Warren County Lawyers

For most of his 27-year career, Bob Young has practiced extensively in the area of medical malpractice, pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. Because of his work in the field, he has at his disposal a growing database of top-notch national medical experts, often who are uniquely qualified to consult with the firm and sometimes provide expert testimony in a case. Bob also has handled other personal injury cases, including representing individuals who have been injured due to negligence or malpractice. Among the cases he’s handled was the firm’s complicated class-action lawsuits against pharmaceutical giant Merck for damages due to its...

Kurt Maier is an experienced and accomplished personal injury attorney who is licensed to practice law in Kentucky, Tennessee and in federal courts. For the past five years, he has been chosen for inclusion in Super Lawyers, a highly selective publication that recognizes the most respected attorneys within a state. Kurt was involved in ELPO’s large settlement with Merck over the drug Vioxx, which was pulled from the market in 2004.

Kurt’s work concentrates on representing people who have been seriously injured as a result of catastrophic truck and auto accidents, defective products, defective pharmaceutical products, defective medical devices, construction accidents,...

Jessica Surber is a partner at ELPO who works primarily on products liability and personal injury cases, with most of her practice focusing on defective medical products and pharmaceuticals.

In the medical device field, Jessica has handled many cases against the manufacturers of metal-on-metal hip replacements, which have become widely criticized for poor design. Other cases Jessica is handling include lawsuits against the makers of IVC (inferior vena cava) filters, which are used to prevent blood clots from traveling through the body and causing a pulmonary embolism. The IVC filters are sometimes left in the body for too long, and can...

J.A. Sowell joined ELPO as an associate attorney in August 2017. A lifelong native of Bowling Green, J.A. is a graduate of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law and Western Kentucky University.

Becoming an attorney was never on J.A.'s radar and only became his focus about halfway through earning his bachelor's degree at WKU, Sowell says. "Since I was a child, I had always thought I would become a physician," Sowell says. "However, this changed when my undergraduate history professor encouraged me to consider the legal field. I took a job working for a local law firm and immediately...