Kentucky Legal Research Services
The National Legal Research Group was founded in 1969 to provide quality research and writing services to law firms of all shapes and sizes. More than 50 years, 50,000 clients and 185,000 research projects later, we still have the same goal.
We have served over 950 attorneys in Kentucky on over 1,900 research projects. We list some of these attorneys below, along with what they have said about our services.
NLRG offers a broad range of work products, both objective and advocacy. Our objective products can help you evaluate a case or give you sources to cite in a work product of your own. Our most common advocacy product is a motion brief or trial brief. Earlier in the case, we can draft complaints, answers, and motions, including discovery motions. We also draft signature-ready appellate briefs to the Sixth Circuit, the Kentucky Supreme Court and the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Here is a broader discussion of the types of products we prepare.
Many of our clients are solo practitioners and small firms. We take great pride in allowing these clients access to the same legal research firepower enjoyed by larger firms, at an affordable price. We cannot work for non-attorneys.
We have over 25 research attorneys. Some work at our headquarters building just west of Charlottesville, Virginia; others work remotely. We list below our attorneys who most regularly work on Kentucky cases. You can also view full biographies of our entire attorney staff. We specialize by area of law, and most of our attorneys have years of experience working in their areas. All of our research projects are done by human attorneys; we use AI only as one among many research tools.
Our normal turnaround time is 2-3 weeks, but we can sometimes do quick email or telephone reports in as little as 1-2 days, though at a higher billing rate. Here is a full list of our billing rates.
Kentucky Legal Research Attorney Spotlight
Co-President Suzanne Bailey
B.A., University of Virginia, 1980. J.D., University of Detroit School of Law, 1983. Member, Michigan, New York, & Virginia Bars. After clerking for a federal judge in Michigan, Suzanne moved to New York City, where she was an Assistant Corporation Counsel and later a Deputy Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel. She joined NLRG in 1991, specializing in Government Law, Civil Rights, and Criminal Law. She joined NLRG's Management Committee in 2015 and is now NLRG's Co-President. Read Full Bio
Senior Attorney Lee Dunham
B.A., Washington & Lee University. J.D, University of Virginia School of Law. Member, Virginia Bar. Lee served as a clerk in Virginia Beach, then spent a number of years in private practice at firms in Charlottesville, Virginia and Denver, Colorado, before joining NLRG. Read Full Bio here
Senior Attorney Jason Holder
B.A. (Philosophy), University of Virginia; J.D. University of Richmond School of Law. After law school Jason served as a magistrate in Virginia’s 15th Judicial District. As a magistrate, Jason would provide an independent review of complaints of criminal conduct brought by law enforcement and the general public. He would issue various types of processes including arrest warrants, bonds, and search warrants as well as conduct bail hearings for individuals arrested on warrants charging them with a criminal offense. Jason served as a magistrate primarily in the Stafford County and Fredericksburg City Magistrates’ Offices before joining NLRG in June 2016. In 2025, he became a member of NLRG's Management Committee. Read Full Bio
Testimonials
"Research was right on point; concise; led to ruling in favor of my client. Could not have done so without NLRG."
—Brian K. Darling, Louisville, KY
"Ms. [Anne] Hemenway was courteous, well informed on the subject matter, quick to understand what I needed and very timely in her response. I was completely satisfied."
—Benjamin D. Rogers, Glasgow, KY
"Excellent work."
—Michael Fleet Johnson, Pikeville, KY
