Attorney William L. Hoge, III practiced law in Louisville, KY for more than forty-five years.  His clients knew they could rely on his decades of legal experience and knowledge as a divorce lawyer to help them solve complex legal disputes in Family Law, whether in Louisville and Jefferson County and in LaGrange and Oldham County.

Throughout his career, he was an active member of the Kentucky Bar Association, the Louisville Bar Association and many other legal industry organizations.

Though he is retired now, Bill continues to consult with the attorneys of Hoge Partners, PLLC on clients' legal matters and remains of counsel to the firm.

The majority of Mr. Hoge's practice was dedicated to Family Law and being of service to people going through the divorce process in Kentucky, individuals needing assistance with post-divorce matters (child support, custody, visitation, etc.), victims of domestic violence and others needing legal representation in subjects relating to Domestic Relations law.

A native Louisvillian, Bill Hoge attended the University of Louisville and graduated from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law.

Trailblazer in Alternative Dispute Resolution

A Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Bill was at the forefront in the introduction of alternative dispute resolution methods such as Family Law mediation, arbitration and particularly collaborative law in Louisville and Kentucky.

Bill Hoge was a founding member of the Kentucky Collaborative Family Law Network, a consortium of Louisville attorneys, financial professionals and mental health practitioners specially trained in the art of collaborative divorce.

He was one of the founders of Family Law Solutions, PLLC, a network of specially trained Louisville lawyers dedicated to the use of Family Law mediation to resolve difficult and complex divorce cases.

Bill Hoge's services as a mediator allowed him to help litigants resolve even seemingly hopeless, high-conflict situations.

In August 2007, Billy Hoge was interviewed by ABCNews.com for a story on trends in the filing of new divorces as summer draws to a close.  The story was published 08/28/2007 as "End of Summer, Time for a Divorce?  Divorce Lawyers Say More Couples Split Up at the End of Summer".

Billy was featured in an March 14, 2008 article in Business First of Louisville, Kentucky on the subject of hotly contested or high-conflict divorce actions (External link to article: "What are the most emotional cases you encounter as an attorney?").

• Fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 1998 and former President of the AAML's Kentucky Chapter

• Long-time, active member of the Kentucky Bar Association and Louisville Bar Association

• Past Chair of Family Law Sections for both the KBA and the LBA

• Past recipient of LBA's Judge Richard A. Revell Family Law Practitioner of the Year Award

• Long-time member of the Kentucky Justice Association (formerly the Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys and a contributor to KJA's quarterly publication, Advocate

• Career-long member of American Bar Association

• Founding member of ABA Commission on Impaired Lawyers (later renamed the ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs) in 1987, addressing issues of alcoholism, chemical dependency, stress, depression and other emotional health issues among members of the nationwide legal community

• First ever recipient of the John W. "Jack" Keegan Award in 2007 from theABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs for his important role in starting this nationwide effort twenty years earlier.

• Member of International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

• Founding member of the Kentucky Bar Association's Lawyers Helping Lawyers committee (now known as KYLAP, Kentucky Lawyer Assistance Program) to aid attorneys impaired by drugs, alcohol and other addictions or issues

Bill Hoge's law practice was devoted for many years to handling divorce, domestic relations, parental rights, child visitation, child support, child custody, advocating for fathers' rights, domestic violence, EPOs, DVOs, maintenance and alimony, division of marital property, restoration of non-marital property, establishment of paternity, parenting plans, co-parenting, property settlement agreements, post-divorce actions, international and domestic parental abductions or kidnapping, annulments, QDROs (Qualified Domestic Relations Orders) for the division of pension and retirement benefits, as well as prenuptial agreements, cohabitation agreements and business valuations.

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