Ford Law Pllc

After more than a decade with respected regional law firms, Darren W. Ford founded Ford Law to provide high-quality legal counsel with the flexibility, efficiency, and personal attention of an independent practice. His work focuses on business litigation, media and First Amendment law, labor and employment matters, and business transactions, tailoring his approach to meet each client’s unique objectives. Darren has extensive litigation experience, representing clients in complex disputes in federal and state courts nationwide. He has represented media clients in more than three dozen cases before state and federal appeals courts in Ohio and Kentucky, achieving precedent-setting victories that enhanced public and press access to government records and judicial proceedings. Darren also played a pivotal role in securing a $100m judgment in an abusive tax shelter case after a seven-week bench trial—one of the largest judgments in Northern Kentucky history. Beyond litigation, Darren advises businesses on compliance, governance, and contracts. He offers outside general counsel services to small and medium-sized businesses and assists employers with policies and compliance matters, including worker classification and wage and hour regulations. Darren serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he teaches conflict of laws and guest lectures on public records law and First Amendment issues. Over the past decade, Darren has regularly contributed to Media Law Resource Center publications and others. His professional accomplishments include the Ohio State Bar Association’s Best Brief Award and the Society of Professional Journalists’ First Amendment Award. He currently serves on the Kentucky Bar Association’s Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee and the board of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky John Weld Peck Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He lives in Northern Kentucky with his wife and two children.