Christopher P. Evensen
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Practice Areas:
- Workers Compensation
- Truck & Auto Accidents
- Disability Denial
- Nursing Home Neglect
- Personal Injury
Biography
I am originally from Lexington, Kentucky, and began my academic career at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, graduating with honors, Cum Laude, in 1996. In the Fall of 1996 I returned to the Commonwealth, located in Louisville, and entered the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, where I graduated with honors, Cum Laude, earning a Juris Doctorate in 1999.
In October of 1999, I was admitted to practice Law in Kentucky and began as an associate with a local firm representing injured people in workers’ compensation claims, claims arising from automobile, truck, and motorcycle accidents, and other personal injury claims. In 2006, I was elevated from associate to partner in the firm and continued to work fighting for the rights of injured Kentuckians. In 2008, I began the Evensen Law Office, believing it afforded the greatest opportunity to provide the best legal representation for my clients.
Current Employment Position
- Attorney
Education
- Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
- Juris Doctorate - 1999
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: With Honors
- Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Bachelor of Arts - 1996
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: With Honors
- Major: Psychology
Bar Admissions
- Kentucky, 1999
Honors
- Named Lawyer of the Year for Representation of Injured Workers in Workers' Compensation Claims by the Organization, Best Lawyers
- AV Preeminent Rated - The Highest Level of Professional Excellence, as Ranked by his Peers
- SuperLawyers - Recognized in SuperLawyers Magazine
- Kentucky's Best Lawyer - Listed in Kentucky's Best Lawyers in the field of Workers' Compensation
- Named a "Top Lawyer" in Louisville in Workers' Compensation in Louisville Magazine
Representative Cases
- Brown-Forman Corp. v. Upchurch, 127 S.W.3d 615 (Ky. 2004)
- Ford Motor Co. v. Forman, 142 S.W.3d 141 (Ky. 2004)
- Billy Baker Painting v. Berry, 179 S.W.3d 860 (Ky. 2005)
- Hornback v. Hardin Memorial Hospital, 127,S.W.3d 615 (Ky. 2004), 127 S.W.3d 615 (Ky. 2004)
Professional Associations
- Kentucky Bar Association, Past-Chair of the Workers' Compensation Section
- Louisville Bar Association, Member
- Kentucky Justice Association (formerly KATA), Member
- Kentucky Workers Association, Executive Committee Member, 2017 - Present
- The College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers, Fellow, 2024