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Richard F. Dawahare
Richard has enjoyed a multi-faceted career after graduating from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1979.
He embarked on a 28-year career as a retail merchant, first with Macy’s, then 26 years with Dawahare’s until the chain’s closing in the fall of 2008. He then began his full-time legal career as a solo practitioner focusin
Richard has enjoyed a multi-faceted career after graduating from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1979.
He embarked on a 28-year career as a retail merchant, first with Macy’s, then 26 years with Dawahare’s until the chain’s closing in the fall of 2008. He then began his full-time legal career as a solo practitioner focusing on family and elder law before joining ElderLawLexington/McClelland & Associates, PLLC in December 2015.
Richard regularly works in Guardianship Court, serves as a Guardian ad Litem for children in DNA (Dependency, Neglect and Abuse) Court, represents veterans in their disability appeals, and does volunteer pro bono work for The Fayette County Bar Association and AppalReD (Appalachian Research and Defense).
Richard recently won a significant
victory for children and their relative foster parents in a case that went to the United States Supreme Court, D.O. v. Glisson, 847 F.3d 374 (6th Cir. 2017) cert. denied 138 S.Ct. 316 (2017).
He is licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.