David Vance Oakes, born Binghamton, New York, October 23, 1961; admitted
to bar, 1992, Kentucky; 1993, Tennessee; also admitted to practice before U.S.
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, U.S. District Courts, Western District of
Kentucky and Western District of Tennessee. Preparatory education, Emory
University (B.A. 1984); legal education, University of Kentucky (J.D. 1991).
Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, Torts, 1988, Staff, Kentucky Law
Journal, 1989. Member: McCracken County and Kentucky Bar Associations; Kentucky
Academy of Trial Attorneys; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Million
Dollar Advocates Forum. Personal Injury, Automobile Injuries; Wrongful Death,
Products Liability; Jones Act; Dram Shop Liability. E-mail: davidoakes@saladinolaw.com
