About Hance & Srinivasan, PLLC ─ a Brief Overview

Michael R. Hance

Michael R. Hance

Michael Hance has been helping people whose lives have been changed by the negligence of others since 1980. Michael is recognized by his peers and the legal profession for his work in personal injury law. He has been named among Kentucky Super Lawyers and has received the Martindale-Hubbell rating of "A-V" since the mid-1980s. Michael also has been selected for the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Most recently, he was awarded the 2011 Peter Perlman Outstanding Trial Lawyer award. This annual award was voted on by his peers from all across Kentucky.

Michael is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, Supreme Court of Kentucky, US District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, and US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Michael maintains a focused professional development path and attends numerous conferences, seminars, and presentations that relate to personal injury law updates and trial skill enhancements. He has lectured frequently at the Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, on trial practice and at Bellarmine University School of Nursing on courtroom procedure. A graduate of the University of Louisville, Michael holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, 1980.

Areas of Practice

  • Personal Injury Law

Litigation Percentage

  • 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

  • Kentucky
  • US District Court Eastern District of Kentucky
  • US District Court Western District of Kentucky
  • US Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
  • US Supreme Court

Education

  • Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
  • Juris Doctorate - 1980
  • University of Louisville

Classes/seminars

  • Lecturer, Trial Practice, Brandeis School of Law University

Honors and Awards

  • 2011 Peter Perlman Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award
  • Martindale-Hubbell rating of "A-V"
  • Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Kentucky Bar Association, Member
  • Kentucky Justice Association, Treasurer, 2005
  • Kentucky Justice Association, Secretary, 2006
  • Kentucky Justice Association, Vice-President, 2007
  • Kentucky Justice Association, President, 2008
  • American Association of Justice, Member
  • Louisville Bar Association, Member
  • Louisville Bar Foundation, Past President
Chandrika Srinivasan

Chandrika Srinivasan

Chandrika has been a practicing Kentucky attorney since 2002. Her passion for promoting cultural diversity and public service testify to her caring personality as a personal injury attorney. A current member of the Diversity Committee of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, she received its Student Diversity Award in 2001. She was also the 2001 recipient of the John S. Greenebaum Award for Public Service, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. At present, she serves as a member of the Society for the Prevention of Aggressiveness and Violence Among Adolescents (SPAVA), an organization devoted to promoting peace, non-violence, integrity, and honesty amongst school students.

Chandrika also brings a special background in pharmacology to her experience as a personal injury attorney. She earned her Ph. D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Louisville, with her dissertation, "Prevention Of Acetaminophen-Induced Toxicity by n-Propylthiazolidine Carboxylic Acid." She has published numerous articles about pharmacology and toxicology in several academic publications and served as a medical student instructor for the University of Louisville course "Problem Based Learning in Clinical Pharmacology."

Chandrika holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, 2001. She also earned a Masters of Science in Pharmacology and Environmental Toxicology from the University of Madras, Chennai, India, and a Bachelors of Science in Botany from Ethiraj College, Chennai, India.

Areas of Practice

  • Personal Injury Law

Bar Admissions

  • Kentucky 2002

Education

  • Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
  • Juris Doctorate - 2001
  • Honors: Member, Diversity Committee
  • Honors: Student Diversity Award in 2001
  • Honors: 2001 Recipient of the John S. Greenebaum Award for Public Service
  • University of Madras, Chennai, India
  • Masters of Science
  • Major: Pharmacology and Environmental Toxicology
  • Ethiraj College, Chennai, India
  • Bachelors of Science
  • Major: Botany
  • University of Louisville
  • Ph.D.
  • Major: Pharmacology and Toxicology

Classes/seminars

  • Instructor, "Problem Based Learning in Clinical Pharmacology.", University of Louisville

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Society for the Prevention Violence Among Adolescents (SPAVA), Member
  • Kentucky Bar Association, Member
  • Louisville Bar Association, Member
  • American Bar Association, Member
  • Kentucky Justice Association, Member
  • American Association for Justice, Member
New Project (20)

Kyle Bale

Currently a Law Student, Interning at H&S

Areas of Professional Focus:
Personal Injury

Membership:
Kentucky Justice Association, Member

Education:
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
University of Louisville Juris Doctorate - 2021
Western Kentucky University
Bachelor of Arts
Double Major in History and Political Science