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Louisville Office Executive Member

W. Thomas Halbleib Jr.

Louisville, KY

502-681-0447

Tom Halbleib is a transactional lawyer with substantial experience representing airport sponsors, governmental agencies and other tax exempt organizations, commercial lenders, and buyers and sellers of assets and businesses. He currently serves as the Executive Member for the firm’s Louisville office.

Capabilities

Practice Areas

Airport Law

Aviation

Business Expansions, Relocations & Government Incentive Programs

Business Services

Corporate General Services

Gaming

Health Care – Business Transactions & Finance

Joint Ventures

Mergers & Acquisitions

Public Project Legal Management

Securities

Recent Assignments

Served as counsel for the seller or the buyer in merger and acquisition transactions totaling more than $500 million during the past three years

Serves as counsel to physician practice groups in transactions relating to ancillary businesses and sales of practices

Serves as counsel to numerous governmental agencies in conjunction with responding to open records requests and administrative appeals from agency decisions

Bar Admissions

Kentucky

Firm Leadership

Office Executive Member, Louisville, KY Office

Audit Letter Response Committee, Chair

Opinions Committee, Member

Business & Corporate Services Group, Former Chair

Memberships

American Bar Association

Kentucky Bar Association

Louisville Bar Association

Community Involvement

Louisville Zoo Foundation, Board of Directors

City of Glenview, Mayor

Education

J.D., with high distinction,

1991

University of Kentucky College of Law

Org / Honor

Kentucky Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief

Order of the Coif

Moot Court Board

B.S., Business,

1987

cum laude

Miami University

Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications

Mr. Halbleib’s topics have included Third-Party Legal Opinions in Commercial Transactions (Louisville Bar Association) and Airport Law (Kentucky Aviation Association, Airports Council International, and the American Association of Airport Executives). He has also served as a Kentucky Law Review lecturer on business entities.

More Than Stites & Harbison

Mr. Halbleib served as a law clerk to the Hon. Bailey Brown, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and on the staff of the Honorable Sam Nunn, United States Senate. Tom helped form and serves as a volunteer member of the Board of Directors of the Premature and Sick Infant Fund, Inc., a private foundation devoted to improving health care for premature and sick infants. He is a member of the Louisville Zoo Foundation board and is Mayor of the City of Glenview.

Accolades

Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Preeminent® Peer Review Rated

Best Lawyers in America®, Banking & Finance Law; Corporate Law (2007-25)

Kentucky Super Lawyers® (2012-15)

Chambers USA, “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business,” Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions (2011-25)

Louisville Magazine Top Lawyers (2016)

Testimonials

Thomas Halbleib is well versed in corporate matters, including the sale and acquisition of businesses. He acts for clients from a variety of sectors, ranging from the aviation to healthcare.

Chambers Commentary (USA)

. . . extensive transactional expertise in the aviation space . . . well versed in securities, M&A and joint ventures . . . regularly called upon to provide counsel to government agencies and other tax-exempt organizations.

Chambers Commentary (USA)

. . . always willing to literally go the extra mile.

Best Lawyers, client comment

. . . have never come upon a situation where Tom did not know the answer or at least where to find the information very quickly.

Best Lawyers, client comment

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