About Jimmy Brown

Jimmy Brown is an attorney at Sam Aguiar Injury Lawyers serving clients in Lexington, Laurel County, and throughout Central and Eastern Kentucky. He earned both his undergraduate degree and his law degree from the University of Kentucky, giving him deep ties to the region. His practice emphasizes personalized attention: clients hear from him directly, receive regular case updates, and work with a team that operates collaboratively at every stage. He focuses on motor vehicle accidents, personal injury, and wrongful death cases.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Sam Aguiar Injury Lawyers

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

$12 millionSettlementTop 20 in Kentucky · #6

Ben Crump, alongside Louisville co-counsel Sam Aguiar and Lonita Baker, settled the wrongful-death lawsuit brought by Breonna Taylor's mother against the City of Louisville for $12 million, the largest police-misconduct payout in the city's history, paired with a package of policing reforms the family made a non-negotiable condition of the deal.

Jefferson County Circuit Court / Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government, KY · 2020Civil RightsRead the full story →
$5.6 millionSettlementTop 20 in Indiana · #17

Jackson County, Indiana agreed to pay $5.6 million to the family of Ta'Neasha Chappell, a 23-year-old Louisville mother who died in jail custody in July 2021 after nearly 20 hours of ignored medical pleas.

Southern District of Indiana (federal civil rights lawsuit) · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$3 millionSettlementTop 20 in Kentucky · #13

The Rowan County Board of Education agreed to a $3 million settlement in February 2026 after a coach repeatedly abused a student while administrators ignored at least eight separate reports of the conduct, in what attorneys described as the largest single-victim school sexual abuse settlement in Kentucky history.

Rowan Circuit Court, Kentucky · 2026Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$1.25 millionSettlementTop 20 in Kentucky · #17

Louisville Metro Government paid $1.25 million to the family of Darnell Wicker, a 57-year-old man shot 14 times by LMPD officers during a 2016 domestic-disturbance call in which he was holding a tree saw.

Louisville, KY (civil lawsuit against Louisville Metro Government) · 2019Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Jonathan Hollan of Sam Aguiar Injury Lawyers won a $728,218 jury verdict for a plaintiff whose cargo van was struck when a tractor-trailer jackknifed during rush-hour traffic on Louisville's Gene Snyder Freeway.

Jefferson County Circuit Court, Kentucky · 2023Truck 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 College of Law
J.D.
University of Kentucky
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Kentucky

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