Attorney J. Aprile, Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Mahan, P.S.C., Louisville, Kentucky

500 West Jefferson Street, Suite 2100 Louisville, KY 40202 | (502) 589-4215

Attorney Profiles

J. Vincent Aprile II
Louisville, Kentucky

Areas of Practice:: Criminal Law; Criminal Appeals; Employment Law; Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Kentucky, 1968; U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals, 1970; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1969; U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1971; U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1973; U.S. Supreme Court, 1973

Education:: George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1973
LL.M.; Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1968
J.D.; Bellarmine College, 1965
B.A.

Published Works:: Criminal Justice Matters Column (Contributing Editor and Author), Criminal Justice Magazine, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association, 1992 to present; "Pro Bono Service in Criminal Cases is Neither Mandatory nor Ethical" (Co-Author with Ed Monahan), ABA Criminal Justice, Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall, 1990; "Pro Bono Service in Criminal Cases is Neither Mandatory nor Ethical" (Co-Author with Ed Monahan), The Defender, New York State Defenders Association, March, 1991; "The Path from Freedom: Collected Responses to the Report of the Attorney General's Task Force on Violent Crime" (Contributing Author), NLADA, 1981; "The Art of Impeachment", Mercer Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 2, Winter, 1991; "Brandeis Brief: Counselor's Duty to Raise Issues on Appeal", Louisville Law Examiner, Vol. 8, No. 6,, April, 1983; "Quandaries & Quagmires: Ethical Questions for Public Defenders", NLADA Briefcase, Vol. 38, Nos. 3 & 4, Winter, 1981; "Plea Bargaining and the Vindictive Prosecutor", Criminal Defense, Vol. 4, No. 4, July-August, 1977

Representative Cases:: Bordenkircher v. Hayes, 434 U.S. 357, 98 S.Ct. 663, 54 L.Ed.2d 604 (1978); Taylor v. Kentucky, 436 U.S. 478, 98 S.Ct. 1930, 56 L.Ed.2d 468 (1978); Rawlings v. Kentucky, 448 U.S. 98, 100 S.Ct. 2556, 65 L.Ed.2d 633 (1980); Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 314, 107 S.Ct. 708, 93 L.Ed.2d 649 (1987); Pillersdorf v. Dept. of Public Advocacy, Ky., 890 S.W.2d 616 (1994); McCracken County Fiscal Court v. Graves, Ky., 885 S.W.2d 307 (1994); Commonwealth v. Reyes, Ky., 764 S.W.2d 62 (1989)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Ethics Presenter, Kentucky Law Update, 2003; Lecturer, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, 1975 - 1983

Honors and Awards:: Inaugural Recipient, The Gideon Award, Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy, 1993

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Kentucky Bar Association, Criminal Law Section; Chairperson, 1981-1982, 1985-1986, 1989-1990; Kentucky Bar Association; Member; American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section; Member; American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, 1995 - 2005; Member, Criminal Justice Council; American Bar Association, 1985 - 1995; Member, Bar Information Program Advisory Group; American Bar Association, 1989 - Present; Member; American Bar Association, 1990 - 1991; Vice-Chair, Editorial Board, Criminal Justice Magazine; American Bar Association, 1991 - 1993; Chair, Editorial Board, Criminal Justice Magazine; Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1987 - 2000; Member, Board of Directors; Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1990 - 2000; Chairperson, Amicus Curiae Committee

Past Employment Positions:: Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy, Director, Appellate Division, 1976 - 1980; Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy, Director, Professional Development, 1980 - 1982; Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy, General Counsel, 1982 - 1999; U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1968 - 1973

LYNCH, COX, GILMAN & MAHAN
500 West Jefferson Street, Suite 2100
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 589-4215