Michael Abate

Appellate, Media, and Healthcare Attorney. Illinois native and Kentucky transplant. Passable but enthusiastic golfer. Baseball fan.

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

@d_yetter @_modsquad The rule was challenged as unconstitutional. It survived only because the court construed it *not* to be a gag order that prohibits anyone who wants to from speaking to reporters. The court was clear that a gag order would be unconstitutional under Sixth circuit precedent.

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

@LouSchoolBeat Stopped at Lyndon Elks Lodge after work. Basically no line.

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

@d_yetter Got there. Saw it. Went straight to work instead. Why are there no downtown locations today?

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

@TheLMSocy But what if they DIG the case? Do you still get booted out for arguing a second case even if your record stays 0-1?

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

Update: we won this case! Must have been the moral support.

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

What do you do when the start of school gets delayed? Take your kids to work day at the Kentucky Supreme Court. #appellateplaces

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

What do you do when the start of school gets delayed? Take your kids to work day at the Kentucky Supreme Court. #appellateplaces

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

Very proud to have represented the CJ in this important ORA case. This one is a BFD (as they say) in the government transparency world. No more blanket denials for “pending investigations.” And the AG’s attempt to help police circumvent a 2013 decision was soundly rejected.

[Courier Journal @courierjournal]

The court ruled the department should not have denied The Courier Journal when it requested documents related to a fatal police chase. https://t.co/QjtLX5SDmI

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

@ItsMattsLaw I had the same reaction.

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

@DrewCurtis I wish I were this funny!

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

Hope to see some of you tomorrow night at the State of the First Amendment address. Also, if anyone has any good speech ideas, HMU. Thx.

[Kathryn Montalbano @katiemontalbano]

All are invited to attend the State of the First Amendment Address by @mpabate and the presentation of the James Madison Award to @jscotthorn on Thurs., Sept. 26, from 5-7 pm at @ukcollegeoflaw.

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

@RMFifthCircuit Did this last week. Watching the Manning cast and talking to myself.

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

@sonofEarl33 And what happened to private school tuitions in those states after vouchers? Guessing they didn’t stay flat once that their customers had more buying power. That would make the gap even wider.

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

@RMFifthCircuit @CecereCarl @smmarotta I’m coming up on my 20th reunion. Keep hoping for that feeling.

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

@OrinKerr Was on a plane this weekend and binged first 3 episodes again. Hadn’t seen them since I had the Netflix DVDs. Gonna have to keep going.

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

Let’s try this again without the typos: come join us for this event. I’m honored to be presenting the address this year!

[Kathryn Montalbano @katiemontalbano]

The @UKJAMschool invites you to the State of the First Amendment Address, to be delivered at 5:30 p.m. on Thurs., Sept. 26, by Michael Abate (@mpabate) of Kaplan, Johnson, Abate & Bird in Louisville. The James Madison Award presentation will follow.

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[Kathryn Montalbano @katiemontalbano]

The @UKJAMschool invites you to the State of the First Amendment Address, to be delivered at 5:30 p.m. on Thurs., Sept. 26, by Michael Abate (@mpabate) of Kaplan, Johnson, Abate & Bird in Louisville. The James Madison Award presentation will follow.

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[Michael Abate @mpabate]

@RMFifthCircuit I dunno, what about that time Thug’s lawyer got sentenced to serve weekends with him? That’d be a pretty good excuse too.

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

@TessaDuvall Amen!

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

@ByRobertoR This is not a valid use of the extension provision. It’s not “in use” because it has to be reviewed. The act requires all of that to be timely done within 5 days

[Michael Abate @mpabate]

@jdmortenson Why don’t you put up a draft here for us friends to review it and weigh in on whether to blast it out or not.