Serving Louisville, Kentucky & Southern Indiana
(502) 379-4963AAML Fellow • AV Preeminent • Super Lawyers 2015–2025
The Credentials
Across the Table
Determine What's
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Thomas E. Banks II brings 17 years of exclusive family law practice, an AAML Fellowship, and a pre-law accounting background that changes how financial complexity gets handled in your case.
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Thomas E. Banks II
AAML Fellow • Partner
< 1,600
AAML Fellows Worldwide
Invitation-Only Fellowship
17+
Years in Family Law
Exclusively
13
Consecutive Years
Super Lawyers Recognition
AV
Preeminent Rated
Martindale-Hubbell
KY + IN
Dual Licensure
Kentucky & Indiana
Practice Areas
Seventeen years of exclusive family law practice in Kentucky and Indiana courts. Every case handled with the same analytical rigor and trial-ready preparation.
Contested & Uncontested
Divorce
From straightforward uncontested matters to complex multi-asset contested litigation — with 17 years of Jefferson County courtroom experience.
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High-Asset Divorce
Thomas's pre-law accounting background means he reads financial disclosures and valuation reports the way a forensic accountant does — not the way most attorneys do.
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Child Custody
Contested custody at every level of complexity. AAML Fellowship-level expertise in high-conflict matters, parental alienation, and false allegations.
Learn MoreCustody & Parenting Time
Father's Rights
The system isn't rigged against fathers — but it will act like it is if you're underrepresented. Thomas brings elite-level firepower to fathers' custody cases.
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Property Division
Fifty-fifty of the wrong number is not a fair outcome. Thomas challenges valuations and uncovers hidden assets with the authority of someone who understands the numbers.
Learn More& Postnuptial
Prenuptial Agreements
A prenup drafted by someone who has spent 17 years handling the cases that result from inadequately drafted agreements is a different document entirely.
Learn More“The AAML Fellowship is the most selective credentialing body in family law. Thomas was inducted in 2019 — one of fewer than 1,600 Fellows worldwide.”
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
“Super Lawyers recognizes the top 5% of attorneys through independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. Thomas has been recognized every year since 2015.”
Super Lawyers — 13 Consecutive Years
“AV Preeminent is the highest possible rating for both legal ability and professional ethics. Fewer than 10% of attorneys achieve this designation.”
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
Why Thomas Banks
Produces a Different
Outcome
AAML Fellowship
Fewer than 1,600 attorneys worldwide. Invitation-only, peer-nominated. The highest standard of distinction in matrimonial law.
Financial Forensics Background
Before law school, Thomas worked in accounting and database management. He reads financial disclosures and valuation reports the way a forensic accountant does.
17 Years in Jefferson County Courts
Judges, opposing counsel, and mediators know what Thomas is capable of. That credibility changes how the other side prepares.
National Thought Leadership
Thomas teaches other attorneys nationally on hidden assets, cryptocurrency in divorce, business valuation, and custody science.
Service Areas
Serving Kentucky & Indiana
What Clients Say
"There is absolutely no one more capable inside or outside of a courtroom when your family and your wellbeing are on the line."
As a licensed private investigator, I am familiar with the court system. I know how this process should work, and I know what good lawyers look like. Thomas Banks and his team helped me through one of the hardest times of my life. My case took a week's worth of trial time spread across multiple hearings over years. It involved a prenuptial and postnuptial agreement governed by Indiana law being litigated in Kentucky family court, and then appealed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Tom is licensed in both Indiana and Kentucky, which made his knowledge and experience essential. He argued both Indiana and Kentucky law at the same time, from family court all the way to the appellate court. There is absolutely no one more capable inside or outside of a courtroom when your family and your wellbeing are on the line. Tom was prepared, knowledgeable, and absolutely destroyed the opposing counsel in court. Tom thrives under pressure. That is when I found he does his best work. He walks into a city, a county, and a courtroom he has never set foot in and owns it. Thomas Banks is not a lawyer's lawyer. He is YOUR lawyer.
L T
Licensed Private Investigator
"Tom Banks is a force of nature in the courtroom! I would never want to be another attorney going up against him!"
Grant Schaffner
Courtroom Representation
"Tom treated my daughters and I like family and fought for five long years to keep us safe."
Jessica Cox-Kremer
High-Conflict Divorce · Protective Orders
"We happily 'fired' Tom at the end of the last court battle, only because our children came out on top."
Melissa Rainer
Child Custody · Co-Parenting
"Tom Banks works extremely hard to make his clients happy. He is expensive and worth every penny."
Greg Simms
Family Law
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Serving Louisville, Kentucky • Jefferson County • Clark County, IN • Floyd County, IN