter of the Society of American Baseball Researchers