Chad O. Propst
Top rated Medical Malpractice attorney in Louisville, Kentucky
Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd, Conway & Stanton, PSC
Practice areas: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability; view more
Licensed in Kentucky since: 2010
Education: University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2016 - 2020 Call today:
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Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd, Conway & Stanton, PSC
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A stalwart legal advocate with over 15 years of experience, Chad O. Propst utilizes his shrewd legal acumen and talents to help clients with complex and serious personal injury accidents such as motor vehicle accidents, truck collisions, public transportation accidents, products liability and medical malpractice, as well as posttrial appellate matters. A partner at Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd, Conway & Stanton, PSC, in Louisville, Kentucky, he serves residents throughout the surrounding region and beyond.
Mr. Propst completed his undergraduate studies in 2002, graduating with his Bachelor of Arts degree in history and religious studies from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He went on to attend the University of Louisville School of Law, and during his time there, he was a part of the University of Louisville Law Review, serving as articles editor, and was awarded the Kentucky Defense Counsel Award, the Professional Responsibility Award and the Samuel L. Greenebaum Writing Award. He received his Juris Doctor magna cum laude in 2010 and, in the same year, obtained his license to practice law in Kentucky.
A consummate professional through and through, Mr. Propst strives to provide his clients with the top-quality legal representation through his pristine, client-centric practice that emphasizes personalized attention, meticulous focus and enthusiastic zeal to see his clients free of their legal woes. For his many contributions, he has been peer-review rated AV Preeminent* through Martindale-Hubbell, the organization’s highest rating.
Outside his law practice, Mr. Propst maintains close affiliations with myriad legal organizations, including the Kentucky Bar Association, the Louisville Bar Association and the Kentucky Justice Association. He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff, Appellate, Aviation and Aerospace, Class Action/Mass Torts: PlaintiffFocus areas
Animal Bites, Appeals, Asbestos, Aviation Accidents - Plaintiff, Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Medical Devices, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Toxic Mold, Toxic Torts, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 30% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
- 20% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 20% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
- 10% Appellate
- 10% Aviation and Aerospace
- 10% Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2010, Kentucky
Professional Webpage: https://kytrial.com/attorneys/chad-o-propst/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Kentucky
- United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Kentucky Justice Association
- Louisville Bar Association
- Kentucky Bar Association
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Gonterman v. Wooster Mtr. Ways, Inc., 2023 WL 125065 (Ky. App. Jan. 6, 2023) (holding that Firefighter’s Rule did not apply to my client, a state policeman, reversing summary judgment against my client, and remanding for trial).
- Robertson v. Burdette, 397 S.W.3d 886 (Ky. 2013) (affirming disqualification of attorney).
- Allgeier v. MV Transp. Inc., 2012 WL 1649089 (Ky. App. May 11, 2012) (affirming $4.1 million verdict and reversing and remanding for retrial on client’s punitive damages claim).
- MV Transp. Inc. v. Allgeier, 433 S.W.3d 324 (Ky. 2014) (affirming).
- Horsley v. Smith, 2015 WL 602813 (Ky. App. Feb. 13, 2015) (affirming verdict in favor of my client, an ophthalmologist, on lack of informed consent and medical negligence claims).
- Spalding v. Spring View Hospital, 2016 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 742 (Ky. App. Mar. 11, 2016) (reversing trial court ruling and recognizing “negligent credentialing” as a cause of action but affirming dismissal of my client on expert proof grounds).
- Frankfort Reg’l Med. Ctr. v. Shepherd, 2016 WL 3376030 (Ky. June 16, 2016) (allowing protection of notes of hospital employees if made to effectuate legal representation).
- Merritt v. Catholic Health Initiatives, 2017 WL 5504916 (Ky. App. Nov. 17, 2017) (holding that Kentucky’s bad-faith insurance statutes cannot apply to client’s pure captive insurer).
- Lake Cumberland Reg. Hosp. v. Adams, 563 S.W.3d 683 (Ky. 2017) (declining to adopt negligent credentialing as tort and recommending bifurcation of corporate and medical negligence claims).
- Catholic Health Initiatives v. Wells, 2018 WL 3798562 (Ky. App. Aug. 10, 2018) (reversing $21.2 million judgment against my client).
- Merritt v. Catholic Health Initiatives, 612 S.W.3d 822 (Ky. 2020) (affirming that Kentucky’s bad-faith insurance statutes cannot apply to client’s pure captive insurer).
- Darwin National Assurance Co. v. Kentucky State University, 2021 WL 1045716 (Ky. App. Mar. 1, 2021) (reversing summary judgment against client, an insurer, and holding that the notice-prejudice rule does not apply to a claims-made-and-reported policy).
- Johnson v. Wood, 2021 WL 2617739 (Ky. June 17, 2021) (affirming denial of writ petition seeking to create new cause of action for spoliation of evidence).
- Powell v. Kentucky Hospital, LLC, 2022 WL 1051765 (Ky. App. Apr. 8, 2022) (affirming summary judgment order on agency issues).
- Tipton v. St. Joseph Health Sys., Inc., 2022 WL 2541827 (Ky. App. July 8, 2022) (affirming summary judgment for home-health clients under Kentucky’s COVID-immunity statute).
- Bardstown Capital Corp. v. Seiller Waterman, LLC, No. 21-1591 (U.S. June 22, 2022) (petition for writ of certiorari for business developer client in First Amendment matter).
Honors
- Magna cum laude, University of Louisville School of Law
- Professional Responsibility Award, University of Louisville School of Law
- Kentucky Defense Counsel Award, University of Louisville School of Law
- Samuel L. Greenebaum Writing Award, University of Louisville School of Law
- 9 Book awards for top grade in a class, University of Louisville School of Law
- Top 5% of graduating class, University of Louisville School of Law
Educational Background
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., History and Religious Studies, 2002
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Hospital Liability via Negligent Credentialing After Adams, Ky. Common Defense, Spring/Summer 2018.
- Articles Editor, University of Louisville Law Review
- Spring Lecture Series – 2011-2018 – University of Louisville School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry Residents, Introduction to Forensic Psychiatry & Law (teaching intro to medical malpractice, duty to warn/Tarasoff issues, hospital and physician negligence theories).
- Slingluff v. State, 317 P.3d 683 (HI 2013) (citing “Dethroning Gould”).
- Dethroning Gould v. O’Bannon, 48 U. Louisville L. Rev. (2009).
- Product Liability Compendium (Kentucky co-author) (DRI 2014 ed. & upcoming 2017 ed.).
- Legal Malpractice: State By State (Kentucky co-author) (ABA Lit. Section, 2012 ed.).
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2026
- Rising Stars: 2016 - 2020
