Barbara Kriz

Barbara A. Kriz

Barbara A. Kriz has been a member and the President of Kriz, Jenkins, Prewitt & Jones, PSC since it was started in 2008. She previously worked with its predecessor firms starting in 1986. She is AV rated by Martindale & Hubble. She is a civil litigator with a focus on defending private and public entities on different civil matters including personal injury and premises liability, civil rights, employment disputes, school law and administrative matters before state and federal agencies. She lives in Lexington, Ky. with her husband with whom she has two sons. Now that her sons are grown, she has more time for her hobbies which include gardening and traveling.

Education
University of Kentucky, 1981 BA in Political Science, with honors (Phi Beta Kappa)
University of Kentucky College of Law, 1984 J.D.

Bar Memberships
Illinois Bar Association, 1984
Kentucky Bar Association, 1985
Fayette County Bar Association, 1985
United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Ky.
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Professional Memberships
Kentucky Super Lawyers
ABOTA (American Board of Trial Advocates) and Kentucky ABOTA

Work Experience
Richard Sennett Law Offices, Chicago, Illinois, 1984-85
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Office of Attorney General, Division of Criminal Appeals,
1985-1986
Gallion, Baker & Bray, PSC 1985-2001
Baker, Kriz, Jenkins and Prewitt, PSC 2001-2008
Kriz, Jenkins, Prewitt & Jones, PSC 2008 to the present

Reported Cases
McKee v. Commonwealth, 720 S.W. 2d 343 (Ky. App. 1986)
Caudill v. Commonwealth, 723 S.W. 2d 881 (Ky. App. 1986)
Emondson v. Commonwealth, 725 S.W. 2d 595 (Ky. 1987)
Sallee v. GTE South, Inc., 839 S.W. 2d 277 (Ky. 1992)
Estep v. B.F. Saul, 843 S.W. 2d 911(Ky. App. 1992)
Morrow v. Stivers, 836 S.W. 2d 424 (Ky. App. 1992)
Thompson v. Budd Company, 199 F. 3d 799 (6 th Cir. 1999)
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Massarone, 326 F. 3d 813 (6 th Cir. 2003)
Hackworth v. Jockey Intl, 85 Fed. Appx 438 (6 th Cir. 2003)
Mendez v. UK Board of Trustees, 357 S.W. 3d 534 (Ky. App. 2011)
Mitchell v. University of Kentucky, 366 S.W. 3d 895 (Ky. 2012)
Hornback v. Lex. Fayette Urban County Govt., 905 F. Supp.2d 747 (E. D. Ky. 2012); 543
Fed. Appx. 499 (6 th Cir. 2013)
Prater v. Catt, 443 S.W. 3d 6 (Ky. App. 2014)
Kanungo v. University of Kentucky, 1 F. Supp. 3d 674 (E.D. Ky. 2014)
Furtula v. U.K. 438 S.W. 3d 303 (Ky. 2014)
Kavanaugh v. LFUCG, 638 Fed. Appx. 446 (6th Cir. 2015)
Simmerman v. Ace Bayou Corp., 304 F.R. D. 516 (E.D. Ky. 2015)
McKinney v. LFUCG, 651 Fed. Appx. 449 (6 th Cir. 2016)
University of Kentucky v. Davis, 551 S.W. 3d 443 (Ky. App. 2017)
Lindsay v. Board of Trustees of UK, 552 S.W. 3d 77 (Ky. App. 2018)
Wilson v. Askew, 568 S. W 3d 375 (Ky. App. 2019)
Doe v. Logan, 602 S.W. 3d 177 (Ky. App. 2020)
Phelps v. Bluegrass Hospitality Management, LLC, 630 S. W. 3d 623 (Ky. 2021)

Other Interests
Former member of Providence Montessori School Board
Member of Lexington Directions, Secretary