Mr. Poage initially began his career in Tallahassee, Florida, where he represented Plaintiffs in workers' compensation and social security disability litigation and for a Lexington, Kentucky based insurance defense firm specializing in workers' compensation, general civil liability, and federal black lung claims.  Prior to Kubicki Draper, Mr. Poage worked for a Pensacola, Florida insurance defense firm where his primary areas of concentration involved automobile negligence, premises liability, products liability, wrongful death, commercial general liability, and insurance coverage disputes.  He will continue to practice in those areas from Kubicki Draper's Tallahassee and Pensacola offices on civil cases throughout Northwest Florida.  He remains licensed to practice law in both Florida and Kentucky state and federal courts.

Areas of Practice:

Automobile

Premises Liability

Products Liability

Trucking

Workers' Compensation and Longshoreman

Construction Defects

Bar Admissions:

U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 2007

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 2002

Kentucky, 2001

Florida, 2000

U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 2000

Education:

Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, FL , 2000
J.D.

University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1997
B.B.A., Finance & Management Double Major

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Florida Bar Association

Member

Kentucky Bar Association

Member

Birth Information:

March 16, 1975, Salem, Ohio