About W. Thomas Bunch
W. Thomas Bunch II is a Lexington-based lawyer who has practiced at the same firm since the end of law school. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in politics, with a minor in history, from Wake Forest University in 1986. He then attended the University of Kentucky College of Law, receiving his J.D. in 1989.
During law school he worked as a law clerk at Bunch & Brock Lawyers. That early connection turned into a professional home. In 1989 he joined the firm as a lawyer and has remained there through the years. The continuity has allowed him to handle matters that cross both family and financial law.
Bunch’s courtroom work spans bankruptcy and district courts. He is admitted to practice in Kentucky and in the federal courts that serve the state, including the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, and the Sixth Circuit. He has prosecuted and defended claims in bankruptcy proceedings and has appeared in federal district matters that touch on insolvency and related disputes.
Colleagues and clients see him as steady and practical. He tends to take cases that require careful sorting of competing financial and family interests. Divorce cases that involve complex creditor-debtor issues are a frequent subject of his work. He also handles ordinary consumer and business bankruptcy matters, where the facts often require attention to both legal detail and human circumstances.
Outside the courtroom, Bunch has been active in local professional and civic organizations for decades. He has been a member of the Fayette County Bar Association since 1989 and presented to the association in 2011 on the topic “Divorce and Bankruptcy: When Debtors Can’t Pay Their Creditors Due to Divorce.” That presentation reflected a recurring intersection in his practice between family law and insolvency. He is also a long-time member of the Kiwanis Club of Lexington and has served as the club’s president in the past.
His practice at Bunch & Brock, Lawyers, has kept him rooted in Lexington and in the regional federal courts. He continues to take cases that sit at the crossroads of domestic relations and financial distress, drawing on decades of courtroom experience and local bar involvement.
He currently practices at Bunch & Brock, Lawyers, concentrating on divorce and bankruptcy matters.
