Lynsie Gaddis Rust

Experience

1. Attorney

   Wilson Elser

   Oct 2012 — Present

   Lynsie Gaddis focuses her litigation practice in general civil defense, with an emphasis on tort defense, commercial disputes and trial advocacy.Lynsie is seasoned in the areas of premises liability, product liability, medical malpractice, trucking and transportation claims, and the defense of other complex personal injury claims, including wrongful death claims. Lynsie also represents insurers with regard to coverage disputes and claims of bad faith.Lynsie’s commercial litigation experience includes advising corporations and individuals regarding pre-litigation business disputes in an effort to avoid the expense and risk of the court system. She also regularly litigates claims involving breach of contract, LLC and shareholder disputes, tortious interference with business relations and fraud claims. Lynsie has litigated a number of these complex commercial matters to trial, including one arbitration and one bench trial that both resulted in lucrative awards to the corporate entity she was representing.Lynsie has also arbitrated a number of cases involving commercial disputes and healthcare issues. She has participated in one bench trial involving fraud in the inducement/breach of contract claims centered on the sale of oil and gas leases, which resulted in a multimillion-dollar judgment in favor of her client, a Colorado-based venture capitalist company.While Lynsie’s civil litigation practice focuses on tort defense and commercial disputes, she is routinely brought in on other types of litigation when a trial is imminent. Lynsie’s vast trial experience includes jury trials involving First Amendment issues (defamation and false light), subrogation claims, premises liability, wrongful use of civil proceedings, claims under Kentucky’s Whistleblower Act and workers’ compensation retaliation.

Education

• University of Kentucky College of Law

  Doctor of Law (JD)

  2001 — 2004

• University of Kentucky

  BA

  1997 — 2001