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The KDC Board of Directors met on Thursday, November 7 at 10:00 a.m. at the offices of Stoll Keenon Ogden in Lexington.  Park Priest of English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, Bowling Green, presided at his last meeting as President of KDC and Kit Hornback of Reinhardt & Associates, Lexington now serves as President of KDC.  Casey Stansbury of Fowler Bell, Lexington now serves as President-Elect and Brad Case of Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville moves to the position of Vice-President.  Beth Lochmiller of Coleman, Lochmiller & Bond, Elizabethtown, was voted in as Secretary-Treasurer of KDC for 2013-14. 

Jay Ridings of Hamm, Milby & Ridings, London was voted onto the Board as a Director for District 3 and Stephanie Wurdock of Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, Lexington was voted onto the Board in her position as Chair of the YLS Committee.

Bob Hoffer of Dressman, Benzinger & Lavelle, Crestview Hills, Kentucky rotates off the Board as Immediate Past President, but will remain active with the Board as an ex officio member; he will continue in his role as Chairman of the By-Laws Committee.

Bridget Dunaway of Tooms & Dunaway, London, rotated off of the Board as a Director for District 3.  Thank you to Bridget for her years of service to the KDC Board.

KDC wishes to welcome the following new members:

Donald James Niehaus of Ward Hocker & Thornton, PLLC, Lexington is a 2010 graduate of University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law.  Mr. Niehaus works in the area of workers’ compensation and is sponsored by KDC member, Jillian Dove.

Matthew Coleman Cocanougher of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., Lexington, is a 2011 University of Kentucky Law School graduate.  Mr. Cocanougher practices in the areas of Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home Litigation.

Clayton O. Oswald of Taylor, Keller & Oswald, PLLC, London is a 2004 University of Kentucky Law School graduate.  Mr. Oswald practices in the areas of Appellate, Auto, Contract, General Liability, Insurance Coverage, Product Liability and Tort.

Elizabeth Marie Bass of Golden and Walters, PLLC, Lexington is a 2008 University of Kentucky Law School graduate.  Ms. Bass practices in the areas of Appellate, Civil Rights, Education, Employment, Government, Insurance, Municipal, Premises, and Tort.  She is sponsored by KDC member, Kellie Collins.

Emily Helen Brooks of Ward Hocker & Thornton, PLLC, Louisville is a 2011 of Chase College of Law.  Ms. Brooks practices in the areas of Auto, Construction, Contract, Insurance, Surety and Tort.  She is sponsored by KDC member, Scott Burroughs.

Leslie Nicole Obrzut of Ward Hocker & Thornton, PLLC, Louisville, is a 2008 graduate of West Virginia University’s law school.  Ms. Obrzut practices in the area of Auto, General Liability, Insurance and Tort, and is sponsored by KDC member, Jillian Dove.

Jennifer Lauren Fell of Ward Hocker & Thornton, PLLC, Louisville, is a 2012 graduate of University of Louisville's Brandeis School of Law.  Ms. Fell practices in the area of insurance defense and is sponsored by KDC member, Scott Burroughs.

KDC welcomes the following new members:

Heather Coleman of English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, Bowling Green is a 2013 University of Kentucky Law School graduate.  She will be attending the 2013 KDC Fall Seminar and we hope to meet her at that time.

Donald Killian Brown of Krauser & Brown, Louisville practices in the areas of Appellate, Auto, Business Litigation, Commercial, Construction, Contract, Employment, General Liability, Insurance Coverage, Medical Malpractice, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Property, Tort, Trucking and Workers' Compensation.  He is a member of DRI.

Jeri Poppe of Krauser & Brown, Louisville is a University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law graduate and practices in the areas of Appellate, Auto, Business Litigation, Commercial, Construction, Contract, Employment, General Liability, Insurance Coverage, Medical Malpractice, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Property, Tort, Trucking and Workers' Compensation. 

Robert "Scott" Summers of Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville is a University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law graduate and practices in the areas of Auto, Business Litigation, Commercial, Contract, Employment, General Liability, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Property, Tort, Trucking and Workers' Comp.

Allison Weyand of Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville is an Indiana University Maurer School of Law graduate and practices in the areas of Insurance Coverage, Premises Liability, Product Liability and Tort.

Whitney Kramer of O'Bryan, Brown & Toner, Louisville is a 2013 University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law graduate and practices in the areas of Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Product Liability, Professional Liability and Tort.

Christopher J. Leopold of O'Bryan, Brown & Toner, Louisville is a 2013 University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law graduate and practices in the areas of Medical Malpractice, Premises Liability, Product Liability, and Tort.

