**Update**  On November 4, 2009, Governor Steve Beshear appointed Larry to serve as a Special Justice on the Kentucky Supreme Court.  Larry's temporary appointment to the Kentucky Supreme Court, however, will not impact his ability to accept new clients or cases or represent his current clients.   

Larry spent nearly the first seven years of his career representing some of the largest companies in the world. Since founding Bahe Cook Cantley & Jones, Larry has used his skill, experience and training to fight for real people.

Today, Larry’s litigation practice focuses primarily on personal injury cases.  He handles all types of personal injury cases including medical malpractice, defective products and drugs, wrongful death, auto accidents, tractor trailer accidents, motorcycle accidents, pharmaceutical injuries, nursing home negligence and other injury claims.  He also handles many types of employment discrimination and sexual harassment cases.

Larry has been actively involved in several pharmaceutical multi-district litigation (MDL) cases, including most recently In re: Yasmin and Yaz (Drospirenone) Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation MDL No. 2100; In re: Digitek Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1968 and In Re: Total Body Formula Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1946.  Larry currently serves on the Plaintiff's Steering Committee in the Total Body Formula MDL.

Larry is currently co-lead counsel in a class action lawsuit against BP and the other parties responsible for the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico --which is the worst man-made environmental disaster of our times.  Along with a consortium of nationally-renowned mass tort attorneys, Larry also represents numerous individual claimants in the Gulf states for claims ranging from lost employment opportunities, lost rental income, lost business income and diminished property values.   

Larry has attained the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell AV® Peer Review Rating — An AV® certification mark is a significant rating accomplishment - a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.  It is the highest rating a lawyer can receive.

Larry has been selected by the American Trial Lawyers Association as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Kentucky.  Larry was also selected by Louisville Magazine as one of "Louisville's Top Lawyers."

Larry is a noted leader in both the business and the legal communities.  In 2007, the Louisville Courier Journal's Velocity Magazine featured Larry as one of Louisville's "Generation Next."  In 2005, Louisville’s Business First publication selected Larry as one of the “Top 40 Under Forty” -- an award bestowed upon the top 40 business leaders in the Louisville area under the age of forty.

In 2010, Larry was selected as the Oustanding Young Professional Alumnus by the University of Kentucky College of Law.

Before law school, Larry served as a political aide to Kentucky Governor Paul E. Patton. Larry earned his law degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law, graduating near the top of his class with cum laude honors. While in law school, Larry earned a position as an Associate Editor on the prestigious Kentucky Law Journal, was selected for the law school’s Moot Court Board and was one of only two chosen to represent the law school on its National Evidence Moot Court Team. Larry’s peers also elected him to serve as their class representative on the Student Bar Association. Larry received a CALI Award of Excellence for the Highest Grade in Insurance Law, which serves him well in his daily battles to get insurance companies to honor their commitments to compensate injured victims for their losses.

Larry’s experience is broad. During his career, he has worked on matters involving wrongful death, class actions, nursing home negligence, defective products, medical malpractice, auto accidents, employment disputes (breach of contract, wrongful discharge, and non-compete agreements), employment discrimination, insurance practices and coverage (bad faith and contract disputes), consumer protection, business contract disputes, lender liability, letters of credit, financial advisor negligence, unfair competition, trade secrets, defective software, preferential transfers, creditors’ rights, fiduciary disputes, False Claims Act/Qui Tam actions, planning and zoning appeals, fiduciary duty claims, and common law fraud.

Larry’s practice has been national in scope. He has represented clients in state and federal court actions in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and Virginia.

Larry has served three terms on the Louisville Bar Association’s Board of Directors (2002, 2006-07). He is the past Chair of the Louisville Bar Association’s Litigation Section and its Young Lawyers Section. He is also actively involved in local, state and national politics.

Additionally, Larry has served in the following leadership positions:

Kentucky Justice Association (a/k/a Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys)
         -Board of Governors (2006-present)

University of Kentucky College of Law
         -Alumni Board of Directors (2001-present)

Louisville Bar Association
         -Board of Directors (2002, 2006-07)
         -Continuing Legal Education Committee (2002-07, Chair, 2006-07)

Kentucky Bar Association
         -Young Lawyers Section (Executive Committee, 2002-2007)
         -Convention Planning and Continuing Legal Education Committee (2003)
         -Kentucky Lawyers Assistance Program (2002-present)

Larry has been a presenter or host at continuing legal education seminars on post-trial motion practice in Kentucky, technological battles in 21st century litigation, bad faith insurance practices, ethical litigation practice, law practice technology, e-discovery and demystifying personal injury damages.

Larry is also a member of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.

Larry has volunteered in a number of civic and community activities, including with the Louisville Legal Aid Society Volunteer Lawyer Program, The Healing Place (an alcohol treatment and residential program), the Louisville Bar Association’s Call-A-Lawyer Program, the Kentucky Democratic Party Voting Rights Legal Team, and the Democratic National Committee National Lawyers Council. Larry also served as a member of the Clothe-A-Child, Inc. Board of Directors.