John J. Balenovich
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Traffic, Family Law, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Property, Wills, Estate Planning
3818 MacCorkle Ave SE, Suite 101, Charleston, WV 25304
About John J. Balenovich
Practice Areas
- Traffic
- Family Law
- Bankruptcy
- Business Law
- Property
- Wills
- Estate Planning
Education
- University of Louisville School of Law, Louisville, Kentucky, 2005J.D.
- Honors: Justice Charles M. Leibson Memorial Award
- Law Journal: Journal of Law and Education,
- University of Louisville, 2006M.S.
- Major: Justice Administration
- Honors: Graduate Dean's Citation
- Bellarmine University, 2001B.A.
- Major: Philosophy/Sociology/Psychology
- Honors: Monsignor Horrigan Academic Scholarship
- Honors: Member of 1996 Mock Trial National Championship Team
Classes and Seminars
- Guest Lecturer at Louisville Metro Police Department Police Academy, 2017, 2008 - Present
- The Ethics of Social Media: Is it Incompatible with Law Practice. Kentucky Law Update, London, Kentucky, 2012
- Loss Mitigation: Alternatives to Judicial Foreclosure. Kentucky Law Update, Louisville, Kentucky, 2008
- Building a Mystery: A Preliminary Analysis of Police Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2008
- A Proposed Kentucky False Claims Act: A Kentucky Fraud Shield. Submitted to Senator Damon, Thayer & Michael Kalinyak, Commonwealth of Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, Legislative Session, Frankfort, Kentucky, 2005
- Factors Associated with Domestic Violence Arrest Decisions. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2004
- Toward a Balanced Approach: Police Officer Roles in Domestic Violence Situations. Southern, Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, 2003
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- West Virginia, 2006
- Kentucky, 2005
- U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia
Other Affiliations
- West Virginia Bar Association
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Louisville Bar Association
- Kanawha County Bar Association
- The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
- Knights of Columbus
Articles
Published Works
- John J. Balenovich, Three Strikes and You're Safe: How Kentucky's New Sentencing Policy Allows Repeat Offenders to Avoid the Grand Slammer, The Bench & Bar, Vol. No. 77, Issue No. 1, January 2013.
- John J. Balenovich, Reservations for 50: A Closer Look at the Tenth Amendment's Powers Reserved to the States, The Bench & Bar, Vol. No. 72, Issue No. 4, July 2008.
- John J. Balenovich, Elizabeth H. Grossi & Tad Hughes, Toward a Balanced Approach: Police Officer Roles in Domestic Violence Crimes, 33(1) Am. J. Crim. Just. 19 (2008).
- John J. Balenovich, Drug Treatment in Kentucky Prisons: A Step in the Right Direction, The Bench & Bar, Vol. No. 70, Issue No. 5, September 2006.
- John J. Balenovich, Defeating Qualified Privilege with a Showing of Negligence: A Solution to an Educator's Libelous Intra-Office Memo Dilemma, 33 J.L. & Educ. 565 (2004).
Office Info
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- Traffic
- Family Law
- Bankruptcy
- Business Law
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