Carl N. Frazier of Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, Lexington is a 2007 graduate of the University of Kentucky Law School.  He practices in the areas of Appellate, Auto, Business Litigation, Civil Rights, Commercial, General Liability, Government Entity, Insurance Coverage, Municipal, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Property, Tort, Trucking and Utilities.

James Milby Ridings of Hamm Milby Ridings, PLLC, London, is a 2007 Salmon P. Chase College of Law graduate and practices in the areas of insurance defense, civil litigation and personal injury.

KDC welcomes its two newest members:  Curt Matthew Graham of Fowler Bell PLLC, Lexington is a 2012 University of Kentucky Law School graduate who practices in the areas of auto, business litigation, government and insurance.  He is sponsored by KDC member, Tia Combs.

John "Tucker" Willis of Ward Hocker & Thornton, PLLC, Lexington is a 2013 University of Kentucky Law School graduate who is practicing in the areas of auto, premises and property.  Tucker is sponsored by KDC member, Jillian Dove.

KDC welcomes the two newest members of KDC:

Graham David Barth of Ward, Hocker & Thornton, PLLC, Lexington is a 2010 University of Kentucky College of Law graduate and practices in the area of insurance defense.  He is sponsored by Meghan Lyons.

Jessica Renee Surber of English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP, Bowling Green is a 2012 University of Kentucky College of Law graduate and practices in the areas of business litigation, civil rights and employment.  She is sponsored by current KDC President, Park Priest.

David Thomas Riley of Bradley, Freed & Grumley, P.S.C., Paducah is a 2010 University of Kentucky College of Law graduate and practices in the areas of Appellate, Business Litigation, Commercial, Education, General Liability, Government Entity, Insurance Coverage, Medical Malpractice, Professional Liability, Tort and Utilities.  He is sponsored by KDC Director, Miller Grumley.

 

 

KDC welcomes its three newest members: 

Kellie Marie Collins of Golden and Walters PLLC, Lexington is a 2008 UK College of Law grad.  Her areas of practice include Agriculture, Appellate, Bad Faith, Class Action, Contract, Dram Shop, Insurance and Property.  She is sponsored by KDC member, Jillian Dove.

Colleen Clements Hartley of O'Bryan, Brown & Toner PLLC, Louisville is a 2009 graduate of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law.  Her areas of practice include Medical Malpractice and Tort.  She is sponsored by KDC Director, Katherine Kerns Vesely.

Laura Elizabeth Salzman of Fowler Bell PLLC, Lexington is a 2012 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law.  Her areas of practice include Insurance and Tort.  She is sponsored by KDC member, Tia J. Combs.

 

 

Casey Stansbury of Fowler Bell PLLC, Lexington, is serving as the Program Chair of DRI's Civil Rights and Governmental Tort Liablity seminar being held at the New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 30-31, 2014.  For more information regarding this seminar, please visit DRI.org.

KDC welcomes its newest members:

Allison Marie Helsinger of Ward Hocker Thornon, PLLC, Lexington is a 2010 University of Kentucky Law School graduate and is sponsored by KDC member, Ashley Brown.  Her practice areas include:  Auto, Construction, General Liability, Insurance, Premises, Product Liability, Tort and Trucking.

Blake Austin Vogt, also of  Ward Hocker Thornton, PLLC, Lexington, is a 2009 University of Northern Kentucky Chase College of Law graduate.  His practice areas include Auto, Construction & Premises.  He is sponsored by KDC member, Ashley Brown.

 

 

Neil Patrick Baine of MacKenzie & Peden, PSC, Louisville has been approved for Membership in Kentucky Defense Counsel, Inc.  Mr. Baine is a 2010 U of L graduate and his defense work is in the areas of commercial, general liability, insurance and tort.  He was sponsored for membership in KDC by Bill Orberson.

The following individuals have been approved for membership in KDC:

Michael David Hornback, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Lexington, is a 2002 graduate of the University of Arkansas law school.  He practices in the areas of Business Litigation, Commercial, Contract, Employment, Premises, Product Liability, Property, and Tort.  He recently relocated to Lexington from Memphis, Tennessee.

Scott Ellis Burroughs, Ward, Hocker & Tornton, PLLC, Louisville, is a 2011 graduate of the University of Kentucky Law School.  He practices in the areas of Auto, Insurance, Tort, and Workers' Comp.

Michael Scott Jackson, Boehl Stopher & Graves, Louisville, is a 1994 graduate of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law.  He practices in the areas of General Liability, Insurance, Nursing Home, Premises, Product Liability, and Professional Liability.

Taryn K. Hagan, Fogle, Keller, Purdy, Bowling Green, is a 2012 graduates of the University of Kentucky Law School.  Her practice is in the area of Workers' compensaton.