Honors & Awards
- Kentucky Super Lawyers®, 2013-2023 (General Litigation)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, 2020, 2024-2025 (Litigation - Banking & Finance)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, 2013-2025 (Litigation - Trusts and Estates)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, 2021, 2024-2025 (Litigation - Insurance)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, 2025 (Insurance Law)
- A. M. Best Client Recommended, 2018
- AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®
Admissions
Kentucky, 1984
Texas, 1991
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 1985
U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 1991
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2003
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2003
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1988
Education
University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky, J.D., 1984
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
- Masters in Agricultural Economics, 1979
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, B.S., 1977
- Major: Agricultural Economics
Overview
When speaking with Rob Maclin about his law practice, one word comes up again and again: “Dedication.” As a litigator, Rob’s practice revolves around helping clients who need someone to go to bat for them – someone knowledgeable and experienced, with a strong work ethic and excellent communication skills. Most of all, they need an attorney who is dedicated—dedicated to the law, dedicated to the client, and dedicated to working hard in the pursuit of the best possible outcome. Rob Maclin is that attorney, and he has been throughout his over 30 years of practicing law.
Though Rob has served as a litigator in myriad areas, his practice focuses primarily on insurance litigation and defense; commercial and banking matters, transactions, and litigation; construction law; agricultural law; equine litigation and transactions; and trust and estate litigation. He regularly appears in state and federal courts on behalf of his clients and has brought numerous cases to favorable verdicts and judgments. His long list of notable cases demonstrates his ability to succeed in even the most challenging matters.
Rob tries cases before judges, juries, and arbitrators, and has argued/appeared before state courts such as the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the Kentucky Supreme Court, the Montana Supreme Court and the state courts of Texas, in addition to numerous federal district and appellate courts. His broad range of legal experience and strong knowledge of legal systems in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and other states, including Texas where he is also licensed, allows Rob to assist his clients wherever they may conduct their business.
Rob knows that in the realm of litigation, clients count on having an attorney who is devoted to keeping them up to date and actively involved with their legal matters, a lesson instilled in him by our firm’s founding member, Terry McBrayer. This is another form of dedication Rob possesses—his commitment to building and maintaining lasting relationships with clients, founded on trust and communication.
In addition to his law practice, Rob is a member of the Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders Association and the United States Polo Association.
Primary Practice
Additional Practice Experience
- Agriculture
- Banking, Lending and Finance
- Business Formation and Planning
- Business Succession Planning
- Commercial Lending
- Construction Law
- Contract and Partnership Disputes
- Contract Negotiation Preparation Review
- Debt & Equity Finance
- Dispute Resolution
- Divestitures and Spinoffs
- Entrepreneurial Law
- Equine Business Transactions
- Equine Litigation
- Hemp Production
- Hospitality and Tourism Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Municipal Liability
- Nonprofit Institutions and Associations
- Real Estate Development
- Real Estate Law
- Sales and Dissolutions
- Securities and Corporate Finance
- Shopping Center and Retail Development
Professional Activities
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Member, 2010
- American Quarter Horse Association, Member
- Fayette County Bar Association, Business Law Section, Chairman, 1992-1994
- State Bar of Texas, Member
- Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders Association, Member
- United States Polo Association, Member
News & Insights
News
- November 13, 2024
- October 4, 2024
- August 15, 2024
- January 9, 2024
- August 17, 2023
- December 29, 2022
- August 18, 2022
- February 14, 2022
- December 30, 2021
- September 8, 2021
- August 19, 2021
- Super Lawyers, December 10, 2020
- August 20, 2020
- Super Lawyers, December 2, 2019
- U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in America, September 4, 2019
- December 19, 2018
- Attorneys from McBrayer law offices in Lexington and Louisville achieved a 2018 listing in U.S. News Best Lawyers in AmericaAugust 15, 2017
- Commonwealth of Kentucky, Court of Appeals, May 20, 2016
Articles
- Second EditionUniversity of Kentucky Office of Continuing Legal Education, February 17, 2015
- Effectiveness of Burley Tobacco Poundage Quotas in Kentucky Production and Supply, Tobacco Science, Vol. XXIV: pg. 73-76, 1979
- Effectiveness of Burley Tobacco Poundage Quotas in Kentucky Production and Supply, Tobacco International, Vol. 182, No. 13, pg. 85-88, 1979
- Burley Tobacco Costs, Now and Next Year, Progressive Farmer, December 1980, 1980
Blogs
Blog Posts
- Department of Labor Ends 80/20 Rule for Tipped Employees November 14, 2018
- Kentucky Motor Vehicle Reparations Act: The Basics November 3, 2017