Aaron Kemper
Tel/text: 502-771-0588
Email: kemper.aaron@gmail.com
Fax: 502-584-1826
Many lawyers work as judicial clerks after law school graduation. But few work as a judicial clerk in the U.S. Virgin Islands. “While I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the sun,” said Aaron, “I knew that I wanted to return to my hometown of Louisville, KY and practice the kind of law that helps everyday people. I have travelled to other places, but I have never found a group of people who exhibit as much kindness heart as the people right here in Louisville, KY.”
A proud Kentuckian, Aaron grew up in Louisville, spending his summers at his grandparent’s in Eastern Kentucky. After graduating from Ballard High School, Aaron “Piano Man” Kemper attended the University of Kentucky, where he majored in Economics and minored in Piano Performance. In 2006, Aaron graduated at the top of his class and went on to attend the University of Cincinnati College of Law. While in law school, Aaron worked with the firm Robbins, Kelly Patterson, & Tucker, specializing in civil defense work. He also interned with the Honorable Steve Martin at the Ohio Court of Common Pleas. But despite working and attending school in Ohio, Aaron always remained a Kentuckian, living in Northern Kentucky. He now boasts that he has lived in all the major population centers of Kentucky – Louisville, Lexington, and Northern Kentucky.
After earning his law degree, Aaron clerked for the Honorable Miguel Camacho of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. He credits his time at this small but bustling court with giving him the opportunity to hone both his legal skills and his people skills – two essential necessities for any great attorney.
In 2013, Aaron accepted a position with the law firms of Coleman, Roles & Associates in Louisville, KY. After arriving at Coleman, Aaron was named to the National Trial Lawyers, Top 40 Under 40 in 2015 and Top 10 Under 40 in 2016. Aaron is asked on a weekly basis whether he wishes he were still in the warm sun of the islands. Aaron always answers that he loves Louisville and also that like every good tale of long travels and adventure, the answer involves romance. Aaron’s wife and fellow lawyer, Chan Kemper, is a native Virgin Islander “By bringing Chan to the states,” says Aaron, “I was able to take the best of the Virgin Islands with me. She is all the sunshine I need.”
This couple has written a blog together and can usually be seen throughout the Louisville community. Aaron can also be seen playing jazz piano, a passion that he believes helps him perform as a litigator since the best litigators are often performers. In 2016, Aaron founded the Old Louisville Lawyer’s Association with fellow litigators in the neighborhood.
In 2019, due to a restructuring, Aaron founded the Kemper Law Office in the same location at Barrister’s Hall. The Kemper Law Office is a full service firm that can serve as a guide post to all your legal needs. In sum, Aaron wishes for you to save his number (502)771-0588 in your phone as “my attorney.” When you need something, call or text Aaron. If Aaron can’t handle the case himself, he can find someone to help you.
In 2022, Aaron Kemper and Ben Potash filed a lawsuit against the Attorney General of Kentucky that garnered local community attention and national media attention. The lawsuit was covered in the New York Times, Politico, New York Magazine, Associated Press, the Washington Post, ABC, NBC, Radio Canada, Mother Jones, The Courier Journal, The Herald Leader, WHAS 11, WAVE 3, WDRB, WLKY, WBKO, The Dailey Kos, The Womens Media Center, Brown University Law Review, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and many others.
In 2023, Zac Meihaus and Aaron Kemper settled a civil rights case against the city of Louisville where a man was assaulted by LMPD at a bus stop that garnered local attention.
In November 2023, the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Atlanta Black Star wrote a stoy about a man who was arrested and charged for stealing his own car and how a civil rights case wasfiled by Aaron Kemper and Ben Potash against the officers involved.