Let our decades of legal experience help you resolve your complex Family Law issues.

Attorney William L. Hoge, III has been practicing law in Louisville, KY for more than 35 years.  His three and a half decades of experience and expertise as a divorce lawyer are available to help his clients resolve complex disputes in Family Law in Louisville and Jefferson County and in LaGrange and Oldham County.

Mr. Hoge's law practice has been devoted for many years to handling divorce, domestic relations, parental rights, child visitation, child support, child custody, domestic violence, EPOs, DVOs, maintenance and alimony, division of marital property, restoration of non-marital property, establishment of paternity, parenting plans, co-parenting, property settlement agreements, post-divorce actions, international and domestic parental abductions or kidnapping, annulments, QDROs (Qualified Domestic Relations Orders) for the division of pension and retirement benefits, as well as prenuptial agreements, cohabitation agreements, business valuations and adoptions.

A big factor in Bill Hoge's many years of success as a Louisville divorce lawyer has been his willingness to embrace alternative dispute resolution methods such as mediation, arbitration and particularly collaborative law.

Learn more about Bill Hoge's qualifications
by reading
his current resume

Attorney J. Clark Baird also concentrates in Family Law.  He previously clerked for Peter Perlman, one of the foremost trial lawyers in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, focusing on civil litigation and products liability during his final year of Law School at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.  While in Law School, Clark Baird worked for the UK Legal Clinic doing pro bono work for indigent clients.

Clark is the fourth generation of Bairds in the legal profession. Beginning in 1908 when Clark's great-grandfather graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia, the past century has been marked by members of the Baird family in the practice of law. Clark continues his family's unique and proud history at Hoge & Associates Law Office.

Clark works very closely with Bill Hoge, adopting strategies and legal issues.  He is available to handle divorce, post-divorce, custody, child support and other Family Law actions in Louisville/Jefferson County as well as Hardin, Bullitt, Meade, Spencer, Nelson, Shelby, Oldham, Henry, Trimble, Franklin, Anderson, Fayette, Woodford, Jessamine, Scott, Owen and Carroll Counties in Kentucky.

Further, our office is available to assist you in the creation of complex trusts and estate planning.

Learn more about Clark Baird's qualifications
by reading his
current resume

MORE ABOUT WILLIAM L. HOGE, III

Bill Hoge was featured in an March 14, 2008 article in Business First of Louisville, Kentucky on the subject of hotly contested or high-conflict divorce actions (External link to article: "What are the most emotional cases you encounter as an attorney?").

In August 2007, Billy Hoge was interviewed by ABCNews.com for a story on trends in the filing of new divorces as summer draws to a close.  The story was published 08/28/2007 as "End of Summer, Time for a Divorce?  Divorce Lawyers Say More Couples Split Up at the End of Summer".  The story is available on the ABCNews.com website.  [This is an external link.  We have no control over how long ABC may choose to make this story available on-line.]

He was a founding member of the Kentucky Collaborative Family Law Network, a consortium of Louisville attorneys, financial professionals and mental health practitioners specially trained in the art of collaborative divorce.

Mr. Hoge was also one of the founders of Family Law Solutions, PLLC, a network of specially trained Louisville lawyers dedicated to the use of Family Law mediation to resolve difficult and complex divorce cases.

Bill Hoge's services as a mediator are also available to resolve even seemingly hopeless, high-conflict situations.

In addition to being a Fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 1998 and former President of the AAML's Kentucky Chapter, Mr. Hoge is also a long-time active member of the Kentucky Bar Association and Louisville Bar Association.  He has served as Chair of both the KBA and the LBA's Family Law Sections and was the 1999 recipient of the LBA's Judge Richard A. Revell Family Law Practitioner of the Year Award.

In addition, he is a member of the Kentucky Justice Association (formerly the Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys and has been a frequent contributor to KJA's quarterly publication, Advocate.  His other bar-related activities include:

Bill Hoge speaks regularly to bar associations across the country as well as community organizations and recovery groups on alcoholism, substance abuse and family dysfunction, including co-dependency.  He has substantial personal and professional experience in overcoming alcoholism, substance abuse and family dysfunction.  Please see our pages on the effects of drugs, alcohol and addiction in Family Law.

Mr. Hoge was one of the founders of the American Bar Association's Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs in 1987.  On October 3, 2007, Bill Hoge was chosen as the first ever recipient of the John W. "Jack" Keegan Award by the ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs for his important role in starting this nationwide effort twenty years earlier.

On Thursday, April 23, 2009, Mr. Hoge will appear on public radio station WFPL (89.3 FM) as a guest on State of Affairs from 1 to 2 PM.  He's been asked to appear to discuss the topic of child support.

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Interested in asking Mr. Hoge to be a guest speaker for your organization on issues relating to Family Law?

Let us know if you are interested in having Mr. Hoge speak to your church, civic or professional group on the subject of Family Law as it relates to divorce, child custody, child support, alcoholism, drug addiction, division or dissipation of marital assets, protection of non-marital property, valuation of businesses or professional practices (medical, dental, legal, accounting, etc.), domestic violence or dysfunctional families.

Are you open to alternatives to lengthy, expensive and burdensome litigation? Do you want to control the costs of your divorce?

Family Law can be difficult for everyone involved -- the parties, their attorneys, the Court, and especially the children.  But recent changes in perceptions and attitudes about Family Law have brought about some exciting alternatives to full-blown, no-holds-barred, take-no-prisoners divorce litigation.

Learn more about alternative dispute resolution methods. 

Want to learn more about the potential effects of divorce, domestic violence and other Family Law situations on you and your family? Want to learn how to protect yourself, your children and your interests?

Visit our "FAMILY LAW READING ROOM" to find links to excellent books and other resources which will help you, your children and your entire family as you go through the divorce process.

Collaborative Law --
In the News and On the Air. . .

Dr. Tom Robbins did a segment in 2005 on Tony Cruise's WHAS morning drive-time show about Collaborative Divorce.  Listen Here>>

In addition, Mr. Hoge was featured in 2005 on WLKY-TV (Channel 32) in a story about Collaborative Law.  See it here>>

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legal services of the
highest possible quality.

Mr. Hoge has been a practicing attorney in Louisville, KY for more than 35 years.  He is an active member of the KY Bar Association, the Louisville Bar Association and many other legal industry organizations.  The majority of Mr. Hoge's practice is dedicated to Family Law and being of service to people going through the divorce process in KY, individuals needing assistance with post-divorce matters (child support, custody, visitation, etc.), victims of domestic violence and others needing legal representation in subjects relating to Domestic Relations law.

We cannot offer free legal advice!  The act of contacting this office through e-mail or this website does NOT constitute the creation of an attorney-client relationship.

INITIAL CONSULTATION

Mr. Hoge charges $300 for an initial extended consultation while Mr. Baird charges $180.  Upon conclusion of an initial consultation, potential clients usually have the opportunity to engage us as legal counsel.  That engagement will require the execution of a binding agreement between attorney and client as well as the payment of an initial retainer based on the number of hours of our time we feel will be necessary to resolve the client's Family Law issue.