Bruce Brightwell

Bruce graduated magna cum laude from the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington in 1992. Bruce has been licensed in both Indiana and Kentucky since 1992, and has concentrated his practice in the Kentuckiana area. He has represented clients on every level of the state and federal courts in both states, and is a Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the National College of Trial Advocacy.

Bruce has served as an Adjunct Professor at the Brandeis School of Law.

He is an active member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and serves as Executive Editor of the NAELA Law Journal. Bruce also presented a program at the annual NAELA conference in Seattle in April of 2012.

Bruce has been actively involved with the Louisville Bar Association his entire career, and is past Chair of the Probate & Estate Planning Section and current Chair of the Communications Committee.

He is also a licensed Life and Health Insurance agent in Indiana and Kentucky

Indiana University - Indiana University-Bloomington

J.D. (1992)

1989 - 1992

Honors: Graduated magna cum laude

Indiana University - Indiana University-Bloomington

B.A. (1989) | Journalism, with minor in Business

1986 - 1989

Graduated in three years.

Activities: Speech team, Society of Professional Journalists.

Attorney

Brightwell Elder and Probate Law

1998 - Current

Book Review, The Caregivers: A Support Group’s Stories of Slow Loss, Courage, and Love, by Nell Lake.

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

June, 2015

Board Certified Civil Trail Attorney

National Board of Trial Advocacy

President's award

American College of Legal Medicine

2004

Indiana State Bar

Member

Current

National Academy of Elder Law Attorney

2012 - Current

Indiana

Since 1992

Kentucky

Since 1992

• Credit Cards Accepted

• Medicaid Asset Protection
• Guardianships