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Matthew Minner

Proven Verdicts
Nashville, TN20 years experienceAdmitted 1996

About Matthew Minner

Matthew C. Minner is a co-founder and current managing partner of Minner Vines Injury Lawyers, PLLC, with offices in Lexington and Bowling Green, Kentucky and Nashville, Tennessee. He has more than 20 years of legal experience handling personal injury matters across Kentucky and Tennessee.

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Minner attended the University of Kentucky on full academic and R.O.T.C. scholarships, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with departmental honors and highest distinction in 1993. He earned his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1996 and clerked for the Honorable C. Lynwood Smith, Jr. of the U.S. District Court.

Minner was recently named Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year for the Lexington area by Best Lawyers and has been included in The Best Lawyers in America for personal injury litigation every year since 2011. He has been recognized as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers, named to Forbes Best in State Lawyer, listed on the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, and recognized as a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$3 millionSettlement

Minner Vines secured a $3 million settlement for a survivor who was repeatedly sexually abused by Rowan County teacher and coach Andrew Zaheri beginning at age 14, in a case believed to be the largest single-victim school sexual-abuse settlement in Kentucky history.

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

Practice areas

Education

Vanderbilt University Law School
B.A. with highest distinction (Phi Beta Kappa), 1996
University of Kentucky
Undergraduate, 1993

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Kentucky, admitted 1996
State Bar of Tennessee
Phi Beta Kappa

Awards & recognition

Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year, Lexington area, Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America (Personal Injury Litigation, every year since 2011)
Top 100 Trial Lawyer, The National Trial Lawyers
Best in State Lawyer, Forbes
Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation
Phi Beta Kappa
B.A. with highest distinction (University of Kentucky, 1993)

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Rocky McElhaney Law Firm
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$18 million (sought) · Family of TDOT Supervisor David Younger Brings $18 Million Suit Against Spirit Truck Lines Over Fatal I-40 Crash
The Higgins Firm
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$347,134 · Davidson County Jury Awards $347,134 After Nursing Home Fails to Give Diabetic Resident Her Insulin