Joseph C. Klausing


Joseph Klausing represents clients in a variety of litigation matters.  His practice currently includes the defense of physicians and hospitals in malpractice claims, the defense of employers in workers’ compensation actions and various general litigation matters.  He is currently involved in litigation in both federal and state courts in California, Indiana, Kentucky, and Louisiana.

Significant Representation

• He has defended numerous physicians in product liability and medical malpractice litigation involving Cox-2 inhibitors, including coordinating discovery in cases pending in state and federal courts.   The claims are part of multi-district litigation in San Francisco and New Orleans.  He is national counsel on behalf of prescribing physicians for a medical malpractice insurance company in the Cox-2 litigation.

• In the past year he has obtained five defense verdicts for physicians practicing in Kentucky and Indiana. 

• Mr. Klausing has successfully defended local employers from workers’ compensation suits obtaining complete dismissals by the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Board.

• Negotiated a favorable settlement in a multiple casualty, tractor trailer accident.

Educational Background
J.D. University of Louisville 2004

B.A. Centre College 2001

Court Admissions
The Supreme Court of Kentucky
United States District Court for Western District of Kentucky
United States District Court for Eastern District of Kentucky

The Supreme Court of Indiana

United States District Court for Northern District of Indiana

United States District Court for Southern District of Indiana

United States District Court for Eastern District of Louisiana

United States District Court for Northern District of California

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association
Defense Research Institute

Kentucky Bar Association
Kentucky Defense Counsel, Inc.

Indiana State Bar Association

Louisville Bar Association

Publications