Lobbying Affiliate: MML&K Government Solutions
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Honors & Awards

Louisville Business First – 40 Under Forty Award, 2012

The Best Lawyers in America®, 2025 (Commercial Litigation, Healthcare Law, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Litigation - Municipal)

Admissions

Kentucky, 2003

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Education

University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, KY, J.D., 2003

Centre College, Danville, KY, B.S. in Economics, 2000

Overview

Mitchel Denham is a Member of McBrayer PLLC in the firm's Louisville office. He represents a broad array of clients in regulatory matters, general civil litigation and government enforcement actions with a focus on health care law, government regulations, constitutional law, business litigation, and employment law.

Previously, Mitchel served as the Assistant Deputy Attorney General in the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General where he supervised every division of the office. In that office he also served as the Executive Director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, in which role he obtained several multi-million dollar settlements for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in litigation involving pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers.

In private practice, Mitchel represents clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small business owners.  He also represents political campaigns and government entities. Mitchel draws on his broad experience to put his clients in the best position to succeed. Whether it is providing strategic advice, appearing before an administrative board or arguing before the Kentucky Supreme Court, Mitchel ensures his client’s rights are well represented.

Outside of the office, Mitchel serves on the Board of Directors for the Louisville Regional Airport Authority and is the Treasurer of the Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation. He is also a 2019 alumnus of the Leadership Kentucky program. Mitchel lives in Louisville with his wife and three children.

Affiliations

Community/Civic Leadership

  • Leadership Louisville, Bingham Fellows class of 2024
  • Louisville Economic Development Alliance, Member
  • Kentucky Personnel Board, Vice-Chair
  • Leadership Kentucky, Alumnus, 2019
  • Louisville Regional Airport Authority, Board of Directors
  • Norton Children's Hospital Foundation, Treasurer

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