Honors and Awards:

• Recipient, AAML's 2007 Raising the Bar Award
• Kentucky Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Award (Annually 1990 - 2006)
• Recipient of the Louisville Bar Association's 1999 Judge Richard A. Revell Family Law Practitioner of the Year Award, the Kentucky Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Award (annually 1990 to Present) and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ 2007 Raising the Bar Award.

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Family Law Mediator. Collaborative Family Law Practitioner. Certified as a Family Law Arbitrator in 2004.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys Advocate, Family Law Editor
• Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, Member
• Jefferson County Family Court, Family Court Mediator Review Committee
• Jefferson County Family Court, Family Court Advisory Committee, Divorce Rules Committee, Chair
• Jefferson County Family Court, Family Support Center Advisory Committee
• American Bar Association, Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs
• American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Member
• Louisville Bar Association, ADR Section, Member
• Louisville Bar Association, Family Law Section, Member
• Louisville Bar Association, Family Law Section, Chair, 1999
• International Alliance of Holistic Lawyers, Member
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Member
• Kentucky Collaborative Family Law Network, Inc., Founding Member and Past President
• Kentucky Bar Association, Child Protection & Domestic Violence Committee, 2000 - 2003
• Kentucky Bar Association, Family Law Section, Chair, 1997 - 1998
• Family Law Solutions, PLLC, Founding Member
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Continuing Education Chair, 1999 - 2005
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, President, Kentucky Chapter, 2003 - 2004
• Kentucky Supreme Court, 1972
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Ky, 1973
• Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1974
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1975
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Ky., 1975
• Kentucky Bar Association, Lawyers Helping Lawyers Committee, 1981

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• "Relocation . . . The Toughest Frontier in Family Law" - Presented at LBA CLE entitled "Focus on the Children: Difficult Child Custody and Support Cases", December 2002
• "Unapologetic Advocate on Court-Appointed Experts (Rule 706) REVISITED" - ABA 2001 Annual Meeting, President's Award
• "Deductibility of Attorney Fees"
• "Valuing Professional Goodwill"
• "Permissive Joinder in Family Courts"
• "Should Parents Seek Custody of Their Children or a Parenting Plan?"
• "Key Points to Consider in Full and Fair Civil Compensation"
• "Fault: A Confusing Concept in Kentucky Case Law"
• "Domestic Violence: Child Custody and Visitation"
• "Domestic Violence in Kentucky - Key Points to Consider in Child Custody and Visitation"
• "Before You Engage In A Custody Battle Over Your Children"
• "Custody Litigation Plan"
• "Collaborative Law Handbook for Clients"
• "Custody Litigation Plan"
• "Drafting Your Child Custody Affidavit"
• "How does Domestic Violence Impact on Child Custody and Visitation Decisions?", Hoge & Tingley Family Law Newsletter, Summer 1997
• "Why Do I Have to Go to Mediation?"
• "What on Earth is a Case Management Conference?"
• "My Domestic Violence Safety Plan"
• "Divorce Process Flow Chart"
• "'Discovery' Has Nothing to Do with Columbus – Understanding the Legal Discovery Process"
• "Controlling Legal Costs in a Divorce Action"
• "Congratulations! Your Divorce is Final! What Happens Now?"
• "Will a Pre-Nuptial Agreement Take the Romance Out of Your Engagement?", January 2000
• "Planning for the Unexpected", June 2000
• "How Do You Spell L-O-V-E for Your Children? With your TIME!", December 2000
• "Building New Holiday Traditions", Winter 1999
• "Collaborative Law Process Offers Divorce with Dignity", Business First, April 2004
• "Special Task Force on Parenting and Child Custody", Kentucky General Assembly, November 12, 1998
• "An Unapologetic Advocate for Court-Appointed Experts", Fair Share Magazine, April 2000
• "Child Custody Disputes: Staying Out of Dangerous Waters", Kentucky Psychological Association, March 2004
• "Learning Ambitious Divorce Negotiation Skills", Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, January/February 2007 Advocate
• "Deal or No Deal", Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, July/August 2006 Advocate
• "Trial Tips from a Family Law Perspective", Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, January/February 2005 Advocate
• "Family Law Perspective on Health Care and the Law", Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, November/December 2004 Advocate
• "Maintenance in Family Law: A Lawyer's Liability Bear Trap", Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, September/October 2003 Advocate
• "Domestic Violence Torts in Family Law Practice", Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, September 2004 Annual CLE
• "Lodestar Custody Decision", Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, January/February 2004 Advocate
• "Top Ten Tips for Family Law Litigation", Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, January/February 2004 Advocate
• "An Overlooked Tool: Dissipation Claims in Dissolution Cases", Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, March/April 2002 Advocate
• "How Not to Malpractice Your Divorce Case", Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, September 2001
• "Creative Solution to the Domestic Case: Collaborative Law, Mediation and Arbitration", Domestic Relations Seminar, Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, March 2004
• "Teaching a Family Law Lawyer New Techniques", Louisville Bar Association, June 2004
• "Co-Parenting Counterpoints", June 2007 Bar Briefs, Louisville Bar Association
• "Collaborative Law Training - No Discovery, No Motions, No Court, No Fear", March 2002
• "Attorney Fees -- When, Why, and How Much" - AAML/LBA CLE 2002
• "Excellence and Compassion" - 2002 Fifth Annual Family Law Seminar (also published in May 2002 LBA Bar Briefs, Kentucky Bar Association
• "Memo from a Reformed Family Law Litigator", Kentucky Bar Association, March 2004
• Attorney Fees and Litigation Costs - The Lifeblood of Family Law Practice - Protecting Yourself and Your Clients, Kentucky Bar Association Annual Convention on June 19, 1998
• "Enlightened Self-Interest and Compassion", ABA, Young Lawyers Division, May 2000
• "High-Conflict Custody Cases -- Reforming the System for Children", 2000 Wingspread Report
• Kentucky Domestic Relations Practice, 1st Ed., Chapter 14, 2006
• Divorce in Kentucky -- The Dissolution Resolution System, an Interactive Organizer and Video was published in 1997 by Bill Hoge and Bill Tingley., Author and publisher, Divorce in Kentucky -- The Dissolution Resolution System, 1997
• "Torts and Domestic Violence Claims in Family Law Practice" - AAML/LBA CLE, 1999
• "Spousal Support: Maintenance or More?", 1999
• "Nuts & Bolts of Family Law", LBA's Nuts & Bolts Seminar, 2002
• "Creative Solutions to Dissolution Cases: Collaborative Law", 2003
• "Non-Vested Corporate Stock - Future Value Marital Property", 2003
• "Nuts & Bolts of Family Law", LBA's Nuts & Bolts Seminar, 2005

Representative Clients:

• Attorney Bill Hoge is also experienced in Hague abduction cases, including children taken out of the U.S. by a parent, parents refusing to return children to the U.S. and foreign children brought to the United States by parents.

Educational Background:

• University of Louisville, B.S., 1969
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers' Arbitration Training, Arbitrator Certification, 2004