Experience Counts When The Stakes Are High
John J. Balenovich
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Practice Areas:
- Criminal Defense (Federal and State)
- Traffic Violations
- Family Law
- Bankruptcy
- Divorce
- Business Litigation
- Property Disputes
- Wills
- Estate Planning
Education
- University of Louisville School of Law, Louisville, Kentucky
- J.D. - 2005
- Honors: Justice Charles M. Leibson Memorial Award
- University of Louisville
- M.S. - 2006
- Honors: Graduate Dean's Citation
- Major: Justice Administration
- Bellarmine University
- B.A. - 2001
- Honors: Monsignor Horrigan Academic Scholarship
- Honors: Member of 1996 Mock Trial National Championship Team
- Major: Philosophy/Sociology/Psychology
Bar Admissions
- West Virginia, 2006
- Kentucky, 2005
- U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia
Classes & Seminars
- Guest Lecturer at Louisville Metro Police Department Police Academy, 2017, 2008
- The Ethics of Social Media: Is it Incompatible with Law Practice. Kentucky Law Update, London, Kentucky, 2012
- Loss Mitigation: Alternatives to Judicial Foreclosure. Kentucky Law Update, Louisville, Kentucky, 2008
- Building a Mystery: A Preliminary Analysis of Police Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2008
- A Proposed Kentucky False Claims Act: A Kentucky Fraud Shield. Submitted to Senator Damon, Thayer & Michael Kalinyak, Commonwealth of Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, Legislative Session, Frankfort, Kentucky, 2005
- Factors Associated with Domestic Violence Arrest Decisions. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2004
- Toward a Balanced Approach: Police Officer Roles in Domestic Violence Situations. Southern, Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, 2003
Published Works
- John J. Balenovich, Three Strikes and You're Safe: How Kentucky's New Sentencing Policy Allows Repeat Offenders to Avoid the Grand Slammer, The Bench & Bar, Vol. No. 77, Issue No. 1, January 2013.
- John J. Balenovich, Reservations for 50: A Closer Look at the Tenth Amendment's Powers Reserved to the States, The Bench & Bar, Vol. No. 72, Issue No. 4, July 2008.
- John J. Balenovich, Elizabeth H. Grossi & Tad Hughes, Toward a Balanced Approach: Police Officer Roles in Domestic Violence Crimes, 33(1) Am. J. Crim. Just. 19 (2008).
- John J. Balenovich, Drug Treatment in Kentucky Prisons: A Step in the Right Direction, The Bench & Bar, Vol. No. 70, Issue No. 5, September 2006.
- John J. Balenovich, Defeating Qualified Privilege with a Showing of Negligence: A Solution to an Educator's Libelous Intra-Office Memo Dilemma, 33 J.L. & Educ. 565 (2004).
Professional Associations
- West Virginia Bar Association
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Louisville Bar Association
- Kanawha County Bar Association
- The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
- Knights of Columbus