Buckner Hinkle

• Houlihan – Elliott – Hinkle Dispute Resolution, PLLC, 2016-Present
• Hinkle Holding Company, LLC, Officer, Director and General Counsel, 2016-Present
• Stites & Harbison, PLLC, 1983-2016
• Harbison, Kessinger, Lisle & Bush, 1974-1982

ABA Committee on Dispute Resolution, ABA Forum on Construction Law, American Arbitration Association, Arbitration and Mediation Panel, Associated General Contractors

Professional Organizations and Activities:

• American College of Construction Lawyers, (1996-present); Board of Governors (2017-present); Nominating Committee (2013-14); “Hot Tips” Chair (1998)
• American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry, Member (1984-present); Governing Committee (1996-2002), Chair (2000-01); Division 2 (Contract Documents) (1986-present), Chairman (1993-95), Steering Committee (1991-95)
• American Arbitration Association, Panel of Construction Mediators
• Associated General Contractors of America, Kentucky Chapter Board of Directors, (2002-present); Kentucky Chapter Legislature and Licensing Committee, (2001-present); Chair, (2004-present); National AGC Contract Documents Committee, (1999-present)
• Fayette County Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association, Public Contract and Construction Law Section, Chairman (1994-95); Vice Chairman (1993-94); Litigation Section, Chairman (1991-92), Vice Chairman (1990-91); Bar Center Expansion Committee (1991-93)

• “What Do We Want in the Next Iteration of the A201 General Conditions Document?,” 26th Annual Conference, American College of Construction Lawyers, February 20, 2015
• “Damages for Idle Equipment are Recoverable Under Recent Kentucky Court Decision,” Stites & Harbison Client Alert, December 22, 2014
• “What They Haven’t Taught You about Arbitration,” 2014 Construction Law Institute, UK/CLE, Lexington, Ky., October 23, 2014
• “Bill would help improve state’s infrastructure,” Louisville Business First, April 11, 2014
• “P3 bill good option to advance Kentucky’s public works needs,”The Lane Report, March 27, 2014
• “Kentucky Construction Law,” Contributing Author, Stites & Harbison, PLLC, 2007 and 2014
• “U.S. Supreme Court enforces forum selection clause in a construction contract,” with Gregory P. Parsons, Stites & Harbison Client Alert, December 16, 2013
• “Recent Public Private Partnership State Legislature,” American Road and Transportation Builders 25th Annual P3 Conference, July 2013
• “What Arbitrators and Mediators Want,” Construction Law Institute, University of Kentucky, March 1, 2013
• “Global Problems, Shared Solutions,” 4th International Construction Law Conference, Melbourne, Australia, May 6-8, 2012
• “Kentucky Supreme Court rejects shareholder level discounts,” with David E. Longenecker, Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Client Alert, March 6, 2012
• “Tips for Getting Paid,” with Angela R. Stephens, Builders Exchange of Kentucky Newsletter, co-author, March 6, 2012
• “A Sobering Lesson: “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” Not a Formula for Profitability,” with Robert E. Scully, Jr., Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Client Alert, December 19, 2011

• Kentucky State Courts
• U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th and 6th Circuits
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims

• Morehead State University Board of Regents (1991-2003), Board Chair (1999-2003), Foundation Board Member (2013-present); Board Chair (2016-present)
• Kentucky Center for Traditional Music Advisory Board (2009-present)
• University of the South, Board of Regents (2016-present)
• University of the South, Board of Trustees (2013-2016)