Bench & Bar

SEP 2014

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The KBA Board of Governors met on Tues- day, June 17, 2014. Officers and Bar Gover- nors in attendance were, President T. Rouse ; President-Elect B. Johnson ; Vice President D. Farnsley ; Immediate Past President D. Myers and Young Lawyers Di- vision Chair C. Frazier . Bar Governors 1 st District – J. Freed, M. Pitman ; Bar Gover- nors 2 nd District – T. Kerrick, J. Meyer ; 3 rd District – H. Mann, G. Wilson ; 4 th District – D. Ballantine, A. Cubbage ; 5 t h District – A. Britton, W. Garmer ; 6 th District – D. Kramer, S. Smith ; and 7 th District – M. McGuire, B. Rowe . In Executive Session, the Board considered five (5) default disciplinary cases, involving three attorneys and one (1) restoration case. Brenda Hart of Louisville, Roger Rolfes of Florence , and Dottye Moore of Elizabethtown via telephone; non-lawyer members serving on the Board pursuant to SCR 3.375, participated in the delibera- tions. In Regular Session, the KBA Board of Gov- ernors conducted the following business: Heard a status report from the KBA • Rules Committee. Young Lawyers Division ("Division") • Chair Carl Frazier reported that the Di- vision recently held its annual dinner with the Supreme Court and advised them of their projects throughout the year. Frazier also reported on the pub- lic service projects, the new Bully Proof program, programs being presentation during the annual convention and ex- tended an invitation to the Board to at- tend their annual luncheon and reception scheduled on Thursday, June 19, during the annual convention. President Thomas L. Rouse reported • there are approximately 1,600 pre-reg- istered for the annual convention and it is projected that we could have onsite registrations to bring our total to an es- timated 1,800. Approved the following new appoint- • ments to the Attorneys' Advertising Commission (AAC) for three-year terms ending on June 30, 2017: Third Supreme Court District Rhonda Hat- field-Jeffers of Somerset; Fourth Supreme Court District Robert Thomas Watson of Louisville; Seventh Supreme Court District Rhonda Jennings Black- burn of Pikeville; and, approved the reappointment of Lisa Brones Huber of Louisville for a second three-year term ending on June 30, 2017. Also ap- proved appointing Lisa Brones Huber to serve as Chair of the AAC. Approved the following appointments • t o the Kentucky Bar Foundation Board of Directors for three-year terms end- ing on June 30, 2017: Fourth Supreme C ourt District – M argaret E. Keane, John R. Crockett, III and Ekundayo Seton , all of Louisville; Fifth Supreme Court District – William H. Fortune of Lexington; Sixth Supreme Court District – Penny Hardy of Fort Wright; and, Seventh Supreme Court District – Robin Lynn Webb of Grayson, Glenn Martin Hammond of Pikeville and Robert Stephen McGinni s of Greenup. Approved the appointment of Robert • Stephen McGinnis of Greenup to the Ethics Hotline Committee for the Sev- enth Supreme Court District to replace incoming Bar Governor John Vincent . Approved the proposed change to the • 2014-2015 dues statement wherein lan- guage is to be inserted under the "Kentucky Bar Foundation" item stat- ing: "Please see the enclosure regard- ing the Kentucky Bar Foundation and the programs it supports." The Ken- tucky Bar Foundation will be holding a certain amount of funds from each member's contribution to support inclu- sion and diversity programs. The infor- mation along with the other programs supported will be outlined on the in- serted sheet sent with the dues state- ment. Approved increasing the amount of • funds allocated to the Kentucky Dele- gates in the amount of $2,250 for the ABA Annual Meeting and $1,750 for the ABA Midyear Meeting. A pproved the recommendation of the • KBA Investment Committee to revise the language in the Investment Policy S ection No.7 – Investment Restrictions and Requirements to shift to a full index allocation using the Fidelity Spar- t an 500 Index Fund as the 500 Index proxy and for the Mid and Small Cap Funds to use the Vanguard Mid-Cap. Approved ratifying the email vote of • the Board for the IOLTA Board of Trustees appointments as follows: Robert Kellerman of Frankfort repre- senting the Fifth Supreme Court Dis- trict for a new three-year term ending on June 30, 2017, and David Latherow of Ashland representing the Seventh Supreme Court District who would be serving a second three-year term end- ing on June 30, 2017. Approved ratifying the email vote of • the Board approving employment of Rudler, PSC to conduct the Kentucky Bar Foundation 2014-2015 audit. Executive Director John D. Meyers re- • ported that he has been appointed to the National Association of Bar Execu- tives Program Committee for a three- year term. Meyers advised that the NABE is a subgroup of the ABA which meets before the ABA meetings and includes Executive Directors from state and local bars. He stated that a lot of good ideas are exchanged through the association and his affiliation with the group has been very beneficial with re- gard to networking. Meyers reported that an opinion has • been received from the Kentucky Attor- ney General's Office in response to his request with regard to the issue of the City of LaGrange collecting a fee from attorneys practicing in its local courts. He advised that the Attorney General's Opinion states they do have the right to tax attorneys but that it is improper and impermissible to tax those with minimal contacts. Meyers stated that the City of LaGrange is trying to revise its ordinance. 32 B&B; • 9.14 B A R N E W S KBA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING: JUNE 17, 2014 To KBA Members Do you have a matter to discuss with the KBA's Board of Governors? Board meetings are scheduled on November 21-22, 2014 January 16-17, 2015 To schedule a time on the Board's agenda at one of these meetings, please contact John Meyers or Melissa Blackwell at (502) 564-3795.

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