Academy Member Inducted 2017
Hon. Ann Shake (Ret.)
P.O. Box 70318
Louisville, KY 40270
Video ConferencingAvailable
- Practice Commenced2007
- # of MEDS (as of 22/12/24)2500
- # of ARBS (as of 22/12/24)25
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
Biographical
Ann O’Malley Shake served on the Kentucky Courts of Justice, beginning in 1990 in the many divisions of District Court; in 1998 she was appointed, then elected to the Circuit Court (general jurisdiction); and in 2012 she completed her judicial service on the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
Providing mediation and arbitration services since 2007, she has mediated personal injury, wrongful death, business, real estate, decedent’s estate, commercial code, employment/workplace, professional malpractice (both legal and medical), contract, corporation and debt collection disputes, over 80% of which have resulted in settlements. Arbitration matters have included nursing home, business, business dissolution, shareholder, securities and real estate disputes.
Case Experience
- ADA Disability
- Agricultural
- Appellate
- Automotive
- Banking & Finance
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Commercial/Business
- Condominiums
- Construction
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- Cross Cultural
- Debt Collections
- Discrimination
- Divorce (High Asset)
- Education
- EEOC
- Elder Abuse
- Eminent Domain
- Employment
- Engineering
- Family Businesses
- Franchise
- Health Care
- Industrial
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Labor/Unions
- Land Use/Planning
- Landlord/Tenant
- Legal Malpractice
- Libel & Slander
- Local Govt./Municipalities
- Medical Devices
- Medical Malpractice
- Mining
- Mortgage Foreclosure
- Non-profit Organizations
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Personal Injury
- Police
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Product Liability
- Professional Fees
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Railroad & Trucking
- Real Estate
- Religious Institutions
- Securities
- Sexual Harassment
- Shareholder Disputes
- Title Disputes
- Torts
- Trusts / Estates
- Wage & Hour/FMLA
- Workers' Compensation
- Wrongful Death
Education
- University of Louisville, School of Law - J.D., 1982
- Loretto Heights College - B.A. (English Major) - 1969
- Harvard Program on Negotiation, Mediation Training Program - 2009
Memberships & Affiliations
- Louisville Bar Association
- Kentucky Bar Association
Rates Information
$450 hourly for mediation - two-hour minimum for half day; four-hour minimum for all day
$500 hourly for arbitration - two-hour minimum for half day; four-hour minimum for all day
Cancellation charge of $200 if mediation is cancelled less than 7 days in advance.