About Chris Leopold

Chris Leopold is an Attorney at Kaufman & Stigger, PLLC in Louisville, Kentucky, focusing on personal injury cases including automobile, trucking, premises liability, and product liability matters.

Leopold earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he was a member of the University of Kentucky Law Journal. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Management and Marketing magna cum laude from the University of Kentucky. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Courts of Kentucky and Indiana, and the U.S. District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky and the Southern District of Indiana.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Kaufman & Stigger, PLLC

These results are credited to Kaufman & Stigger, PLLC. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Jefferson County jury awarded Douglas Burnett $2,268,878.20 after he fell from an unfinished commercial staircase in Shelbyville, Kentucky, when a handrail gave way and dropped him ten feet onto concrete. The jury put 80 percent of the fault on the lumber company that supplied and supervised the framing, 15 percent on the general contractor and 5 percent on Burnett. The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the liability findings in 2009.

Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, Kentucky · 2007Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$1.2 millionVerdictTop 20 in Kentucky · #18

A Jefferson County jury awarded $1,200,626 to a Fort Knox Staff Sergeant whose left arm was permanently impaired after an AmeriGas propane delivery truck drifted into his lane and clipped his motorcycle on Blevins Gap Road in September 2005.

Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, KY · 2009Motorcycle AccidentsRead the full story →
$261,520Verdict

A Jefferson County jury took eight minutes to award a retired florist $261,520 after a head-on collision on River Road in Prospect left him trapped in his vehicle and seriously injured, with the verdict coming in a UIM coverage dispute against his own insurer.

Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, KY · 2023Car AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

University of Kentucky
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Kentucky
State Bar of Indiana
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
Kentucky Bar Association
Indiana State Bar Association
Louisville Bar Association
Kentucky Justice Association

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Louisville firms

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$12 Million Settlement and Police Reforms for Family of Breonna Taylor, Killed in Botched Louisville Raid
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$27.3 million · A Parked Garbage Truck, a Hill, and a Thanksgiving Day Crash: $27.3 Million for Shannon Houchin
Becker Law Office
Becker Law Office
$16.95 million · Indiana Jury Awards Neurosurgeon $16.95 Million After Career-Ending Fall on a Hospital Pantry Floor
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HJV Car Accident Personal Injury Lawyers Louisville
$74 million · Boone County Jury Returns $74 Million Verdict Against Eaton Asphalt in a Mother's Death
Isaacs & Isaacs
Isaacs & Isaacs
$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.