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Zachary joined Walters Richardson, PLLC as a litigation attorney in 2019.
Professional Experience
Associate, Walters Richardson, PLLC, Lexington, KY August 2019 to present
Education
University of Kentucky College of Law, Juris Doctor (2019)
Georgetown College, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Minor in Communications, Magna Cum Laude (2016)
Accomplishments, Honors, Affiliations
University of Kentucky College of Law Moot Court National Team
Georgetown College Department of Political Science outstanding senior award
Kentucky Bar Association
Lexington Bar Association
Bar Admissions
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Representative Matters
December 2021, Pike County, KY: Darnell, v. United Steel Workers of America, et al. Joshua Leckrone and Zack Turpin successfully obtained summary judgment in a slip and fall action for their clients, a labor union and its president. The Plaintiff claimed to have fallen as a result of condensation that had accumulated on the floor due to an allegedly defective air conditioning unit while she was visiting a tenant of an apartment complex. Plaintiff filed suit against several individuals and entities, including the labor union and its president, and alleged that each defendant owned, operated, or had control of the subject premises where Plaintiff allegedly fell. Plaintiff also claimed the president of the labor union had decision making control over the day-to-day operations at the apartment complex based on personal dealings. The president of the labor union also served as the Registered Agent of the entity who in fact owned the apartment complex. The Court dismissed Plaintiff’s claims against the labor union and its president because it determined that neither she, nor the labor union, owned or exhibited sufficient control over the day to day decision making at the complex to potentially be liable.
February 2020, Kenton County, KY: Kentucky Commission on Human Rights v. Scott’s Property Management. Melissa Richardson and Zack Turpin successfully obtained a dismissal for their client, a property management service. Plaintiff filed a Complaint with the Human Right’s Commission on July 11, 2016, based on allegedly discriminatory housing practices that led to her wrongful eviction. KRS 344.625 requires the Commission to make a probable cause determination within one hundred days of the filing of a Complaint, “unless it is impracticable to make such a determination within that time frame.” The Commission reviewed the Complaint but did not determine that probable cause of a discriminatory housing practiced existed until more than three years after the Plaintiff made her grievance. Further, the Commission offered no explanation for the delay. The Commission filed suit on Plaintiff’s behalf in Kenton Circuit Court on May 21, 2019.
KRS Chapter 344, which governs civil rights actions, modifies the traditional one year statute of limitations applicable to personal injury claims, to two years from the date of “the occurrence or the termination of an alleged discriminatory housing practice.” Not included within this two years was the time the Plaintiff’s Complaint was pending a probable cause determination with the Commission. However, KRS 344.625 required the Commission make a probable cause determination within one hundred days of filing the Complaint, unless impracticable. Therefore, Defendant successfully argued that the Commission only had two years and one hundred days to file suit beginning on the date the discrimination terminated, since the Commission offered no proof that returning a probable cause determination within one hundred days was impracticable. Additionally, the Defendant successfully argued the Commission was not an “aggrieved person” under KRS 344.650, and therefore, any suit filed by the Commission on the Plaintiff’s behalf would be subject to the one year statute of limitations applicable to traditional tort claims.
Spare Time
In his spare time, Zack enjoys cooking, spending time with friends and family, and supporting University of Kentucky athletics