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About Seth Gladstein

Seth Gladstein is a Partner at Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd, Conway & Stanton, PSC, with more than two decades of legal experience. He focuses on medical malpractice and serious personal injury cases, including birth injuries, medication errors, nursing home abuse, catastrophic injuries, and wrongful death. He began his career in New York City defending major hospitals and physicians before returning to Louisville in 2005. He founded the Gladstein Law Firm in 2011 and joined Dolt, Thompson as partner in 2025. He served as President of the Louisville Bar Association.

Practice areas

Education

Chicago-Kent College of Law (Illinois Institute of Technology)
J.D., 2001
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
Undergraduate, 1997

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York, admitted 2003
State Bar of Kentucky, admitted 2005
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, admitted 2006
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, admitted 2006
Louisville Bar Association (Past President)
American Bar Association
American Association for Justice

Awards & recognition

Kentucky Super Lawyers (multiple consecutive years, plaintiffs' medical malpractice)
Best Lawyers 2024 (plaintiff's medical malpractice)
Joseph J. Kaplan Young Leadership Award (2012)
National Trial Lawyers Top 100

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Louisville firms

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