About Penny Unkraut Hendy

Penny Unkraut Hendy is a personal injury attorney with Hendy Johnson Vaughn Emery (HJV) representing clients in birth trauma, medical malpractice, automobile and trucking collisions, nursing home negligence, and product liability cases. A lifelong resident of Northern Kentucky, she graduated from Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 1990 and is licensed in Kentucky, Ohio, and numerous federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States. Penny has recovered millions of dollars for injured clients, with notable verdicts in shoulder dystocia birth injury, motor vehicle, trucking, and nursing home negligence cases.

Proven verdicts and settlements at HJV Car Accident Personal Injury Lawyers Louisville

These results are credited to HJV Car Accident Personal Injury Lawyers Louisville. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Boone County jury found that Eaton Asphalt's improper repaving of Richwood Road created the edge drop-off that sent a flatbed truck into Amy Skiba's car, and awarded her three children $74 million.

Boone Circuit Court, Boone County, KY · 2021Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$7.24 millionVerdictTop 20 in Kentucky · #11

A federal jury in Louisville awarded a Kentucky family $7.24 million, including $6.25 million in punitive damages, after a defective Advanced Bionics HiRes90K cochlear implant let moisture seep inside and violently shocked their young deaf daughter.

U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky (Louisville) · 2013Product LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law
J.D., 1990

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Kentucky
State Bar of Ohio
State Bar of U.S. Supreme Court
State Bar of Federal Courts (multiple)
Kentucky Bar Association - Trial Commission
Northern Kentucky Bar Association - Past President, Women Lawyers Section
Kentucky Justice Association - President of Executive Committee
Ohio Association for Justice
American Association for Justice - State Delegate

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers selection

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$10 Million Verdict for Family of Christopher Short, Killed by Fatigued Marvin Keller Trucking Driver on I-64

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.