The Law Offices of Maurice A. Byrne, Jr.

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

Kentucky (1974); Indiana (1981); U.S. Federal Courts:

E.D. KY (1975), W.D. KY (1976), S.D.IN (1981), Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

(1991). Member of Kentucky, Indiana, Louisville, Clark County Bar Associations.

PROSECUTOR & LAW ENFORCEMENT

Assistant County Attorney, Director & Prosecutor of Crimes Against Elders;

Created Program for APS, Police, Prosecutors, Private Agencies: 2000-2002.

Assistant Deputy Attorney General and Director of Kentucky Consumer

Protection Enforcement throughout the State of Kentucky; 1979-81.

Assistant Commonwealth Attorney; Prosecutor and Director of Economic Crime

Unit; Created National Model Program for local and state police: 1977-79.

Assistant Director of Law and Prosecutor of Economic Crimes, Consumer

Protection, and Housing Crimes; City Louisville; 1976-77.

Assistant Attorney General and Prosecutor, Consumer Fraud; 1974-76.

United States Congress, Washington, D.C., Legislative Assistant; 1971-1974.

PUBLICATIONS

eFIRE LEGAL HANDBOOK, Kentucky Fire Law: 1990 to 2020.

Kentucky Cemetery Association Legal Compendium: 1992-2005.

Legal Compendium Fire Protection Districts: Legal Procedures/Forms:1979-2011.

Economic Crime Manual Law Enforcement - Policies & Procedures: 1977-1979.

Consumer Protection, Attorney General, Procedures Manual: 1979-1981.

Organizational Options for Small Businesses: 1988.

Managing for Growth & Profit: 1986.

Attorney Fees in Public Interest Lawsuits: 1982.

LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCES

U.S. Senate Committee, Washington, D.C.; Testimony economic crime prosecution.

U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Wash., D.C. Testimony on economic crime.

U.S. National Task Force On Economic Crime Prosecution; U.S. Justice Dept.

Model Economic Crime Program award by National District Attorney Association.

Advanced Criminal Justice Technology Transfer Program; U.S. Justice; San Diego, CA.

Kentucky General Assembly, Economic Crime Prosecution: Testified 31 times before

Kentucky Senate and House Committees, Louisville Bd Alderman, Jefferson Fiscal

Court, and Kentucky & Federal Regulatory Boards [thirty-one (31) occasions].

NOTES ON LEGAL PRACTICE

Jefferson County KRS 75 Fire Districts with 126 Trustees; 920 Firefighters (23 years).

Fire District Legislation: KRS 75 created, drafted, passed 21 new sections).

Health Care Legislation: KRS 334 created, drafted, passed 10 new sections).

Fire Departments in Kentucky: Legal consultation for 194 different Fire Departments.

eFIRE LEGAL HANDBOOK 27th year publication reaching 167 Fire Departments.

Litigation throughout 26 different Kentucky Counties involving over 800 cases.

Law enforcement: Circuit & District Court prosecution consumer & elder crimes.

Wage & Hour law: 22 years working with Fair Labor Standards and labor laws.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

United Way; Review & Allocation Committee, Chairperson (14 years).

Louisville Metro Leadership Alliance Committee

Rotary International, President (24 years).

Better Business Bureau: Director.

Governor's Consumer Advisory Council; Kentucky (10 years).

Clean Community Systems apointed by the Honorable A. Mitchell McConnell, Jr.

Kentucky Regional Fire Training Academy, original Board and organizer (24 years).

Buechel Fire Protection District; Trustee & Director.

Jefferson County Fire Trustees Association, Director.

Jefferson County Consumer Advisory Council; Chairperson.

REPORTED APPELLATE CASES

Popp v. Hardy, 508 N.E.2d 1282, Ind.App.(1987);

HAAK v. Bullock, 413 F.Supp. 1032, E.D.Ky. (1976); Bullitt Cty Bank v. Publishers

Printing. Co, Inc., 684 S.W.2d 289 (1984); Lewis v. Captain’s Quarters, Inc., 655

S.W.2d 26 (1983); No. Am.Van Lines v. Comm., 600 S.W.2d 458, Ky (1980); Great

Rivers v. Marine Builders, 949 F.2d 397 (6th Cir. 1991).

PRIVATE LEGAL PRACTICE

Maurice A. Byrne, Jr., Attorney at Law, Kentucky & Indiana: 2012 to present.

Benson Byrne & Risch: Louisville, KY and Jeffersonville, IN: 1995-2012.

Frank W. Burke, Robert Benson: Louisville, KY; Jeffersonville,IN: 1988-1994.

Fox & Smith: Regional Law Firm, Jeffersonville, IN and Louisville, KY: 1984-1987.

Barnett & Alagia; International Law Firm: Louisville, KY and New Albany, IN: 1981-84.

EDUCATION

Columbus School of Law, Washington, D.C.; J.D. 1974.

Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.; B.A. 1968

Holy Trinity Theological School, Washington, D.C.: 1963-1967

St. Thomas High School & College Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky: 1957-1963.

VISITING INSTRUCTOR IN LAW ENFORCEMENT & FIRE PROTECTION

Kentucky Community & Technical College System Fire Legal Training [1987-2016].

Fire Commission, Jefferson County Regional Fire School: 35 Full-day Classes.

Northern KY. Western KY., Jefferson Cty. Fire Legal Schools [Special Legal Training].

University of Kentucky College of Law; University of Louisville, Morehead.

National Association of Attorneys General; Economic Crime Covert Operations.

National Assn. of District Attorneys; Training National Prosecutors, White-Collar Crime.

Kentucky County Attorney & Commonwealth Attorney; Economic Prosecutions.

Kentucky Department of Justice; Training Law Enforcement in covert investigations.

Kentucky State, Jefferson County Police Departments; working with Prosecutors.

Louisville Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education; Prosecution Consumer Fraud.

National Crime Prevention Institute; Prosecutors, Police and Citizens working together.

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Education & Community Development Organizer, Tam Ky, Viet Nam (3 years).

Education Program for Challenged Urban Children, Organizer & Director (15 years).

Classification & Treatment Officer, Kentucky State Reformatory.

Drug Rehabilitation Counselor, Residential Treatment Center, D.C.(4 years).

Residential Assistant Director, Martin de Porres Hospice, Wash., D.C.