Jonathan R. Oliver
Attorney
About Jonathan
The entirety of Jonathan’s career has been in injury law – both as an insurance-defense attorney and as a plaintiff’s attorney in both Illinois and Kentucky. He has experience with nearly every type of injury case arising under Kentucky and Illinois law, from car wrecks, to truck accidents, to dog bites and other animal-caused injuries to product liability, to wrongful death, to slip-and-falls and trip-and-falls, to medical negligence, and the list goes on.
Unlike many attorneys today, Jonathan was fortunate enough to be trained in general practice and general civil litigation in both Illinois and Kentucky, working under some of the best practitioners in our area. His experiences, which help inform his practice in every case, range from administrative law, to healthcare law, to transactional law, to contract law, to family law, to business law, to construction law, to consumer law, to trust and estate disputes, to business disputes, to Medicare fraud and false claims law, to worker’s compensation, to sex-abuse cases – and beyond.
Jonathan leads the firm’s personal injury and civil litigation section and serves as lead counsel in all personal injury and civil litigation jury trials. Jonathan also has extensive experience in research and legal writing, particularly for appellate purposes and complicated legal disputes, and assists with the firm’s criminal law cases that involve complicated or novel legal issues, including violation of constitutional rights
Areas of Practice
Personal Injury – Car Wrecks/Automobile Accidents, Truck/Semi-Truck/Tractor-Trailer Wrecks, Trucking Accidents, Motorcycle Wrecks, Bicycle Wrecks, Pedestrian Fatalities, Distracted Drivers, Dram Shop, Boating Accidents, Farm Accidents,Slip and Fall/Trip and Fall, Spinal Cord Injury, Paralysis, Traumatic Brain Injury/TBI, Wrongful Death
Construction Law
Construction Disputes
Trust and Estate Litigation
Will Contests
Estate Administration Claims
Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Consumer Protection
Fraud
Business Disputes
Breach of Contract
Civil Litigation
Jury Trials
Bar Admissions
Illinois – Admitted to Practice 2002
Kentucky – Admitted to Practice 2008
U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
Education
Murray State University, Murray, KY
- B.A. – 1997
- Major: Print Journalism
Southern Illinios University, School of Law, Carbondale, IL
- J.D. – 2002
Employment Experience
Ronald E. Osman & Associates, Marion, Illinois
Associate Attorney, 2002-2003
Michael W. Maurizio & Associates, Marion, Illinois
Associate Attorney, 2003-2005
Gosnell, Borden, Enloe & Sloss, Ltd., Lawrenceville, Illinois
Associate Attorney, 2005-2008
Whitlow, Roberts, Houston & Straub, PLLC, Paducah, Kentucky
Associate Attorney, 2008-2012
Member, 2012-2016
The Oliver Law Firm, PLLC, Paducah, Kentucky
Member, 2016-2017
Olsen & Oliver, PLLC, Paducah, Kentucky
Member, 2017-Present