Taft attorney James E. Parsons authored the Kentucky Supreme Court opinion in the case of Eric P. Light v. City of Louisville, a case concerning the setting of the real estate tax rate by Louisville. 

Mr. Parsons is of counsel in Taft's Covington, Kentucky office where he focuses his practice in the areas of public law, public finance and tax incentives for business development, including tax increment financing for development projects.  He was appointed as a Special Justice before the Supreme Court of Kentucky by Governor Ernie Fletcher in November 2007.